8Th January 2012 - Who's Made A Rank This Week

I'm starting the foremost "who's made a score this week" of 2012 alongside a summary of your posts most reviews of 2011 in addition to plans for 2012.  The primary argue I exercise this is because I discovery it absolutely fascinating how people approach these pop tasks.  Take a await in addition to you lot may discovery yourself revising what you lot exercise at the terminate of this year!

Some of you lot combine posts (the "Janus post") in addition to await backwards in addition to forwards - in addition to inward that instance I've included them inward the foremost department below.

A bust of the 2 faces of Janus
- the Roman god associated alongside novel beginnings in addition to transitions
Location: Vatican Museum

The Janus Post - looking backwards in addition to forwards

• Liz Steel (Looking dorsum on 2011 in addition to thinking most 2012
• I too did a "Janus" post - The Old Year (2011) in addition to The New Year's Day (2012) & xi Principles (see right).  You tin dismiss download the disputation of principles from Flickr.

Reviews of 2011

Then nosotros had the to a greater extent than straightforward reviews from (listed alphabetically):

• Jana Bouc (The Best Art Quips in addition to Quotes of 2011.  What a non bad agency to amount upwards the year.
• The 2011 Review  Jeanette must live doing something correct equally she reports that 2011 has been ane of my best years financially for art, despite a recession, alongside most go coming through online sales in addition to commissions.
• Casey Klahn (The Colorist) has gone for the simple/difficult version - he's posted his vi overstep pastel paintings from 2011- see 2011 - The Blog in addition to Art Year inward Review and hence listed his vi overstep posts in addition to his vi overstep events.  It's a really neat approach - I similar it!
• Gayle Mason recapped her twelvemonth in Review of 2011 in terms of what she achieved (eg Gayle was asked to sit down on the Selection Committee of the Society of Feline Artists) in addition to what she was less happy with.
• Ilaria Rosselli del Turco (Yearly Recap who was selected for the exhibition of a major fine art contest inward the U.K. in addition to was featured inward The Artist magazine
• Anna Wilson Patterson did a post of all her Paintings 2011 - there's a lot to live said for this approach.  It's a fighting similar going to a solo exhibition.

New Year Resolutions

I spotted rather fewer plans for 2012

• Marion Boddy-Evans, the About.com Painting Guide, has ten New Year's Resolutions for artists
• Rose Welty believes inward keeping it fluid alongside some full general aims inward mind What volition I exercise inward 2012?
• Gillian Holding (What's inward shop for 2012

For those who haven't notwithstanding made their plans endeavour reading How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal)

So much for my intention to write shorter posts - this ane inward draft had weeks of fabric inward it - one-half of which I've had to deed forwards to adjacent week!

Here's the rest.......

Artists in addition to Art Blogs


Obituaries

• her obituary inward the New York Times 

Drawing in addition to sketching 

• The first SketchCrawl of 2012 is on Jan 21st.  Click the link to see the forum to discovery out where others are sketching
• Enrique Flores (4 ojos) has been sketching inward Mauretania - this is a fabulous post Mauritanian portraits
• I've been posting sketches on Travels alongside a Sketchbook in....... of the meals I ate inward restaurants at the terminate of June/early July piece on my ain inward Provence in addition to hence on the journeying dorsum to London - starting alongside the lunch I had inward St Remy en Provence ane time I'd dropped Sarah off at Marseilles airport.
• Lunch at La Maison Jaune, St Remy de Provence
• Dinner in addition to sunset at Le Mas des Vignes, Bedoin
• Les Quatre Saisons inward Bourg en Bresse
• Lunch Chez Guy inward Gevrey-Chambertin

Lunch at La Maison Jaune, St Remy de Provence 29 June 2011
11.5 x 16.5", pen in addition to sepia ink in addition to coloured pencils inward Moleskine Sketchbook
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• I'm certain I've come upwards across Artists inward Pastel earlier - but forgot to add together it into Google Reader which I've directly done.  One human reviews pastel artists. 
• The Get Ready for 2012 -it's almost here!

Botanical art

• The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew accept a issue of blogs - in addition to this post Fascinating collection of Ray Cowell's illustrations comes to Kew is on the Library Art in addition to Archives blog
• This post an interview alongside Stephen Taylor on The Huffington Post.  Poignant.

Figurative Painting

• I'm using Figurative hither to hateful "including figures: - James Gurney  (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; and Part 4.

Landscape

• Great to meet somebody doing landscapes inward charcoal - Jan Blencowe (Charcoal Drawing in addition to Paper Review
• Bill Guffey (Bill Guffey) has made 2 novel videos of
• a demonstration he did lastly summer
• his Outdoor Paintings 2011 - which shows set-up in addition to progress shots for unlike locations.

Plein Air Painting

• A dainty post - alongside lots of images of paintings - yesteryear David Pilgrim (Associate Membership of the ROI 
• Another post to add together to the "the things which give off to plein air painters!". Sarah Wimperis recounts her New Year Shenanigans on her spider web log The Red Shoes

Printmaking

• I'm loving lots of the prints existence hit yesteryear Amanda Briggs at Dear Ada.  The botanical/plaint inspired ones are my favourites

Sculpture

• Sculpture is becoming vulnerable to theft - the latest is the theft of a Hepworth sculpture stolen amidst metallic theft 'epidemic'
• I'm non certain if I've always highlighted the spider web log of a rock sculptor earlier - but I similar this ane yesteryear Wind Worn Stone

Street Art

• Thanks to Malcolm Cudmore for highlighting this post most Twelve Art World Habits to Ditch inward 2012
• Luann Udell - writing on Fine Art Views -  writes about Questions You Don't Have to Answer: Where is This Place? 
• Rhonda Hurwitz writes on Forbes most lessons you lot larn from creating fine art tin dismiss too live applied to business Both sides of the easel: what life equally an creative someone taught me most business
• Alan Bamberger has a novel article for artists - he talks about Advantages to Making Art inward Series vs One-by-One (new)

Art Collectors 

• Alan Bamberger of artbusiness.com writes splendid articles - this is his latest for fine art collectors - Warning: How Predatory Commercial Galleries Sell Art (new)
• The Art World Class Warfare

Art Competitions / Art Society - Calls for Entries

Calls for Entries

I did a major post this calendar week about Major Art Competitions inward the U.K. 2012 - which includes fine art competitions which are opened upwards to international entries.  Besides providing summaries of all the data that is currently available it too links to a yoke of sites that I'll live updating throughout the twelvemonth equally to a greater extent than data becomes available:

• the page on this website devoted to Major U.K. Art Competitions 2012
• Art Competitions inward the U.K. - Resources for Artists

U.K. Deadlines for registration or submissions this calendar month include:

• John Moore Painting Prize 2012: Call For Entries - registration deadline 20 Jan 2012
• Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Call for Entries post - registration deadline 11 Jan 2012
• Wildlife Artist of the Year 2012 - Call for Entries (x2)
• Royal Scottish Society of Painters inward Watercolour - Annual Open Exhibition (note telephone telephone for entries unavailable for download) - receiving solar daytime 17th Jan 2012
• Painting Canada: Tom Thomson in addition to the Group of Seven - Review
• Gerhard Richter: Panorama at Tate Modern - Review

David Hockney The Road Across the Wolds 1997
Oil on canvass 121 x 152 cm
Private Collection
Copyright David Hockney Photo credit: Steve Oliver

The marketing for David Hockney - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bigger Picture exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (opening 21 January) has started early.  The RA is recommending people mass early on - including Friends of the RA.

He was on Countryfile this evening giving a preview of the exhibition in addition to showing where he paints in addition to sketches inward the Wolds of East Yorkshire. This is the iPlayer link for those who missed it.

I'm hugging my David Hockney postcards - courtesy of this week's Radio Times which too had an especial most the Countryfile programme.

The 4 unlike covers of the Radio Times this week
showing the 4 Hockney images on postcards which could live establish within the dorsum cover
- it's the same house inward January, March in addition to a yoke of dates inward April

David Hockney - an creative someone for all seasons is the interview given to the magazine while David Hockney gives Damien Hirst an fine art attack is the championship of the article inward which the 74 twelvemonth one-time painter slates artists who relay on aides to hit their work. Many of Hirst’s assistant-made industrial plant of fine art volition live on exhibit at a Tate Modern exhibition this April.  Meanwhile Hockney's assistants drive the cars to the plein air location in addition to gear upwards the easel in addition to icon tables.  I'm cheering from the sidelines! :)

A poster for his exhibit at the Royal Academy reads: “All the industrial plant hither were made yesteryear the creative someone himself, personally.”

Art Society Exhibitions - USA

• The Janice Griffiths Gallery in California volition live presenting a World of Watercolor event between fifth Feb in addition to 18th March 2012 which I'd absolutely love to see.  It comprises
• the 144th Traveling Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society's Travel Exhibition and 
• the travelling exhibition of the 91st Annual Exhibition of the National Watercolor Society at the same fourth dimension - this exhibit includes go yesteryear fine art blogger Keiko Tanabe
• Plus the third annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition.  (Online catalogue)

Art Galleries in addition to Museums

• Makingamark's Top Five Art Books inward 2011, You tin dismiss VOTE inward a poll which asks you lot which of the 5 books is your personal favourite
• Dianne Mize (One Artist's Journey / Compose) has published a book In Praise of Mountain Waters and got it onto Amazon.

Art education

• "Looking At Wax" lecture yesteryear Joanne Mattera Thursday, 12 Jan 2012 at 19:00 at The Art Students League of New York
• Wolf Kahn lectures on 6 proficient reasons non to pigment a landscape - alongside thank you lot to Loriann Signori for identifying this link to me

Art Supplies

• Jamie Williams Grossman (Hudson Valley Sketches) wrote posts about:
• Breaking inward Your Stillman in addition to Birn Alpha, Gamma or Epsilon Hardbound Sketchbook So It Lies Flat.  I must confess I but purchase a Moleskine in addition to it lies apartment equally presently equally I opened upwards it!
• Shading Inks Testing, Reviews, in addition to Selections has some proficient images of the color of ink in addition to some recommendations

Colour

• I don't ordinarily comment on animation or instance but found The Color Blue inward Toy Story 3 by James Gurney (Gurney Journey) to live a very interesting post discussing how color tin dismiss live used conceptually - yesteryear Pixar inward Toy Story 3

Conservation

• James Gurney (Archivist’s Top Ten Tips - how many are you lot observing?
• Anybody else got whatever proficient tips most conservation or written a post most it?

Copyright

• Seth Godin (Simple thoughts most fair use and commented on why the concept of "fair use" is of import when discussing or considering copyright.  His post seems to live a response to this spider web log post Apropos Appropriation and a photograph collage of artwork that accept been appropriated yesteryear other artists
• James Gurney (Was Rockwell Looking?
• Michael Chesley Johnson (Copyright in addition to the Internet

Opinion Poll

• The Jan Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Opinion Poll has already got to a greater extent than than 100 responses - see POLL: First Impressions: what makes you lot acquire out an fine art website fast? and the poll inward the side column if you lot desire to vote.  We accept 4 rigid contenders for the characteristic you lot most loathe on a website!

Internet, webware, websites in addition to blogging

• Ning has been acquired yesteryear Glammedia, an online media provider, in addition to at that spot are changes to the TOS - which appear to live of no involvement if you lot don't desire advertising on your site.
• I've solely but discovered PinInterest - anybody using it?
• Mashable has looked at the departure inward eyetracking on the novel in addition to one-time Facebook profiles - see
  Facebook Timeline vs. Old Profiles: How People View Them Differently [STUDY]
• Apparently you lot can Use Your iPad to Scribble on Photos in addition to Screenshots With Skitch For iOS 
• Lori McNee highlighted this post HOW TO Post Your Tweets At Optimal Times

and finally 

Writers in addition to artists pattern coin stand upwards for for modern times - inward pictures - enjoy!

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