27Th May 2012 - Who's Made A Rank This Week?

I've been busy in 1 trial to a greater extent than this calendar week amongst matters relating to activities of the novel Urban Sketchers London group.  On Saturday, nosotros held our starting fourth dimension Sketchcrawl.  This was real ably organised past times Pete Scully (Pete Scully), whose mitt drawn too annotated maps are an artwork inwards themselves!

We had a wonderful sunny day.  Pete did a count-up from the attendance sheets too around nigh 50 people signed the sheets too to a greater extent than people came for but usage of the day.  There were some amazing sketches too lots of multifariousness inwards the sketching nosotros saw although, rather oddly, real much less watercolour sketching than I think occurs elsewhere.  That said nosotros had rather a lot of architecture inwards Fleet Street too the Temple to bargain with!

• You tin ship away read to a greater extent than nigh it too take in photos of the solar daytime in How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Photos from the 1st "Let's Draw London" Sketchcrawl
• You tin ship away also take in How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, a quick photograph of my sketches at the destination of the day 

My beau founder members of the Urban Sketchers London spider web log volition hold upward posting sketches on our respective sketch blogs too the urban sketchers spider web log after this week.

Yesterday I educate a Flickr Group for people to ship service their sketches to who attended the Sketchcrawl - which you lot cam uncovering here.  There won't hold upward at that topographic point but silent equally we've non silent written to those who attended the sketchcrawl.

James Oses too drawings of Fleet Street

In the meantime I'm highlighting below some of the people who came to the sketchcrawl - too the operate they did too the posts they wrote.

I had a n awful lot of "looking at London" on Saturday!  I've also highlighted the content of a fascinating BBC2 programme about How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, A Picture of London broadcast on Sabbatum night.  If you're interested inwards how people portray London inwards paintings over the centuries thus I recommend you lot catchup using the BBC iPlayer link inwards my post.

Artists too Art Blogs

1st Urban Sketchers Sketchcrawl

We learned from those coming to the Sketchcrawl that at that topographic point are diverse other groups out at that topographic point who are also drawing London - too nosotros aim to connect upward inwards some way.

• In particular, a lot of people who came to the sketchcrawl also follow Drawing London on Location grouping via the Meetup site.  We'll definitely be looking at ways inwards which nosotros tin ship away hap calendar communications going for our usual benefit 
• Personally, I real much enjoyed coming together upward amongst illustrator James Oses (James Oses Illustrator) yesterday.  He produced some absolutely wonderful drawings of a brace of the onetime paper buildings inwards Fleet Street.
• How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, London Sketch Crawl was posted on How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Franvisions.  Now I think Fran is called Francesca but I'll allow her position herself.
• Lis Watkins (How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Morning on the London Sketchcrawl 
• Yor tin ship away forthwith take in fifty-fifty to a greater extent than sketches too photos of the Sketchcrawl inwards the NEW Urban Sketchers London - Group Pool.  Try this view

Botanical art

• Jan Harbon has been a featured artist on the website of Artists too Illustrators magazine 
• How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Botanical Illustration plan memorializes Sydney Parkinson.  You tin ship away read to a greater extent than nigh the famous botanical artists Sydney Parkinson on my website - About Sydney Parkinson - Botanical Artist

Drawing

• Another grouping which mightiness hold upward helpful to those seeking opportunities for life drawing inwards London is LondonLifeDrawing - also on meetup.com
• I establish the How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Journal too sketchbook Illustrations past times Queen Victoria to hold upward absolutely fascinating

Landscape

• I came across this spider web log Jamie Kapitain Artist past times Canadian landscape artist Jamie Kapitain.  He posts sketches too crude paintings on canvas.
• Michael Chesley Johnson spotted this ship service How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Charles Movalli, who studied with Emile Gruppe.

Portraiture

• People convey commented inwards the past times nigh the fact that the media restrictions of the BP Portrait Award agency that types of portraiture which don't remove the usage of acrylic or crude pigment are lost from view.  Colossal Art too Design has ii posts which highlight the dissimilar ways people brand portraiture these days
• How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, 5 Painless Fixes for a More Potent Artist Statement which i've forthwith included inwards my website How to write an Artist's Statement
• Robert Genn highlighted the fate of stylish products such equally dark velvet art.  For the uninitiated - this is what black velvet fine art looks similar this on eBay.  I think this must convey been an American phenomenon - I don't call back seeing much of this inwards the UK.
• Etsy convey changed their fee construction inwards reply to a lot of requests - No Longer Pay for Quantity Up Front

Sellers volition alone hold upward charged $0.20 USD to listing or renew an item, regardless of quantity. Fees for additional quantities volition alone apply when an item sells.

Art Competitions

Artists too Illustrators journal is belongings a contest to uncovering the Artists of the Year 2012.  The deadline is xvi August 2012 closing date, after which a shortlist of industrial plant volition hold upward drawn upward past times the skillful panel too thus readers volition also convey the lead a opportunity to vote for their favourite industrial plant on the Artists & Illustrators website.


Rather than submitting an artwork inwards a specific category, nosotros volition hold upward belongings an opened upward contest thus you lot tin ship away ship inwards artworks depicting whatever subject, inwards whatever medium: from botanical fine art to figurative works, abstract paintings to rural landscapes

Art Exhibitions



Exhibitions inwards the UK

• I've ever preferred Da Vinci's drawings too cartoons to his paintings. You tin ship away take in the Da Vinci anatomy drawings at Buckingham Palace - Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist in The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Fri (until Sunday, vii Oct 2012).  The Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy app, which accompanies the exhibition, is forthwith available to purchase on the itunes app store.

Exhibitions inwards Europe

• I didn't quite sympathise the rationale behind the focus of this review "Britain's Greatest Artist" Abandons Photography of Hockney's exhibition "David Hockney, a Bigger Picture" at the the Guggenheim inwards Bilbao until September 30, 2012 - fifty-fifty if it is written past times the Onwer/Editor of Outdoor Painting. Hockney has been plein air landscape prototype for quite some years but this is mentioned inwards passing whereas the article places to a greater extent than emphasis on 1 aspect of Hockney's career from quite some fourth dimension ago.  In particular, the comment nigh his drawing perplexes me.  Hockney won a prize for his drawing piece at the RCA too was mostly regarded equally an outstanding student!  Anybody who has truly seen the charcoal too iPad drawings inwards this exhibition would hold upward inwards no uncertainty of this.  For a to a greater extent than upward to appointment perspective on Hockney take in the other recent articles nigh this exhibition David Hockney RA: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bigger Picture on my website About David Hockney - British Artist

Exhibitions inwards the USA

• Roy Lichtenstein: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Retrospective is forthwith opened upward at The Art Institute of Chicago 
• A novel exhibition of self-portraits past times Andy Warhol Andy Warhol: Late Self-Portraits is forthwith opened upward at Graves Gallery inwards Sheffield until 1st Dec 2012.  The industrial plant on display are from ARTIST ROOMS, a collection of modern too contemporary fine art donated past times Anthony d’Offay to Tate too National Galleries of Scotland for the nation.

Andy Warhol was also the most photographed American creative individual of the 20th century. But what hit the images he created of himself truly tell us nigh him? Who was Warhol?

Art Education

• Carol Marine has produced a A Daily Paintworks Affordable ArtByte Tutorial - "Saturation too Color Mixing".  It's getting goodness reviews.  Byte-sized too affordable seems to hold upward the way frontward for online Art Tutorials.  This 1 has Video too a Peer Critique.
• How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, Art inwards Transit: Handbook for Packing too Transporting Paintings 

Art Studio too Supplies

• My friend Nicole Caulfield (Nicole Caulfield) drew my attending to this post 1963 Airstream Trailer Transformed into Beautiful Modern Studio by Bridgette Meinhold.  My immediate reaction is that would brand a neat way of taking fine art tutorials too workshops on the road.
• Ester Roi highlights how she built a novel way of organising her coloured pencils
• How deep is your space on the spider web log of the Oil Painters of America.  It's nigh 1 of his real favourite painters, new T shirts for painters inwards watercolour - I idea these past times Carol Carter (Paintings) were rather good

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