The Dwelling Front End - The Making A Order Awards 2011

The 4th department of the sixth Annual Making H5N1 Mark Awards relates to those matters relating to the practical aspects of our artistic fine art and/or build life at domicile amongst the creative someone that chip better.

There are 3 awards:


NEW inward 2011 The Art Innovation of the Year Award

This is a NEW AWARD inward 2011.  Now that I've created it I actually can't yell back why I haven't done so before!

It's come upwards nearly because I’ve been rattling struck inward recent years yesteryear how accomplished in addition to practising artists, who are also fine art bloggers, direct maintain gone that extra mile in addition to addressed their ain personal in addition to practical needs yesteryear creating a novel tool or experimenting amongst novel media – which they in addition to then portion amongst other artists.

The Art Innovation of the Year Award is awarded to highlight those creative someone bloggers who experiment and/or do and/or portion innovations which assist the practise of other artists.

The sharing may last through:

  • the excogitation of a novel tool or fine art medium to assistance artists
  • testing in addition to reviewing a novel fine art medium or material
  • experiments amongst existing or novel fine art media, materials or equipment and the creation of a novel agency of doing things 

I indicated that I'd last prepared to last flexible nearly the appointment for products in this inaugural of all accolade - although the accolade should actually last for something produced inward the concluding 2 years (ie pretty much along the same lines as the rules as for the Art majority yesteryear a Blogger award)

I had inward take away heed i novel production when I created this award.

I also used Ester Roi's Icarus Board (which launched inward 2008), as an example, inward the Call for Nominations .  Those who are fans of the Icarus Board saw no argue why I shouldn't last very flexible as to appointment it was launched in addition to I received a rattling large discover of nominations for the Icarus Board in addition to also for Ester's fine art blog.  I decided I ameliorate stay truthful to my coloured pencil leanings in addition to allow it for this year's competition.

However it was upwards against a rattling worthy in addition to as pop opponent - in addition to was conceived yesteryear an as pop in addition to accomplished artist!

Hence the inaugural of all accolade volition last shared between:
  • the Icarus Art Drawing Board - conceived in addition to produced yesteryear Ester Roi (Ester Roi).  This has been an enormous success amongst coloured pencil artists since it greatly reduces around of the fourth dimension commonly required to layer coloured pencils to attain saturated colours.  It tin also last used amongst crayons, fossil oil pastels in addition to encaustic painting.  Ester has instantly shipped Icarus Drawing Boards internationally to: Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Luxembourg, Japan,Venezuela, Belgium, Scotland, in addition to France.
  • the Paint On Tabletop Easel - conceived in addition to produced yesteryear Karin Jurick (A Painting Today) in addition to Brett (the easel guy).  This was designed specifically for Karin's requirements in addition to came to the marketplace at the get-go of 2011 in addition to has been steadily selling out on a regular reason e'er since.  At present, the easel is solely available inward the USA.

The Art Innovation of the Year Award 2011
is shared between
Ester Roi - for her Icarus Art Drawing Board
and
Karin Jurick - for her Paint On Tabletop Easel

“The Moose” - the accolade for the best animate beingness inward an illustrated weblog

"The Moose" Award for the best animate beingness inward an illustrated weblog is named after the inaugural of all winner of this award.  The animate beingness tin last wild or domestic, a perennial dependent area or the studio pet.

The rattling master copy Moose
This accolade is for especially noteworthy artwork nearly an animals or animals (wild or domestic) posted to an fine art or illustrated weblog inward 2011

Previous winners are
Originally it was intended that this accolade would last nearly the studio pet (hence why it's inward this category) - notwithstanding it's grown beyond this to beingness a weblog nearly artists involved amongst animals - in addition to fish in addition to birds!

I direct maintain been following Debbie Kotter Caspari's blog (Debbie's domicile was hitting yesteryear a tornado after which at that topographic point was a rattling long absence from blogging patch she lay her life dorsum together in addition to flora a novel home.  I was so rattling pleased when she started to weblog over again properly inward 2011.  It's been a delight to run across all her sketches inward 2011.

The winner of
The "The Moose" Award 2011
for the best animate beingness (or bird!) inward an illustrated weblog is
Debbie Kotter Caspari

The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year

The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year is for the Most Improved Studio of the Year and reflects the continuous efforts of many artists to improve our studio in addition to working environments

Previous winners are
I can't start without mentioning all the artists who direct maintain had to start over again from scratch after losing their homes in addition to studios.

  • As I mentioned above, it was wonderful to direct maintain Debbie Kotter Caspari  (Drawing the Motmotback amongst us over again inward 2011 after she lost virtually everything inward a tornado inward the summertime of 2010.
  • Then I was horrified this twelvemonth that 2 fine art bloggers I've known for around years - Carol Marine (Carol Marine's Painting H5N1 Day) in addition to Jo Castillo (Jo Castillo Art Blog) - both lost their houses to the terrible Bastrop wildfires inward Texas.  Carol had minutes to determine what to direct maintain amongst her - in addition to has instantly moved to Oregon to start over again - run across A New Beginning.
  • The twelvemonth finished amongst Julian Merrow Smith (Postcard from Provence) in addition to his married adult woman fortuitously arriving domicile inward belatedly Nov simply inward fourth dimension to halt a burn completely claiming their house.  However the harm was done in addition to the work solid is currently uninhabitable and Julian has had to lose his studio for a few months patch they remedy the damage.

In Carol's case, the loss of her domicile also resulted inward the loss of her build novel studio built yesteryear her husband.  It fifty-fifty had its rattling ain weblog - Building My Studio - which, inward the end, recorded its nascence dorsum inward 2009, its studio warming this summertime in addition to its expiry inward September inward simply over 2 years.  It must direct maintain been especially galling to direct maintain simply got it properly finished solely to lose it a curt patch later.

Ironically, simply as Carol's novel studio was reduced to ash, Loriann Signori was breaking the Earth for her novel studio inward September this year.  She's been entertaining me inward the latter piece of work of 2011 on her weblog The nascence of a studio: the whole story - in addition to is instantly inward in addition to ikon away!  You tin run across all the posts on her novel studio label.

I couldn't direct in addition to so as a tribute to the dreams of both artists reaching fulfilment - in addition to the huge assist they instruct from their menfolk.......

The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year 2011
is shared between
Carol Marine (and David)
and
Loriann Signori (and Daddio)

This completes the Making H5N1 Mark Awards except for the Best Picture - which is instantly delayed until tomorrow.

You tin run across all yesteryear winners on The Making H5N1 Mark Awards page on http://www.makingamark.co.uk

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