Making a Mark

Cindy Woods - One year on

2009-11-21T06:00:00.004Z

I can't quite believe that it's a year today since Cin passed away.Who can forget end of story and rest of the end of my story - I know I can't. I've still got her blog Learn Daily in my blogroll and I won't be removing it from there.I've still got links to her wonderful posts about her trips on my sketchbook blog.Ronda is still posting Cin's "

Sketchcrawl is 5! (Plus 25th Worldwide Sketchcrawl tomorrow)

2009-11-20T08:00:00.012Z

On November 21st 2004, the very first global sketching marathon was held.Tomorrow, 21st November it isthe 5th anniversary of the very first Sketchcrawl ANDthe date of the 25th Worldwide Sketchcrawl.Here's a thread about 5 YEARS of SKETCHCRAWLING around the WORLD.What is a sketchcrawl?This is what Founder Enrico Casarosa has to say about it back in February 2006.The basic idea: to record nonstop

An Interview with Toby Wiggins RP

2009-11-19T13:30:00.001Z

On Monday afternoon I spotted a tweet on Twitter announcing that Toby Wiggins had won the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - in advance of the formal announcement at the Private View on Monday evening.I was very surprised. For me, it had the potential to spoil what should be a very special moment in the life of any artist and in my opinion showed complete disrespect for all the shortlisted artists.

Art Societies in the UK - Resources for Artists

2009-11-18T13:00:00.004Z

Art Societies in the UK - Resources for Artists is a new resource for people who want to know more aboutthe national art societies in the UKmedia oriented art societies in the UKgenre oriented art societies in the UKart clubs and art societies operating at a more local level in the UKIt's also the latest addition to my series of Resources for Artists websites on Squidoo.I don't know whether any

Exhibition review: Toby Wiggins wins Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009

2009-11-17T12:00:00.005Z

all photos copyright Katherine TyrrellExhibition: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition Dates: 12 November - 30 November 2009 Location: Painters' Hall, 9 Little Trinity Lane, London EC4V 2AD 10 am–4 pm Monday to Saturday (except Saturday 14 November 12pm–4pm only). Admission free.The purpose of the Prize is to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of

Exhibition Review - ING Discerning Eye 2009

2009-11-16T18:55:00.008Z

Exhibition: 2009 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2009Dates: 12 November - 22 November 2009Location: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD 10 am - 5 pm daily. Admission Free.Lincoln Seligman: part of his selectionworks: copyright the artistsphoto copyright Katherine TyrrellI went to see the ING discerning Eye exhibition last Friday. I've always found that I relate to some judges and their

15th November 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?

2009-11-15T16:45:00.013Z

This week I've been having a bit of a botanical and gardening flavour to my activities. For a start I've been writing about my visit to Giverny last month and also producing very long videos of the two parts of Monet's garden which took ages to get on to YouTube. But I finally cracked it!Jardin de L'Eau, Giverny9" x 12", coliured pencils on Arches HPcopyright Katherine TyrrellHere's:Making A

How to highlight your exhibition (artist bloggers only)

2009-11-14T11:00:00.000Z

This post is for artists who blog AND who have solo exhibitions of their work, win prizes and/or participate in small group exhibitions.This blog is now so popular that I'm finding I get approached all the time to highlight exhibitions by various artists and their galleries. For the most part, my approach to date has tended to lean towards highlighting them if I like the art and know the artist

Marianne North Gallery reopens at Kew Gardens

2009-11-12T20:00:00.006Z

The Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens has been restored to good order and reopened last month after a two year conservation project costing £3.7 million.Inside the Gallery after the restoration workcopyright RBG KewThe purpose-built Gallery is the only gallery in the UK where all the work on display was produced by one female artist.Marianne North was an intrepid Victorian botanical artist

Exhibition review: The Art of Plant Evolution

2009-11-11T15:30:00.002Z

Exhibition: The Art of Plant Evolution,The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens (until January 3 2010)Amanita muscaria by Alexander ViazmenskyShirley Sherwood CollectionThere have been a variety of exhibitions commemorating Darwin's 20th birthday celebrations this year and many have focused on evolution. I recently went to see The Art of Plant Evolution at Kew Gardens. It

The garden behind the paintings - Giverny

2009-11-10T11:11:00.014Z

I've written about Monet and his gardens before - at some length - but this is the first time I've been able to show readers what Monet's garden at Giverny actually looks like.Below you can find two videos. You can imagine you're Monet is you like (if you ignore the noise from cars and other visitors!) and takeA walk around Giverny - #1 The Water Garden - a non-stop walk around the perimeter of

Exhibition Review - Royal Institute of Oil Painters

2009-11-09T10:00:00.009Z

Yasu by Yasunobi ShidamiFirst Prize, Winsor and Newton Oil Painter Awardscopyright Yasunobi ShidamiI went to see the 2009 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the weekend and was very impressed by a number of the paintings. 254 paintings - of all sizes and styles - were on show at the Mall Galleries. It's now finished but is definitely a show to try and get to each

8th November 2009: Who's made a mark this week?

2009-11-08T11:48:00.023Z

Summerlight, Clapham CommonWinner of The Artist Magazine competition24" x 18" Oil on Linen 2009copyright Adebanji AladeI've got very behind with seeing exhibitions so I'm offering a belated congratulations to Adebanji Alade (Adenaji Alade: My art, my passion for sketching) who won the Artist Magazine Prize at the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries -

Techie - Customize your art news

2009-11-07T06:00:00.001Z

I learned yesterday, courtesy of a tweet from Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google, that it's possible to customise Google News to obtain news on very specific search terms.If you're interested, here's what you need to know:First off, you'll only be interested in this if, as I do, you use Google News to identify news you are interested. It's now possible to customise Google News by

The state of Technorati - and the blogosphere in 2009

2009-11-06T13:29:00.010Z

Last month Technorati relaunched itself, messed up my blogs and issued another report on the state of the blogosphere. This is my perspective on why Technorati still needs to pull its socks upThe new TechnoratiTechnorati was originally designed to help people find great blog content.However the old Technorati was infested with splogs (spam blogs). So much so that a lot of us stopped using it as

The Louvre Museum in Paris

2009-11-05T14:15:00.004Z

One of the museums I spent a lot of time in while in Paris was the Louvre Museum which is the most popular museum in the world.The Louvre is physically huge, its collection is very extensive - and huge - and it's the most visited art museum in the world. It had 8.5 million visitors in 2008 and that figure is expected to increase to 10 million in the next five years.Some statisticsThe Louvre

Shortlist for Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009 announced

2009-11-04T15:43:00.009Z

Images of the works shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009copyright the artists / courtesy of Parker HarrisSix artists have been shortlisted for the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2009. This competition is designed to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtsmanship. It attracts prize money totalling £22,500.I'm struck by how the six works

Making A Mark is now on Facebook

2009-11-03T08:46:00.006Z

I'm giving Facebook another whirl. Two years ago I was deterred by their governance arrangements and slack attitude to certain activities and haven't been back for a very long while.However yesterday I fired it up and took another look around - at the new dashboard and other developments. I've decided to give it a try for at least two weeks (maybe longer) to see if it has any sort of positive

MAM Poll (Nov. 2009): What makes a good art teacher?

2009-11-02T11:00:00.005Z

This month the Making A Mark poll tries to identify what makes somebody a good art teacher.What are the characteristics of a good art teacher?Peter Monkman - art teacher and winner of the BP Portrait Prize 2009photo copyright Katherine TyrrellI guess most of us have had a teacher who at some point in our lives has a made a very real difference to who we re today.The question I'm posing this month

1st November 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?

2009-11-01T16:58:00.010Z

Many congratulations to Urban Sketchers - which is celebrating its first birthday today - see Our 1st anniversary, and looking forward to many morebarcelona - casa batllo (Gaudi's House) by LapinHere's some of the vital statistics from the last year for Urban Sketchers 100 correspondents.More than 3,500 blog posts with drawings from 56 different countries.More than 3,000 blog subscribers.More

MAM Poll (October) Results - What has influenced your style of art?

2009-10-31T08:46:00.010Z

Main influences on your style of artcopyright Katherine Tyrrell / Making A Mark The main influence on your style of art is YOU! Individual preferences reigned supreme on October's Making A Mark Poll. CLICK THE IMAGE to see a larger version of the chart and review the categories.60 people responded and provided 160 responses in this month's multi response poll - giving an average of 2.7

Video: Claude Monet at the Musée d'Orsay

2009-10-28T10:15:00.002Z

Here's the third in my series of posts about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Today I've got a video of the paintings of Claude Monet. This is the link to Claude Monet Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay on my You Tube channel (HD version) - you'll find you recognise an awful lot of them. The sound of the museum takes me right back to when I was there four weeks ago.Yet again, as you can see from the

Video: Vincent van Gogh at the Musée d'Orsay

2009-10-27T07:05:00.008Z

Following yesterday's post about the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, today I'm highlighting my video of the room containing 18 Van Gogh paintings in the Musée d'Orsay (usual YouTube /watch in HD).Self-Portrait (1889) by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)H. 65; W. 54.5 cm, Oil on canvasphoto coyright Katherine TyrrellLike Rembrandt and Goya, Vincent van Gogh often used himself as a model; he produced over

The Musée d'Orsay

2009-10-26T23:50:00.011Z

The Musée d'Orsay is one my favourite museums for all sorts of reasons. I love the art. I love the the structure which contains it. I love where it's situated and I love the views from the roof over the Seine across to the Louvre with l'Opera and Monmartre in the distance.Musée d'Orsay - art and the artistsThe museum is dedicated to artwork in the period 1848 to 1914 and is, in part, a temple to

25th October 2009 - Who's made a mark this week?

2009-10-25T16:45:00.006Z

Britanny sketches: Ebb tide and Rocky Shore, Golfe de Morbihan,coyright Laura Frankstone (Laurelines)I wasn't the only person visiting France and sketching in recent weeks. Laura Frankstone of Laurelines has been posting more of her delightful Britanny sketches - some of which you can see above and more of which you can see in:First sketches, Brittany - posted while she was still thereMy little