tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post169238091221667250..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: The Derwent Art Prize - a discussionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-41268492350216146762013-07-23T20:49:53.041+00:002013-07-23T20:49:53.041+00:00oh that's good. I know had a conversation wt...oh that's good. I know had a conversation wth one of the Derwent team last year that had suggested they wouldn't be. Either she was wrong or they changed their mindsvivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-47953217503295206782013-07-20T22:47:10.329+00:002013-07-20T22:47:10.329+00:00Vivien, water-soluble pencils were clearly allowed...Vivien, water-soluble pencils were clearly allowed in the written rules.<br />Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-14924381344758606592013-07-20T21:18:34.698+00:002013-07-20T21:18:34.698+00:00Thank you for the comment Tina - that's a real...Thank you for the comment Tina - that's a really good pointMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-32394192910966914812013-07-20T21:16:15.803+00:002013-07-20T21:16:15.803+00:00It really is a dreadful website, with images that ...It really is a dreadful website, with images that are far too small and badly displayed. A shame.<br /><br />Only dry pencils were allowed I believe, a shame when Derwent make several water soluble pencils, crayons and sticks, maybe next year.<br /><br />It is the first year of this prize and I'm sure they will learn a lot for the next.<br /><br />I was really pleased to see that selected work wasn't simply the human-photocopier-of-a-photograph genre but showed some diversity,<br /><br />I totally agree that the work needs to stand strongly as part of the wider field of art, whatever the medium. Concept, texture, mood, mark making, gesture and more being important elements. Derwent made it clear in the brief that they wanted to see some of this.<br /><br />I wonder if there need to be different categories of prize .... Maybe one for the realist fans and another for the more contemporary work? Those realists are their customers so maybe should be in with a chance? <br />.... expanding the idea of what is possible with the medium draws in a wider range of contemporary artists. <br /><br />Maybe a third category for mixed media? Other media allowed but with dominant use of pencil/crayon?<br /><br /> I would say put work all in one group for the judges, with them selecting the two winners from the entire body of work, meaning entrants don't have to decide on a label. Work can have both qualities so entrants can leave options open. Mixed media would be a separate group.<br /><br />vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-64077558279378967492013-07-20T20:59:04.969+00:002013-07-20T20:59:04.969+00:00My main comment is to please keep in mind that on ...My main comment is to please keep in mind that on the entry form we were required to select ONE pencil medium. So a piece may be watercolour and coloured or other mixtures of pencils but the artists had no way to indicate this. Derwent told me to simply select one and if selected the full details would be asked for for the exhibition. So for example my piece is graphite, coloured pencil and watercolour pencil but the entry just says graphite. So the mediums used may not be as limited as they appear on the website right now.Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-10715819262880386702013-07-20T19:11:16.201+00:002013-07-20T19:11:16.201+00:00having looked at the site and other websites desig...having looked at the site and other websites designed by Hydrant, it seems like its typical of their design and very dated. You get what you pay for I suspect as the sponsors website, Parker Harris contemporary visual art specialists, is much better. They have a much more upmarket web design company,Rubious, for their own website. jacqui boyd aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088700896864263856noreply@blogger.com