tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post6147686777474880610..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Nominate for Making A Mark Awards #5Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-60318041667356386222009-12-23T02:52:11.455+00:002009-12-23T02:52:11.455+00:00I would like to nominate Joan Tavolott for the Tra...I would like to nominate Joan Tavolott for the Travels with a Sketchbook Trophy. http://watercolorsbyjoan.blogspot.com/<br /><br />She is consistant and does wonderful watercolor sketches on her travels and sketches/paints daily. Great person and very active on wetcanvas, too, besides keeping her blog up to date.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-20075210530303168352009-12-22T21:56:48.887+00:002009-12-22T21:56:48.887+00:00I would like to nominate Martin Aveling for the Go...I would like to nominate Martin Aveling for the Going Green Gong. http://www.avelingartworks.blogspot.com/<br /><br />It's the variety I enjoy - from the flight of an eagle owl to his current project of an elephant installation. His "getting out and about" ranges from sketching orang utans in Indonesia to illustrating sparrow identification posters for London. Main reason for nomination though is that he finds every which way of giving something back, so the orang utans, rhinos, lemurs and the charities that protect them, benefit too. Art with a heart!Arjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149689696778167031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27024986498123716852009-12-20T12:33:11.043+00:002009-12-20T12:33:11.043+00:00My first comment from this week doesn't seem t...My first comment from this week doesn't seem to have come through, so I'll try again.<br /><br />I'd like to nominate Lynne Chapman of An Illustrator's Life For Me!<br /><br />http://lynnechapman.blogspot.com/<br /><br />for the Travels With a Sketchbook Trophy. She is a children's book illustrator and obviusly leads a very busy live promoting her work, but even so she carries her sketchbook with her everywhere. She brought back some beautiful sketches from her trip to Costa Rica this year but I think she deserves the award for the sketching she does as she travels around the UK by train. Despite the frequent delays and the tiring work schedule she never misses an opportunity to sketch. To top it all she does it with her characteric good humour and makes it sound like fun - she's a real inspiration!Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-70907642912731079002009-12-19T16:33:14.379+00:002009-12-19T16:33:14.379+00:00I would like to nominate Marc R. Hanson, Painting ...I would like to nominate Marc R. Hanson, Painting My Way Through Life,<br />http://marchanson.blogspot.com/<br />for the Painting Plein Air Plus award.<br /><br />He paints plein air daily when he is not teaching or traveling, but usually gets something posted. Last April he had his Painting Marathon and painted 4 plein air paintings a day for the month of April. They are not three strokes, one for sky, one for tree and one for land. These are beautiful paintings with composition, theory and all included. He also wrote about the paintings each day. Amazing.<br />http://marchanson.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-painting-marathonin-case-you-want-to.html<br /><br />He is generous and sharing with his comments.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-3982986959861924132009-12-18T21:11:09.959+00:002009-12-18T21:11:09.959+00:00I'd like to nominate Lynne Chapman of An Illus...I'd like to nominate Lynne Chapman of An Illustrator's Life for Me<br /><br />http://lynnechapman.blogspot.com/<br /><br />for the Travels With a Sketchbook Trophy. She travelled to Costa Rica this year and brought back some beautiful sketches but I think she really deserves it for the sketches she does as she travels around the country. She's a children's book illustrator and obviously has a very busy time promoting her work but she carries her sketchbook everywhere and even the awful British rail system doesn't stop her sketching at every opportunity she can! Not only that but she does it all with her characteristic good humour and makes it sound like fun! A real inspiration to us lazy lumps who claim to have no time! ;)Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-41989721592408243242009-12-11T14:09:26.729+00:002009-12-11T14:09:26.729+00:00Aha - I came across that blog just the other day f...Aha - I came across that blog just the other day for the very first time!<br /><br />Great mushrooms!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-19337705404543812172009-12-11T14:06:55.633+00:002009-12-11T14:06:55.633+00:00I would like to nominate "Just around the cor...I would like to nominate "Just around the corner" by Debbie Drechsler for the Going Greener Gong award (url:http://debdrex-drawing.blogspot.com/).Papierfliegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006399662058810780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-46070831740396263702009-12-11T12:08:15.605+00:002009-12-11T12:08:15.605+00:00Astrid - it's always good to get support for a...Astrid - it's always good to get support for a nomination!<br /><br />Thanks for your comment and the suggestion to look back. I do find that looking through a blog provides a lot of useful information in the event of a "tie-break" situation! :)Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-52945697443254599252009-12-11T11:58:47.868+00:002009-12-11T11:58:47.868+00:00Hi,
I thought about Loriann, too.But Casey was fas...Hi,<br />I thought about Loriann, too.But Casey was faster to nominate her blog:-)<br />Loriann plein air paintings and working habits are such an inspiration.If you go back to the blog beginnings and compare it with her latest work you can see, that all her dedication, effort and love for her environment has paid off.Astrid Volquardsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559940005957492412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-91876096143342137692009-12-10T20:39:00.225+00:002009-12-10T20:39:00.225+00:00The Painting a Day Stickability Shield
How about ...The Painting a Day Stickability Shield<br /><br />How about Karin Jurick's A Painting Today blog? <br /><br />karinjurick.blogspot.com<br /><br />I saw her other blot won previously but this one I find myself checking back on a lot, not only for the beautiful painting, but for the added element of hoping she's accidentally captured my backside while looking at a painting! The honor it would be to be featured, even if only from behind!!!Lisa Dariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443381570976798391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-34157315275380660482009-12-10T18:53:48.169+00:002009-12-10T18:53:48.169+00:00Hi, For Susan Abbott's nomination I was think...Hi, For Susan Abbott's nomination I was thinking that her Vermont blog would fit well with the "travels with a sketchbook" nomination. If that does not really work, maybe the blog project category.eLIZabeth Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853872667353264839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37504972222616609202009-12-10T18:34:45.254+00:002009-12-10T18:34:45.254+00:00Thank you to everybody who has been nominating
C...Thank you to everybody who has been nominating <br /><br />Can I just remind people to remember to identify the title of the Making A Mark Award that you want your nominee to be considered forMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-38703521590481291482009-12-10T18:24:27.035+00:002009-12-10T18:24:27.035+00:00It pleases me to nominate Loriann Signori's bl...It pleases me to nominate Loriann Signori's blog for the Plein Air Plus award.<br /><br /><a href="http://loriannsignori.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">loriann signori's painting-a-day</a><br /><br />Loriann, of Silver Springs, Maryland (USA) paints outdoors every single day, with few exceptions, and posts the rich results for our enjoyment. Her dedication is matched by few, and her process is illuminating and a joy to observe. I love her color-rich river scenes, and she also favored her readers with a series from the Richard McKinley workshop this past fall.Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-80179035435144048032009-12-10T18:14:09.283+00:002009-12-10T18:14:09.283+00:00I would like to nominate Susan Abbott for her &quo...I would like to nominate Susan Abbott for her "Let Me Show You Vermont" blot and art project, here is the link: http://letmeshowyouvt.blogspot.com/<br /><br />This blog is full of her sketches, some paintings in progress and finished paintings. It is a lovely testiment to the state she lives in.eLIZabeth Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853872667353264839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-2861560601822128652009-12-10T17:56:47.065+00:002009-12-10T17:56:47.065+00:00Leslie - that one has already been nominated under...Leslie - that one has already been nominated under the art project category (yesterday's post) and that's probably where it best belongsMaking A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-52345783597793352532009-12-10T17:54:09.504+00:002009-12-10T17:54:09.504+00:00This blog doesn't fit any of the categories, s...This blog doesn't fit any of the categories, specifically, but thought it should be mentioned.<br /><a href="http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout</a><br />brings artists together to paint or draw "on location" utilizing Google Maps Street View function.<br />I have enjoyed this blog and the monthly challenges and hope you pop over and take a look.Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-7750359783767274982009-12-10T14:36:19.201+00:002009-12-10T14:36:19.201+00:00I would like to nominate Rob Ijbema, Painting Wale...I would like to nominate Rob Ijbema, Painting Wales Diary for the painting Plein Air Plus Prize,<br /> http://paintingwalesdiary.blogspot.com/2009/12/winter-morning.html<br />His latest painti9ng is a brilliant example of why I think he should get this prize. He manages to portray ordinary things, misty mornings, lights on cars, roads, fields,etc so beautifully, capturing nuancies of light and mood perfectly, infusing the everyday with a tougch of heaven. Which is what art is all about. Plus he seems to go out in ALL weathers, so he needs a big fat prize. I have asked him and have already awarded him the prize, from me anyway!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14193935968877679533noreply@blogger.com