tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206451402024-03-19T08:48:17.436+00:00MAKING A MARK<b>A top art blog for artists and art lovers</b>: news about major art competitions and exhibitions, interviews with artists, techniques and tips for art and businessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4498125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-81972048405944244712024-03-17T18:19:00.004+00:002024-03-18T08:24:19.511+00:00Landscape Artist of the Year: Potential for Change?<p><b>This is VERY LONG! It's about looking how
<a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/" target="_blank">Landscape Artist of the Year</a>
(LAOTY) might change to provide </b><br></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>a much more satisfactory experience for all
the artists who participate in it and </b></li><li><b>deliver a much better programme to all those who watch it </b></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIKlxmVcqGRV2y1j2ymzstJedUnKEL-DH6LXTC_b99m5KyexFUqCWNPkespmH_kKrXr6HB5wLxiGHWcpg8gGQnBcx1t7CtnSuBbGZTt336msCyd_FqYeqwEuuaju3-F-FeTI8e2NbUNquQtS8s2v_KWjW_CV7S4zyoll_h6FIW6l48aGiIibV/s600/potential%20for%20change%20600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIKlxmVcqGRV2y1j2ymzstJedUnKEL-DH6LXTC_b99m5KyexFUqCWNPkespmH_kKrXr6HB5wLxiGHWcpg8gGQnBcx1t7CtnSuBbGZTt336msCyd_FqYeqwEuuaju3-F-FeTI8e2NbUNquQtS8s2v_KWjW_CV7S4zyoll_h6FIW6l48aGiIibV/s16000/potential%20for%20change%20600.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div>I think there's some considerable potential for change. So do rather a lot of other
people who I've been discussing this with. They typically fall into two camps</div>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>those who would participate - BUT for the formulaic way it works at the moment where artists are constrained from the outset by the pods</li>
<li>
those who create art and like watching - but have become more and more
disappointed over the years</li>
</ul>
<div>
There's a third camp - those who know little about art but like the programme
and see nothing wrong with it.
<u>However they are NOT going to be providing future participants!</u>
</div>
<div>
<u><br></u>
</div>
<div>This post covers:</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<b>Context: Another perspective or four</b> - about other matters which
are relevant to a rethink of LAOTY - or the development of competition by
another production company.
</li>
<li>
<b>Scope for Solutions?</b> Looking at the broad context of what change
needs to address in terms of weaknesses in the programme
</li>
<ul>
<li>Structure of the Programme</li>
<li>Calibre of Artist - Who's the REAL TALENT?</li><li>Wildcards</li>
<li>Location, Location, Location</li>
<li>Judges</li>
<li>Presenters</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div>
What's written below is essentially what I've been thinking about for a long
time and more recently. But also, it includes lots of contributions from
people discussing the programme online on my Facebook Page.
</div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Context: Another perspective or four</span>
</h2>
<p></p>
<p><br></p><p><b><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/landscape-artist-of-year-time-for-refresh.html">Landscape Artist of the Year: Time for a Refresh?</a> highlights many of the issues which, in the opinion of me and
rather a lot of other people - need to be changed </b></p><p>Since writing it, four more things have come to my
attention which were not "front of brain" when I wrote the first post
</p>
<p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;">Plein Air Art</h4>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
The first is that <b>somebody reminded me about the practice in the US of having
competitive plein air painting paintouts all over the countr</b>y. This is normal and routine.
</li>
<li>
In the UK in the last decade, more and more groups have got together to do
something similar - albeit only a few are competitive.
</li>
<ul>
<li>
My blog post <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2018/10/capturing-moment-plein-air-paint-out-in-st-james-park.html">Capturing the Moment - plein air paint out in St James's Park</a> is an example of one such plein air painting group which I was
invited to attend.
</li>
<li>
Plus Urban Sketchers Groups which have developed all over the country in
the last decade are the natural audience for overtures for people to
participate
</li>
<li>
For the record I was
<a href="https://urbansketchers-london.blogspot.com/2012/03/meet-correspondents-katherine-tyrrell.html">one of the Founders of Urban Sketchers London</a>
back in 2012 and I set up the Facebook Page for
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/UKUSKEvents" target="_blank">Urban Sketchers UK - Events</a> where you can find out about upcoming events. There are now huge numbers of urban sketchers in the UK. <i>(Minus me - I gave up when I tore the meniscus in my left knee which made
mobilising totally about staying on my feet and very much limited my
ability to carry anything. that then led on to the bone on bone ankle,
then surgery etc etc)</i></li></ul></ul><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="250" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUKUSKEvents%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0pJuCBX3mJda9UMHSXvT51wopr6BQF6BUeVeBYAbmxefcdtKLYoW1s7459bBPFh6el&show_text=true&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Television and Broadcasting / Streaming</h4>
<div></div>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
The second was I listened to expert commentary about <b>how much broadcast television has changed in recent years </b>and then
went off and looked at the data revealed in e.g. <a href="https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/media-centre/news/report-reveals-latest-uk-tv-watching-trends-NEWS35" target="_blank"><b><i>Media Nations 2023: Latest UK viewing and listening trends</i></b></a>
</li>
<ul>
<li>
steep declines in watching broadcast TV - use of video on demand increases
</li>
<li>recent decline in older people watching is the steepest ever</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
older viewers are diversifying their viewing and becoming more likely to
take up streaming services
</blockquote></span></i>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<ul>
<li>
a steep decline in the number of programmes attracting ‘mass audiences’.
</li>
<li>huge increase in interest in commercial radio and podcasts</li>
<li>there's more competition than ever for eyes and ears!</li>
</ul>
<li><b>
The third highlighted something which really reinforced my thinking that the current format was well over due for a radical change.</b> I listened to an episode of
<a href="https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/the-rest-is-entertainment" target="_blank">"The Rest is Entertainment" podcast</a>
("<i><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-oscars-ozempic-wonka/id1718287198?i=1000648791120" target="_blank">The Oscars, Ozempic and Wonka</a>"</i>
on my daily walk. </li><ul>
<li>
The very experienced and incredibly well informed 'telly person'
Richard Osman<b> </b><i>(who used to be creative director<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 15.75px;"> of the television production company </span>Endemol UK)</i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 15.75px;">, </span>discussed
<u style="font-weight: bold;">how much and how fast television programmes have changed in recent
years</u> - from pitch to putting a team together to broadcasting. In
particular, I learned how programmes get made and how things have changed
massively in the last few years - and how agile some of the new programme
makers are at conceiving, making and monetising their output.
</li>
<li>
A lot of this is due to the fact there are
<b>many more small companies are involved in delivering programmes for both broadcast and streaming media</b> - and certain channels who are much more tuned into delivering decisions
fast. Bottom line, they know what people like and what appeals and are<b>
fast and nimble on their feet and speedy with their delivery
timelines.</b>
</li><li>If you want an analogy - it's rather similar to how artists went from thinking art as being something that was sold in galleries to realising they can sell for themselves online - and ditching the too heavily corporate model. It connects the artist and the consumer much more directly.</li>
</ul>
<li>
The fourth thing was
<b>I had a very big think about other similar programmes - operating in different
fields of endeavour</b> <b>- and what made them successful</b>. I'll reference this further in the Judges and
Presenters section.
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Context: What has changed radically in last 10 years </span>
</h3>
<div><b><br></b></div><div>
<b>I came away from all of this thinking it made LAOTY look very staid.</b>
</div>
<div>
<b><br></b>
</div>
<div>So <b>context for any rethink of LAOTY </b>includes the notions:</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Other models of delivering competition in plein air art are already well
established elsewhere and are developing in the UK
</li>
<li>
the<b> broadcasting industry has changed radically in the last 10 years
</b></li>
<li>
development and speed of delivery of television programmes has changed
radically in the last 10 years (i.e. lifetime of LAOTY)
</li>
<li>
as a result<b> trends on what people watch have changed radically in the last
10 years</b> - with a major change from broadcast on a regular day / regular
time to much increased consumption of streaming - even by older people.
Niche interests are now catered for.
</li>
<li><b>
television formats for today need to be based on what is possible - and what connects with the potential audience</b> - rather than what was thought a good idea 10 years ago </li>
</ul>
By implication, if you're still doing the same thing 10 years later you are a
bit of a dinosaur! Your audience has moved and you need to keep up!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
Otherwise there's some considerable scope for others to come along and come
up with a better idea and snatch your audience!
</div>
<p></p>
<p><br></p>
<div>
<h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Scope for Solutions?</span></h2>
</div>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
as the quality of the programme deteriorates, the quality of those
applying does likewise which is then reflected in the pods etc etc etc.
they are on a downward spiral.<span></span></blockquote></span></i><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/landscape-artist-of-year-potential-for-change.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-49104259326812515292024-03-14T19:38:00.003+00:002024-03-14T20:07:47.419+00:00Landscape Artist of the Year: Time for a Refresh?<div>
<b>Is it time for a major refresh of Landscape Artist of the Year (LAOTY)?</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Below I'm setting out some arguments concerning the need for rethink of how it works. </b><b>This includes:</b></div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><b>PART 1: (TODAY) looks at major issues related to the latest series and how aspects have changed over time</b></li>
<li><b>PART 2: (TOMORROW) examines the potential for change to help improve the series </b></li>
</ul><div><b><br></b></div>
<div>
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</div>
</div>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">LAOTY Context</span>
</h2><br><ul><li><b>
Series 9 of Landscape Artist of the Year has just concluded</b>. It has followed
pretty much the same format since Series 1 - with minor tweaks and changes
in presenters.
</li>
<li><b>
The Call for Entries for participants in Series 10 is out</b> (see <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/01/call-for-entries-landscape-artist-of-year-series-10.html">Call for Entries: Landscape Artist of the Year Series Ten</a>) and the deadline
for online entries is <span><span style="color: red;">NOON on Friday 3rd May 2024</span>.</span>
</li>
<li><b>
Filming begins this summer (June/July) for Series 10</b> to be broadcast January
- March 2025.
</li>
</ul><div><br></div>
<div>
<b>Realistically, it's very unlikely that there will be anything other than minimal changes for the next series</b>.
That's because a project as big as this one will involve months of planning and some aspects may be scheduled years in advance. </div><div><br></div><div>Although certain aspects cause one to sometimes wonder
about this! <i>(eg how well do the heats relate to the commission)</i></div><div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Time for a Refresh</span></h3>
<div><div><br></div><div>While it has had some minor tweaks during its life to date, <b>this series has never had any major charges to help make "the beginning to end experience" more efficient and effective.</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>It's very unusual for a television series running for this length of time to have not gone through a major reboot </b>- to make it fit for today's audience and their expectations. Particularly where </div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>members of the audience are regularly identifying aspects which they find unsatisfactory.</li><li>aspects of the programme are declining in quality.</li></ul><div>I've been writing about the series every year since 2018.<i> (See my <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/p/art-on-television.html" target="_blank">Art of Television</a> page for links to all the reviews.</i></div></div><div><br></div>
<div>
<b>As a result, I've been thinking for some considerable time about how the series might be
improved</b>.
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
I've already commented on major issues and unsatisfactory aspects in my reviews of various episode.
</li>
<li>
Followers of my Facebook Page have been also been particularly active this year in comments
and highlighting issues and also identifying what needs sorting - and how
that might be achieved. The balance of comments lies very much with the fans who think it could be a lot better as opposed to those who think it's basically a contrived and stupid idea. Although there's quite a few of the latter.</li>
</ul>
<div>I also spent a considerable part of <a href="https://www.artbusinessinfo.com/about.html" target="_blank">my career</a> involved in
performance improvement i.e. reviewing major services for leading
organisations and analysing how they might be improved. It is, if you like,
part of my DNA!
</div>
<div> </div>
</div>
<div>
<b>What follows - in two parts - is an amalgam of my ideas and those which fans (or former
fans) of the programme have identified as issues and potential for change:</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>PART ONE: Landscape Artist of the Year: Time for a Refresh? </b><b> </b><i>(today)</i></li><li><b>PART TWO: Landscape Artist of the Year: Potential for Change? </b><i>(tomorrow)</i></li></ul></div>
<div><br></div>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">What are the Issues and Problems?<span></span></span></h2><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/landscape-artist-of-year-time-for-refresh.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-81542327567544639032024-03-12T18:22:00.010+00:002024-03-12T18:23:54.760+00:00Review of the Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Exhibition 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><b>This morning I visited the <a href="https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/exhibitions-events/society-graphic-fine-art-103rd-annual-open-exhibition-2024" target="_blank">Annual Exhibition 2024</a> of the <a href="https://www.sgfa.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Society of Graphic Fine Art</a> (aka The Drawing Society) at the Mall Galleries.</b></div><p style="text-align: left;">The SGFA have taken over the large West Gallery with 181 artworks demonstrating a wide range of artworks covering diverse subject matter and different media. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>You can see the artwork exhibited ONLINE</b> - with links from both the Mall Galleries website and the SGFA website <i>(although you need to wait awhile before the images appear - and only if you accept cookies, which I normally always object too as per GDPR i.e. it shouldn't need cookies to work)</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">The default position is you can view the artwork <a href="https://sgfaonlinegallery24m.oess1.uk/Artwork/ViewByThumbnail" target="_blank">as thumbnails</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Alternatively you can <a href="https://sgfaonlinegallery24m.oess1.uk/artwork/ViewByArtist" target="_blank">view by name of the artist</a> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Or view <a href="https://sgfaonlinegallery24m.oess1.uk/artwork/PublicGalleryNew" target="_blank">a large image of each artwork</a> - which provides details about the art and the artist</p><p style="text-align: left;">HOWEVER this only applies to artwork by SGFA members and associates.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm also going to be uploading my photos to a Facebook Album - more or less in the order they are hung in the Gallery - and will insert a link here when this has been done</p><p style="text-align: left;">You can also follow the SGFA on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drawingsocietyuk/">https://www.instagram.com/drawingsocietyuk/</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>NOTE: There is no catalogue.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">About the Society of Graphic Fine Art SGFA</span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What's different about the intended focus of this exhibition is the raison d'etre of the SGFA.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfMcShkmrTtxFwOS_Y_HdQyI-yq3d8kbdovQYs62Hd3vaTIddUFvrxbD75V0H_bLJ78Ond2NKNImC7Pz9SAMjOAal1l-ogCxTGyzwRjJkWDVKoBrhY0fXDy_DVQxoLIZeLgbWWkgq0QH4KHg1oDz3Hn5BHML3uV_NM6OEl1SLzNwhnomOfLo6/s600/SGFA%20PURPOSE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfMcShkmrTtxFwOS_Y_HdQyI-yq3d8kbdovQYs62Hd3vaTIddUFvrxbD75V0H_bLJ78Ond2NKNImC7Pz9SAMjOAal1l-ogCxTGyzwRjJkWDVKoBrhY0fXDy_DVQxoLIZeLgbWWkgq0QH4KHg1oDz3Hn5BHML3uV_NM6OEl1SLzNwhnomOfLo6/s16000/SGFA%20PURPOSE.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The purpose and objectives of the SGFA</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">As it states on their explanatory panel which can be found posted around the gallery (see above), <b>the SGFA is all about drawing and draughtsmanship.</b></div><p><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Established in 1919, the Society of Graphic Fine Arts is the only national Society which is based in the UK which is dedicated exclusively to drawing. It exists to promote and exhibit original works of high quality in colour or black and white. This includes traditional and contemporary media. The emphasis is on excellence in drawing and draughtsmanship, demonstrated by hand.</span></i></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;">I'll come back to that later - as I think a divergence from the intended scope of the exhibition appears to have occurred this year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Work which is eligible for exhibition is</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Drawings in any medium, monochrome or colour - pencil, coloured pens and pencils, pen and ink, pastels and oil pastels, charcoal, conté, etc. </li><li>Any original artwork which demonstrates evidence of drawing by hand: - original printmaking, watercolours, acrylics, oils and 3-Dimensional work.</li><li>Any work based on a photograph must have the photographer's permission.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;">Work which is NOT eligible for exhibition includes</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Digital imagery generated by computer.</li><li>Giclee prints and all other reproductions and facsimiles.</li><li>Work shown previously at the Mall Galleries or hung in an SGFA London exhibition.</li><li>Work that is more than three years old.</li><li>Any work that might infringe on copyright law <br><br></li></ul></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Exhibition</span></h2><b><div><b><br></b></div>In general, the exhibition has a lot of excellent artwork by artists who are clearly accomplished in their design and execution of artwork with an emphasis on drawing skills.</b></div><div><br></div><div>It's not all of a very high standard - but that's the same in most exhibitions.</div><p></p><div><b>The exhibition comprises 181 artworks - all of which are for sale - </b>covering </div><div></div><ul data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="3 3 []" style="text-align: left;"><li>drawings, fine art prints (engravings, etchings, linocuts,woodcuts) and paintings</li><li>in a wide range of media: graphite, charcoal, pastels, coloured pencils, metalpoint, ink, watercolour, acrylic, paper collage, stitched media and the ever present "mixed media"</li></ul><div>The styles on show for any one medium are diverse. In that sense this is a good exhibition to view what's possible with different media.</div><div><br></div><div>Dry media such as pastels and charcoals are used by exhibiting artists in various styles from the very precise to the very painterly. Coloured pencil use is more related to precise drawings.</div><div><br></div><div>Graphite and pen and ink are very much favoured by those who like to be very precise.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Speaking personally I'd like to see a lot more fine art prints and rather fewer paintings.</b></div><div><br></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQayVYikTROjFz2CdHxto2z77If4QktHSTrJ3GtSYc5rBbQyPl3mQK0PRxKbvsGO_o895a5yBXLC_XfcvCqm5VMojFeFf6hnlt6038jB2mL2-lmvlXUJHL3yG-L7tYEfY8KG_Y9cIi8f0ODBcZa82Tucahyphenhyphenpk7i4ThgJrKmcmX0gyjpZtC8cU/s600/SGFA%20view%20of%20the%20west%20gallery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQayVYikTROjFz2CdHxto2z77If4QktHSTrJ3GtSYc5rBbQyPl3mQK0PRxKbvsGO_o895a5yBXLC_XfcvCqm5VMojFeFf6hnlt6038jB2mL2-lmvlXUJHL3yG-L7tYEfY8KG_Y9cIi8f0ODBcZa82Tucahyphenhyphenpk7i4ThgJrKmcmX0gyjpZtC8cU/s16000/SGFA%20view%20of%20the%20west%20gallery.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view of the exhibition at the entrance to the West Gallery<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br></div><div><b>The Artists exhibiting</b> include:<span></span></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/eview-of-society-of-graphic-fine-art-annual-exhibition-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-6337072227263638772024-03-11T19:57:00.006+00:002024-03-11T20:05:21.213+00:00Review of the RWS Open 2024
<p><b>This morning I visited the <a href="https://www.banksidegallery.com/exhibitions/111-rws-open/overview/" target="_blank">Bankside Gallery</a> on the South Bank to see the
<a href="https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/competition" target="_blank">RWS Open Exhibition.</a> </b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMl5kfuuioS9-5kFnHlKhlkwFLewUx81Q9SXIuTAxMWjqyz65EqauRHWe40O9JskUqGTmoaVLdoXW4bo4THbbE7x9qIw8GyFOsO__wvLnml5kORUkLfUMCxitUhIHSBnBs2nmsPNmRrTj2ifI3c8-4Yr_LAqnBY_O58h7CgAVmZ9ROvEn6Zq7/s600/RWS%20Open%20-%20front%20entrance.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMl5kfuuioS9-5kFnHlKhlkwFLewUx81Q9SXIuTAxMWjqyz65EqauRHWe40O9JskUqGTmoaVLdoXW4bo4THbbE7x9qIw8GyFOsO__wvLnml5kORUkLfUMCxitUhIHSBnBs2nmsPNmRrTj2ifI3c8-4Yr_LAqnBY_O58h7CgAVmZ9ROvEn6Zq7/s16000/RWS%20Open%20-%20front%20entrance.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to the Bankside Gallery - and the poster for the RWS Open</td></tr></tbody></table><br>The
<a href="https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/competition">RWS Open</a>
is run by the
<a href="https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/">Royal Watercolour Society</a>
(RWS). <b>It was formerly known (until </b>recently) as the Contemporary Watercolour
Competition.
<p></p>
<p>
You can
<a href="https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/exhibitions/65-rws-open/works/" target="_blank">see all the 144 artworks in the show online</a> as well as at the Gallery. Each has a page all to itself - if you click the right link!<br><br><b>The RWS chooses to invite open entries for an
exhibition at the Bankside Gallery via a separate open competition</b> rather
than, as most art societies do, via an annual exhibition dominated by artwork
by members. I think, in part, this is determined by the space for an exhibition
at the Bankside Gallery which, while excellent as an exhibition space, is not
overly large thus limiting the number of works which can be shown.
</p>
<p>
Despite my comments in previous posts, the RWS are still claiming that <br><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i>
</p>
<blockquote>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">"the RWS Open is the largest open-submission water-media exhibition in the
world, attracting thousands of submissions nationally and internationally
each year."</span></i></blockquote>
<p></p>
<p>Although, speaking frankly, I simply do not believe that claim. </p>
<p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>
Mostly because of the calibre of the work in the show but also because I've
never ever seen any numbers to support this claim.
</li><li><b>
It's also <u>wrong</u> because the RI Annual Open Exhibition has many more artworks
and more artworks by non-members.</b> Around half of the 465 artworks on display in their <a href="https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/exhibitions-events/royal-institute-painters-water-colours-212th-exhibition" target="_blank">2024 Exhibition</a> - which opens to the public on 28th March - are by non-members. The RI also had the highest ever number of entries from non-members for this exhibition. (See Presidents Introduction in the <a href="https://issuu.com/mallgalleries/docs/ri_2024_e-catalogue" target="_blank">RI 2024 e-catalogue</a>)</li></ul><p></p>
<p>
I think the RWS would be well advised to read and study carefully
<a href="https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/non-broadcast-code.html" target="_blank">The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional
Marketing (CAP Code)</a>
is the rule book for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotions and direct
marketing communications (marketing communications).
</p>
<p>
<i>(I'd emphasise the same point applies to all other UK art societies inclined to make ambitious claims that they have not validated - I've got a blog post started in draft on
this topic!!).</i></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">The need to choose</span>
</h2>
<div><b><br></b></div><div>
<b>One of the interesting aspects of the two national (in England) watercolour
societies </b>
</div>
<div>
<b>is that you can only be a member of one</b> - and the route to entry is generally via
exhibiting in the open exhibition.
</div>
<div>
<b><br></b>
</div>
<div>
<b>An open exhibition is a reflection of the outlook of its members -
particularly those who act as jurors for that particular
exhibition. </b>
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
You can see the type of artwork produced by member of the Royal
Watercolour Society <a href="https://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/artists/" target="_blank">on this webpage</a>.
</li><li>I'd point out and emphasise that:</li>
<ul><li>
The more conventional traditional watercolours are typically by artists
who have been members for very many years.
</li><li>
Those who lean heavily towards what might be called 'contemporary /
abstract art" are more recent additions.
</li></ul>
</ul>
<div><b>
I'd always counsel artists who ask me which society they should apply to for
membership</b><i> (as has happened in the past)</i> to look very carefully at
the type of artworks hung by members in their exhibitions. It's a big clue
as to who they will ask to join in future. Then to look at the number of
sales - as that's a clue as to which is most likely to attract serious art
collectors and buyers of art.</div>
<div><br></div>
</div>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Review of the RWS Open 2024<span></span></span></h2><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/review-of-rws-open-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-63151691712969097102024-03-10T10:58:00.002+00:002024-03-10T11:03:12.882+00:00Do you want to apply for The Great Pottery Throwdown? (series 8)<p><b>The </b><b>latest series of the absolutely amazing "feel good" programme which is </b><b>Great Pottery Throwdown" is drawing to an end - and the FINAL is tonight! </b></p><p><b>This is the stage at which they always start the search for the participants for the next series......</b></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Do you want to apply for The Great Pottery Throwdown?</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZkG5y9jECe0ghISzoSobIj-E3m8wHtF6DGNq9lfThSSGMmxNGBUfJMvtb5HGjBo95hLlHJ7HACtUBlbcWRJ34iEcy8LX1kO28me950x2zgQejFTcozW3Y1r1aMEEa-OGXhEAodUoFdTFfFWRnIdmyGw9KaiUAXdZbD_mJs8J8KV0sSXkUvd3/s600/great%20pottery%20throwdown%20series%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZkG5y9jECe0ghISzoSobIj-E3m8wHtF6DGNq9lfThSSGMmxNGBUfJMvtb5HGjBo95hLlHJ7HACtUBlbcWRJ34iEcy8LX1kO28me950x2zgQejFTcozW3Y1r1aMEEa-OGXhEAodUoFdTFfFWRnIdmyGw9KaiUAXdZbD_mJs8J8KV0sSXkUvd3/s16000/great%20pottery%20throwdown%20series%208.jpg"></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>If you are thinking you have the right knowledge and experience to enter, below is a very brief summary of "what you need to know".</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can also <a href="https://eu.castitreach.com/ag/love/gptd8/welcome.html">find a longer summary HERE</a> <b>PLUS <span style="color: red;">you MUST read</span> </b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>the <a href="https://eu.castitreach.com/a/love/gptd8/rules">Rules of Entry</a></b></li><li>the <b><a href="https://eu.castitreach.com/a/love/gptd8/terms">Terms and Conditions</a> </b>and</li><li>the <a href="https://eu.castitreach.com/a/love/gptd8/privacy"><b>Privacy Policy</b></a></li></ul><div>This is where to start <a href="https://eu.castitreach.com/ag/love/gptd8/welcome.html">https://eu.castitreach.com/ag/love/gptd8/welcome.html</a></div><div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Who can apply</span></h3><p>Only those who are:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>aged 18 or above on 25th February 2024.</li><li>a resident of the UK (including Isle of Man and Channel Islands) </li><li>NOT a professional potter, meaning that</li><ul><li>you do not work full time as a potter, either at home or in a professional environment, </li><li>nor does your main source of income derive from commercial ceramics or pottery.</li></ul><li>NOT a Fellow or a Selected Member of the Craft Potters Association (CPA) </li><ul><li>nor can you be judged, by the programme makers, to be at that level.</li></ul><li>NOT connected to the Love Productions (who make the programme) or Channel 4 (which broadcasts it) in any way</li><li>can commit 100% to the filming days during a filming period between August and November 2024. <i>(I get the impression it's weekends - not sure why)</i></li><li>agreeable to background checks being performed to confirm who you are and what you have/have not done.</li><li>able to respond accurately to all questions asked and do not withhold anything when asked</li><li>able to keep all information about the application process for the programme and the programme itself strictly confidential.</li></ul><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>This confidentiality applies and continues whether or not you are selected to take part in the Programme or remain actively involved in the Programme. You are not permitted to respond to any approach from the press or anyone else enquiring about the application or production process, anyone else involved in the process and/or anything about the Programme and will refer any such enquiries immediately to Love Productions.</blockquote></span></i><div><br></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> What you need to do</span></h2><span></span><span></span><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/call-for-entries-series-8-great-pottery-throw-down.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-83620511703099945972024-03-07T18:04:00.048+00:002024-03-08T17:25:55.809+00:00Review: Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 - The £10,000 Sustainable Orkney Commission<p><b>This review of the £10,000 commission won by the winner of Landscape Artist of the Year is always a really odd review to write. </b>This post is about why - and includes:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the £10,000 Commission</li><li>the challenge of the Landscape Artist of the Year commission</li><li>the Commission Programme</li><li>the Commission Painting produced by the winner of Landscape Artist of the Year 2023.</li><li>how you can see it at the Science Museum.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCOxkh0lzYzJxk5g9i8fO4h1v02skxzin1JnaW1-mW5ljH0ROXHBHtDIc43vGbPTaFTq2q8Op_x2Xf__8s-rIR6tacP_oQosAtVRkuaHsA1c8TSBF9MYBxz3D-X5inZkYvUS5oyTxWhRfY_535WHvjHx_Dg0HG2kQ2TLrP-WnakyCcsA5MDtk/s600/landscape%20artist%20of%20the%20year%20-%20the%20commission%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCOxkh0lzYzJxk5g9i8fO4h1v02skxzin1JnaW1-mW5ljH0ROXHBHtDIc43vGbPTaFTq2q8Op_x2Xf__8s-rIR6tacP_oQosAtVRkuaHsA1c8TSBF9MYBxz3D-X5inZkYvUS5oyTxWhRfY_535WHvjHx_Dg0HG2kQ2TLrP-WnakyCcsA5MDtk/s16000/landscape%20artist%20of%20the%20year%20-%20the%20commission%202024.jpg"></a></div><br><p>There are two main aspects to the review</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the programme</li><li>the commission artwork</li></ul><div>I know all I'm doing is looking to see whether, to me, it looks like an artwork worth £10,000 - and hence the client has not been diddled.</div><div><br></div><div>In this instance Monica very clearly demonstrated in her commission painting produced for the Final - of her neighbourhood where she lives - that she's clearly capable of a lot more than the small paintings she was producing in just 4 hours (for the heat, semi-finals and final).</div><div><br></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The £10,000 Commission</span></h2><div><br></div><div>First - a quick preliminary - about the Commission</div><p>The £10,000 Commission is, of course, the Prize for winning Landscape Artist of the Year 2024. <i>(See my blog post for my review of the Final - <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/monica-popham-wins-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html">Monica Popham wins Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a>)</i></p><p><b>The Client for the Commission is <a href="https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/home" target="_blank">the Science Museum.</a></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ0Yhh98XvE4tTyZjv97pH_B6Hj4SmJynMNVhV6R2y97b75D124z_Nrgj2v3DNjf21_W_9-VGf0nLtvu-0-a4M5bIT0SRdsCculSHSGOdJSZ2yPGP7w5SmVg10BHXvThwcWxq8MYO-z8nJ1zy7AbYwaHyuGU9fmnwuHuHtY4mJVxX6c31VNJy/s600/Science%20Museum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ0Yhh98XvE4tTyZjv97pH_B6Hj4SmJynMNVhV6R2y97b75D124z_Nrgj2v3DNjf21_W_9-VGf0nLtvu-0-a4M5bIT0SRdsCculSHSGOdJSZ2yPGP7w5SmVg10BHXvThwcWxq8MYO-z8nJ1zy7AbYwaHyuGU9fmnwuHuHtY4mJVxX6c31VNJy/s16000/Science%20Museum.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Science Museum in Exhibition Road in South Kensington.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">The 2024 Landscape Artist of the Year prize was a commission by the Science Museum Group to capture the story of Orkney's central role in the UK's transition to low-carbon, renewable energy.</blockquote></span><p>Does the client get the artwork irrespective of what sort of artwork the winning artist turns out? I thought there must be something in the rules somewhere which indicates "best efforts" etc. But instead I found this</p><p>
</p><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>If the Winner rejects the Winner’s Prize or otherwise fails to carry out the creation of the Winner’s Prize Artwork on such dates and times and locations required by the Producer, then the Producer reserves the right to take the Winner’s Prize away from the Winner and the Producer shall be entitled to select another Winner. </blockquote></span></i><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Challenge of the Commission</span></h2><b><div><b><br></b></div>I've always thought that the commission is typically a </b><b>prestigious view for a prestigious client. </b>In other words it:<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>brings a very worthwhile prize pot </li><li>alongside something which is a difficult challenge to confront and address. </li></ul><div>Plus you might get to go to an interesting place.<span></span></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/review-landscape-artist-of-year-2024-sustainable-orkney.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-72881160489895143962024-03-06T19:00:00.006+00:002024-03-06T19:00:43.608+00:00PAOTY 2024: Heat Tickets sold out / All successful artists notified <p><b>All artists selected for the heats of Portrait Artist of the Year 2024 have now been told.</b></p><p><b>Similarly, all those applying for tickets to watch them in the heats at Battersea Arts Centre should, by now, know whether or not they have tickets. </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4ElcnGwSofwLQSzE9XQoMtMeo0t8VlcJPIqfNuKH2IMHW0oUWOGOMjSKT0C4jILNtj3XehsQi5aS5Q_AsFxYRBjly6as9NXgICf2ft9dQeGPKYeXN_RlP70BJfnC-Il_P3DW0Tw9nbpF1zDQ81XvDEBr4FyJS7PTqvxFEkgX_02pTBdxTsvn/s600/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%2018.25.46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4ElcnGwSofwLQSzE9XQoMtMeo0t8VlcJPIqfNuKH2IMHW0oUWOGOMjSKT0C4jILNtj3XehsQi5aS5Q_AsFxYRBjly6as9NXgICf2ft9dQeGPKYeXN_RlP70BJfnC-Il_P3DW0Tw9nbpF1zDQ81XvDEBr4FyJS7PTqvxFEkgX_02pTBdxTsvn/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20at%2018.25.46.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Tickets for the Heats</span></h2><p>I'm afraid I was rather slow off the mark in indicating that tickets for watching the heats of Portrait Artist of the Year at Battersea Arts Centre have ALL SOLD OUT. <br /><br />The change this year (I think) was that people could apply for four tickets at a time - which I guarantee will mean ticket touts will have have got some of them.... Watch out for them being sold for premium prices! Or refused at the door.....</p><p>It's possible there will be returns - in which case this is the link to bookmark and keep a eye on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/o/storyvault-films-ltd-77588482973" style="box-sizing: inherit;">https://www.eventbrite.com/o/storyvault-films-ltd-77588482973</a></p><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><blockquote>If you secure a ticket and can no longer attend, out of courtesy to others who have missed out, please return your ticket immediately via Eventbrite.</blockquote></span><p>Tickets were available for morning and pm sessions. So no scope to be there all day unless you got a ticket for each session.</p><p>For the record, the dates of the Heats etc are:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Tuesday 26th March 2024</li><li>Wednesday 27th March 2024</li><li>Thursday 28th March 2024</li><li>Tuesday 2nd April 2024</li><li>Wednesday 3rd April 2024</li><li>Thursday 4th April 2024</li><li>Friday 5th April 2024</li><li>Saturday 6th April 2024</li></ul><div>This is </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>either the six heats, the semi finals and the Celebrity Artist version - with the Final reverting to the National Portrait Gallery</li><li>or the six heats, semi finals and the Final</li></ul></div><h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Artists who didn't get selected</span></h2><p>Here's an extract from the letter of rejection</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fo0z_-irMxcjB2I11IyEBoIz7FD_In2ByCLhxs9HOXP3_Ee6sCON3-8uMLbedhibc8D2-WBjPJ9NxZYzT5-UEZS4yQJ4lhTw9DmQCS7TkRSDkz3jP6fmtnYzkHSTExqW2XfWn6jy8vU-kwrQ0SfK-X2J5VlEmHTXl8hmil5ETjCTZy4E5H9G/s600/letter%20of%20rejection.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fo0z_-irMxcjB2I11IyEBoIz7FD_In2ByCLhxs9HOXP3_Ee6sCON3-8uMLbedhibc8D2-WBjPJ9NxZYzT5-UEZS4yQJ4lhTw9DmQCS7TkRSDkz3jP6fmtnYzkHSTExqW2XfWn6jy8vU-kwrQ0SfK-X2J5VlEmHTXl8hmil5ETjCTZy4E5H9G/s16000/letter%20of%20rejection.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>What I can tell you is I think this might be the first time they've not extended the deadline, while trying to find more better artists to participate.<br /><br />Which rather suggests the competition for places is hotting up! This may also mean the standard of participant in the next series - to air this Autumn - might be rather better than in previous years. We can but hope!</p><p>If you put "<i>portrait artist of the year</i>" into the search engines of Facebook or Instagram, you will see a lot of pics by all those who did not get a place in a pod.<br /><br />While most are pretty predictable as rejections go, I've seen some very good ones rejected!</p><p>What does it take to get in to Portrait Artist of the Year<br /><br /><b>To those who got the "Thanks but no thanks" letter MY RECOMMENDATIONS would be:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>do what they ask - it's supposed to be a self portrait!</b></li><li><b>do NOT use gimmicks </b>- you've got to have been doing this for a long time to come up with one which works. However, unusual perspectives are a welcome change from the (very) standard head and shoulders.</li><li><b>try to paint at least some of it from life and NOT all of it (very obviously) from photos </b>- photorealistic is NOT what this competition is about. You've got 4 hours to complete your artwork in the heat!</li><li><b>paint a large or large medium sized painting which includes at least all the upper torso </b>- this gives you more chance to impress - unless you are a master of miniature painting!</li><li><b>paint one and preferably two hands</b> - this is when you can use photos! I was counting last year and most had at least one hand included</li><li><b>demonstrate mastery of your chosen media</b> - because if you're not very good, it's very unlikely you'll be chosen</li><li><b>demonstrate mastery of your ability to eyeball a model and record accurately </b>the shape and features of their head and posture and clothing.</li><li><b>read all my past reviews -</b> which provides LOTS of critical observations, tips and techniques - which you can find on <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/p/art-on-television.html" target="_blank">my Art on Television Page</a>. You need to scroll down to find them all back to 2018.</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><b>Postscript: For those wondering where my review of the Landscape Artist of the Year Commission painting is</b>, </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I've decided to go to the Science Museum tomorrow to see it in the gallery it was commissioned for.....</li><li>The blog post is very nearly finished, so likely to be published later on tomorrow!</li></ul></div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-45167381463826720322024-03-04T20:21:00.018+00:002024-03-04T20:26:32.271+00:00Review of RBA Annual Exhibition 2024<p>
I visited the
<a href="https://buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/all-artworks/?_bc_fsnf=1&exhibition=Royal%20Society%20of%20British%20Artists%202024%20(RBA%20Members%20Only)&exhibition=Royal%20Society%20of%20British%20Artists%20Annual%20Exhibition%202024&limit=60&sort=alphaasc" target="_blank">Annual Exhibition 2024</a>
of the
<a href="https://royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/" target="_blank">Royal Society of British Artists</a>
last week at the Private View - which became increasingly packed with people
as the afternoon became evening. I'll be trying to see if I can go back before
it ends.
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It's open every day until Saturday 9th March (10am - 5pm) at the Mall
Galleries in London.
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I LOVE the Catalogue cover. </b>It illustrates perfectly the diverse nature of the
artwork in this exhibition It's also much fairer to all those artists who work hard
to produce excellent artwork to have so many gracing the front cover. Plus it
has a very contemporary look!
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Catalogue of the RBA Annual Exhibition 2024
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<br><b>There are 495 artworks in the show - which I think is slightly more than
usual. You can
<a href="https://issuu.com/mallgalleries/docs/rba_2024_e-catalogue" target="_blank">view and read the catalogue online</a>. </b>The artwork covers<br>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>paintings and drawings in various different media</li>
<li>
fine art prints - which are generally of a very high quality and look
amazing when hung together on the Print Wall in the East Gallery
</li>
<li>
sculpture which is very diverse in terms of theme, media and construction.
I am emphatically not a fan of
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Examples of "below the eyeline" sculpture in this shot <br>two on
very short plinths <br>and one sat on the floor - which is very
easy to miss entirely
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<i>Note to Mall Galleries: Get a LOT more decent sized plinths so we see
less sculpture on the floor or very near the floor.</i>
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<b>You can also explore the exhibition online and see ALL the artwork in the
show</b>
as follows:
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<a href="https://buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/all-artworks/?_bc_fsnf=1&exhibition=Royal%20Society%20of%20British%20Artists%202024%20(RBA%20Members%20Only)&exhibition=Royal%20Society%20of%20British%20Artists%20Annual%20Exhibition%202024&limit=60&sort=alphaasc" target="_blank">on the Mall Galleries website</a>
- where you can list artworks in
</li>
<ul>
<li>
alphabetical order by artist's surname (or reverse alpha order) -
<i>this is the way to view if you want to see all the artworks by one
artist in the show.</i>
</li>
<li>by price - ascending or descending</li>
</ul>
<li>
my photos of the show - which I've placed in Facebook Albums as follows
</li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.907932961334552&type=3" target="_blank">East Gallery</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.907967077997807&type=3" target="_blank">West Gallery</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.908313147963200&type=3" target="_blank">North Gallery</a>
</li>
</ul>
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However I was very disappointed at the performance of the website - I got absolutely zero results when entering:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the title of a works </li><li>the name of an artist from the open entry, it came </li></ul><div>That's just NOT good enough! It also does not promote sales by those who know the artists in the open entry!</div></div>
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<i>Note to Mall Galleries: make sure people can search for titles of ALL the artwork and ALL exhibiting artists on the new website!!!</i>
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Plus <a href="https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/explore-artists/mick-davies-prba-hon-rbsa-0" target="_blank">Mick Davies</a>, President of the Royal Society of British
Artists introduces the artwork in the exhibition in the video below.<i> (The "background" music is a bit too strident for my liking!)</i></div>
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<p><b>
I'm going to adopt the same approach I used in 2021 for the first exhibition
which reopened the Mall Galleries</b>. The focus is on artwork I liked. It's one which works well with such a
diverse set of paintings, drawings, fine art prints and sculpture about
diverse subject matter.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Artwork I liked</span>
</h2><div><br></div><b>
These aren't going to be the artworks judged best in show. </b>For those you need
to read <br><a href="https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/news/award-winners-rba-annual-exhibition-2024" target="_blank">Award Winners | RBA Annual Exhibition 2024</a>
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<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>
These are the artworks which appealed to me.</b></div><div><b><br></b>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Best Portrait</span>
</h3><div><br></div>For me this portrait by <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kingaelfred/" target="_blank">Aelfred Hillman</a></b> had it all. I loved this painting - which demonstrates a great eye for design, brilliant painting of skin tones and an equally wonderful treatment of the natural landscape in terms of both water and vegetation.VERY impressive.<br><br>It won the Ronald Morgan Memorial Award - which had not been announced when I was there - and I'm not surprised! Last year he was one of the "Rising Stars" of the RBA and was shortlisted for the RBA Rome Scholarship.</div><div><br></div><div>This painting is more sophisticated than the painting at the exhibition last year.<span></span></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/review-of-rba-annual-exhibition-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-60033582600572935622024-03-01T08:33:00.008+00:002024-03-01T08:36:55.091+00:00Monica Popham wins Landscape Artist of the Year 2024<b>
This review is about
<a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/35cf63bb-7b11-4af7-830c-35b6ccfbedd7/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-8" target="_blank">the Final of Series 9 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a> at Covent Garden in London - which was won by Monica Popham.</b>
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Landscape Artist of the Year 2024:<br>Commissions and Final
Paintings by the three finalists
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<b><br></b>
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<div>Below you can read about</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Artists in the Final</li>
<li>Venue: Where/when the Final was held - which was a bit different</li>
<li>Observations about the subject</li>
<li>Themes and Tips</li>
<li>Decision Time:</li>
<ul>
<li>The Commissions</li><li>The Final Paintings</li>
<li>The final decision</li>
</ul>
<li>The Winner</li>
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As always the programme about the Final is always something of a bit of an
odd show since
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>5 other participants are missing </li>
<li>there is the need to recap the journey to the Final</li>
<li>plus a more indepth profile of each artist AND</li>
<li>
the story of the three artists doing a commission between the semi-finals
and the Final
</li>
</ul>
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<div>
I'll spend a little bit more time focusing on Monica since she won the
series.
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<div><br></div>
You can find all my reviews of previous programmes in this series at the end
of this post. Plus how to apply for the next series which will be filmed
this summer in six heats in three places around the UK.
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><br>The Final</span>
</h2>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Artists in the Final</span>
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(Left to right) Kristina Chen, Denise Fisk and Monica Popham</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br></b></div><div><b>The three artists in the Final were - in order of the heats they
won</b>:
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<li>
<b>HEAT 1: <a href="https://kristinachan.com/" target="_blank">Kristina Chan</a></b>
(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kristinachan/">Instagram</a>) is a
Canadian mixed media artist and printmaker who has studied in London.
She uses narrative and specific facts about a site to create a sense of
place. She is very she is very used to doing commissions for
prestigious clients and public art installations - but not a lot that
resembles painting. Her work is in the collections of V&A Museum
(2016, 2017), Ingram Collection of British and Modern Art (2020) and
Royal Collection, Clarence House (2018), Royal College of Art (2018,
2016)
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<b>HEAT 5: </b><a href="https://www.pophamstudio.com/"><b>Monica Popham</b></a> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/popham.studio" target="_blank">Facebook </a>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/popham.studio/?hl=en">Instagram</a> |
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@popham.studio" target="_blank">tiktok</a>) is a digital media manager and landscape artist and illustrator from
Gibraltar. Currently based in Guildford. She studied Fine Art at
Loughborough University and graduated in 2021. The main body of her work
focuses on the tangible quality of sunlight, and how it interacts with
the architecture in Gibraltar and other Mediterranean towns. She has
worked on a variety of projects such as large scale murals, book covers
and private commissions.
</li>
<ul>
<li>
<span style="color: red;">HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ </span>This is
<a href="https://www.pophamstudio.com/laoty/landscape-artist-of-the-year-liverpool-heat-blog">her LAOTY article about applying for LAOTY and then appearing in
the series.</a>
in which you can see a lot more paintings of Liverpool which she
produced while waiting to know which location her pod would be in.
</li>
<li>
<span style="color: red;">HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ</span> Her LAOTY
article about her participation in the semi finals is
<a href="https://www.pophamstudio.com/laoty/landscape-artist-of-the-year-semi-final-bucklers-hard" target="_blank">The Semi-Finals of Landscape Artist of the Year: Bucklers Hard</a> - which reveals how different the semi-final is to the Heats.
</li>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
I went into the semi-finals wanting to prove that I could do more than
extremely cropped landscapes and paint a scene outside of my comfort
zone. At this point in the competition, we have no idea the location
of the commission but I knew if I wanted to progress to the finals I
had to prove that I had more flexibility as an artist.
</blockquote></span></i>
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<li>
<b>HEAT 6:</b> <a href="https://www.denisefisk.com/">Denise Fisk</a>
(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/denisefiskart/">Instagram</a>) - a
landscape oil painter from East Sussex. Denise has BA (Hons) Degree in
textile design which led to a career as a colourist and designer in the
furnishing industry. She now exhibits in art fairs in South East
England. She particularly likes autumn colours.
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Location and Timing</span>
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<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zy3u4YgQsBsJgFt3QBplEX6zOsAGZ-69JzKSETGz-OMKmouI_Qcat8SClT_N5nEOFtQoL2urPQVX4B6t5Ypn94T9R4AG4LS-Oli67ktda7lJORkI_gUpiXsvZKOt5HIPFhEcIWgWAKUBLHR9VS853Ac1q6-USkjEtjeYfPs0gDPaIH05IPaW/s600/royal%20opera%20house%20and%20terrace.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zy3u4YgQsBsJgFt3QBplEX6zOsAGZ-69JzKSETGz-OMKmouI_Qcat8SClT_N5nEOFtQoL2urPQVX4B6t5Ypn94T9R4AG4LS-Oli67ktda7lJORkI_gUpiXsvZKOt5HIPFhEcIWgWAKUBLHR9VS853Ac1q6-USkjEtjeYfPs0gDPaIH05IPaW/s16000/royal%20opera%20house%20and%20terrace.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rear of the Royal Opera House and the Covent Garden Piazza<br>The Terrace is the top floor on the left - with the open gaps</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br></b></div><div><b>
The venue for the Final of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 was <a href="Terrace of the Royal Opera House" target="_blank">the Piazza Terrace of the Royal Opera House</a></b> - where I've been and sketched myself. <i>(It's actually a restaurant - and while not cheap it's also not expensive! Which you need to know if you want to try it out for yourself.)</i></div>
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So NOT in the Pods for the first time in LAOTY History! However still
undercover - with protective covers also for the nice wood floor!<span></span></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/03/monica-popham-wins-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-88107798747660357592024-02-26T19:27:00.005+00:002024-02-26T19:53:47.402+00:00NEW Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries at the Imperial War MuseumLast Friday, I visited the <b><a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/blavatnik-art-film-and-photography-galleries" target="_blank">Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries</a></b>
at the
<a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank">Imperial War Museum</a> (IWM) for the first time. They are the galleries in the UK’s to
explore how artists, photographers and filmmakers bear witness to and tell the
story of war and conflict.
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">The Imperial War Museum is not
typically a place I think of when wanting to see art - but recent developments
suggest it should definitely be part of the education of any self-respecting artist of fan of
art history who wants to understand better how war has been recorded from a
visual perspective.
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Not least because the Galleries include some iconic artwork as well as important films
and photography.
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The reason I was at the IWM last Friday was because I'd been invited by the
Museum's Digital Producer/Director to some filming she was doing with Gareth
Reid in relation to various of the outstanding paintings in the IWM's art
collection.
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Gareth Reid being filmed while sketching and making notes <br>about
"Gassed" by John Singer Sargent<br><br>
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Some of you may remember
<b><a href="https://garethreid.co.uk/" target="_blank">Gareth Reid</a></b> as
the
<a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2017/03/gareth-reid-is-sky-arts-portrait-artist.html" target="_blank">winner of the 2017 series of Portrait Artist of the Year</a>
and more recently Portrait Artist of the Decade<i> (<a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2023/10/review-portrait-artist-of-decade.html">Review: Portrait Artist of the Decade</a> as featured in <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2023/12/portrait-artist-of-decade-exhibition-at-national-portrait-gallery.html">Portrait Artist of the Decade Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery -
last few days</a>).</i> For me he will always Gareth Reid who I first met at the National Portrait Gallery back in 2008 when he
was responsible for what I still think of as one of the best BP Travel Award
Exhibitions in the history of the award<i> (see <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2008/06/bp-travel-award-gareth-reid-and-finnish.html" target="_blank">BP Travel Award: Gareth Reid and the Finnish winter bathers</a>).
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<div><b>
He and I were both very impressed with the Galleries and their content</b>. Read
on to find out more.
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">The Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries</span>
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<b><a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/blavatnik-art-film-and-photography-galleries" target="_blank">The Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries</a></b> are located at the Imperial War Museum in London. They opened last
November on Remembrance Sunday. </div><div><br></div><div>The Galleries are free to enter, making more
of IWM’s world-class collection available and accessible to all.
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Entrance to the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;">This is the first time in IWM’s history that a permanent gallery space
has been created to display the three collections together - visual art,
film and photography.</span>
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<span></span></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/new-blavatnik-art-film-and-photography.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-83754242811821459112024-02-22T19:54:00.005+00:002024-02-22T19:54:43.967+00:00Review: Semi Finals of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024<b>This is a review of the <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/35cf63bb-7b11-4af7-830c-35b6ccfbedd7/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-7" target="_blank">Semi Finals of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a> </b>which took place at the historic shipbuilding village and maritime museum of <a href="https://bucklershard.co.uk/" target="_blank">Buckler's Hard</a> in Hampshire.<div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfLNi9mKxONoC7NwEYhjAlUHmpYztmkzUbxF07Z1iITMtS-HVR87UsUTObTMqaJV3BReAqLyYBu6_8Jyie2rRVK-LSKvkvkMGGDiucUQgPCt_kZCY-ubRkpwEWAiiRMCdNLBpYwbtWWuMVUsMJvlXO3fPMWbl8WYqv71_czaA0hXhIJko9ATp/s600/judging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfLNi9mKxONoC7NwEYhjAlUHmpYztmkzUbxF07Z1iITMtS-HVR87UsUTObTMqaJV3BReAqLyYBu6_8Jyie2rRVK-LSKvkvkMGGDiucUQgPCt_kZCY-ubRkpwEWAiiRMCdNLBpYwbtWWuMVUsMJvlXO3fPMWbl8WYqv71_czaA0hXhIJko9ATp/s16000/judging.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judging the seven paintings produced in the LAOTY semifinals</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div>Below you can read about:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Artists - but also see yesterday's post <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/semi-finalists-in-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html" target="_blank">The Semi-Finalists in Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a></li><li>The Wildcard Winner</li><li>The Location and Weather </li><li>Themes, Learning Points and Tips</li><li>Decision Time: The Finalists</li><li>My take on the Semi Final Paintings - covering them in order of the Heats</li></ul></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Artists</span></h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6ZfHIqILzB74fWQsg4iElUY00Is10Jid4nVBtgLjI2ZF-I0LRVqiXpxEUOBKKZ5LZdg-xvofa7d4MlEApdtFq3VA-Abah9WyOzrVFhGFsmyQWOBMAvUQHT3tezm9ltWYoqjc9CXB0nYKe-dGDFPZXfT0YMxAhL2-Qjq1jBclwUo8KSicUV6D/s600/semi%20finalists.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6ZfHIqILzB74fWQsg4iElUY00Is10Jid4nVBtgLjI2ZF-I0LRVqiXpxEUOBKKZ5LZdg-xvofa7d4MlEApdtFq3VA-Abah9WyOzrVFhGFsmyQWOBMAvUQHT3tezm9ltWYoqjc9CXB0nYKe-dGDFPZXfT0YMxAhL2-Qjq1jBclwUo8KSicUV6D/s16000/semi%20finalists.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Semi Finalists - after they had finished</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div><br><b>The Artists were:</b><br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>all the Heat Winners </b>- We already know who all the artists are - and I did a recap of them yesterday in my post <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/semi-finalists-in-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html" target="_blank">The Semi-Finalists in Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a> - so no section devoted to artists in this post!</li><li><b>plus the chosen wildcard from the Wildcard Winners in each heat. </b> The Wildcard Winner who got a place in a pod and who was selected from the six Heat Wildcard was Rebecca Patterson from Aberdeen.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZKLHiBVEhbrE8RZE5HSUQGZq1i1LLQq8LesGwW_0FvabKq84fj21xOlSqV7x0c9rigP6Nc1mqAtPJn6zZlVgS-YIlRE0dzkvnXKGN_fvQd6dwW2rw-0aR42kv41E8bqkv32gz_E9Dlmn06PZdRsOP_Zv31cJtKVegyZbkJK7-Ds2pV-Wnvip/s600/rebecca%20patterson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZKLHiBVEhbrE8RZE5HSUQGZq1i1LLQq8LesGwW_0FvabKq84fj21xOlSqV7x0c9rigP6Nc1mqAtPJn6zZlVgS-YIlRE0dzkvnXKGN_fvQd6dwW2rw-0aR42kv41E8bqkv32gz_E9Dlmn06PZdRsOP_Zv31cJtKVegyZbkJK7-Ds2pV-Wnvip/s16000/rebecca%20patterson.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebecca Patterson with her Heat 1 painting of a nocturnal Dunnottar Castle</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div><br></div><div><b><a href="https://www.rebeccapattersonartist.com/" target="_blank">Rebecca Patterson</a></b> took part in who took part in Heat 1 at Dunnottar Castle. She is a professional artist and <a href="https://www.munroandthemoon.com/" target="_blank">a creative practitioner.</a> She graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2009 with a BA(Hons) in Painting and again in 2010 with a Master of Fine Art. She works with Grampian Hospitals Art Trust on their Art Room projects and the charity Life With Art which hosts creative workshops with vulnerable groups in Aberdeen.</div><div><br></div><div>During the course of the day, Rebecca drew her very own following as those watching were very interested in her very different techniques for creating art.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPNF5d_ocBByUNzi1iDhPtGdr74fCXbuftgPbHhGxmfzL0jeKoDnu4X99822hWyGU9xTb3If4J9soxT2urTB0bT4t1XbLQVO_b9S5xMGO_aRFFS0gxEoR-ZZB-LugJHOvF3Zel52ATgQk2Sa34v3qJ_3_oCeh2iVGKjxchwuRh5YR7veU4R8F/s600/rebecca%20pattersons%20fans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPNF5d_ocBByUNzi1iDhPtGdr74fCXbuftgPbHhGxmfzL0jeKoDnu4X99822hWyGU9xTb3If4J9soxT2urTB0bT4t1XbLQVO_b9S5xMGO_aRFFS0gxEoR-ZZB-LugJHOvF3Zel52ATgQk2Sa34v3qJ_3_oCeh2iVGKjxchwuRh5YR7veU4R8F/s16000/rebecca%20pattersons%20fans.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very interested spectators around Rebecca's pod <br>- as the time came to remove the cling film!<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Hordes</span></h3></div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplG8nK8J4Zv4sO_Dk0UjVXjpXqStVu1XwAnQcBrBzfXI_84QUKa-iezFCwlCNBgTugxo9GYhVD9Mw5noWvin-WbcpW2rvjiVhQ6D61sdHZZ-kzgjHWEKB354xsJRN0OcB-Yr116zD4pBQT5CAtnj32m2WSHzvvvQ4kbDIb4cqa_hH8iRdaNxs/s600/the%20Pods%20at%20Buckler%20Hard.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplG8nK8J4Zv4sO_Dk0UjVXjpXqStVu1XwAnQcBrBzfXI_84QUKa-iezFCwlCNBgTugxo9GYhVD9Mw5noWvin-WbcpW2rvjiVhQ6D61sdHZZ-kzgjHWEKB354xsJRN0OcB-Yr116zD4pBQT5CAtnj32m2WSHzvvvQ4kbDIb4cqa_hH8iRdaNxs/s16000/the%20Pods%20at%20Buckler%20Hard.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The LAOTY Pods at the top of the<br>maritime heritage village at Buckler's Hard in Hampshire<br>plus just some of the visitors who stopped to watch</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div><b>LOTS of people came to watch the semi-finals. Rather too many to make it conducive to good artwork in my opinion.</b> </div><div><br></div><div>It was difficult to tell whether these were normal visitors who stopped to watch a bit or people who had specifically come to watch. I decided those with collapsible chairs were probably part of the latter group! However inspection of "bucklers hard" on Instagram suggests virtually all were there to get seen on the television...... i.e. very few mentions on social media. I think many of those who sat on the grass in front of the artists maybe thought they were going to get memorialised in a painting as well as getting their "face on the telly".<br><br>There's a point at which onlookers get in the way of artists performing well.</div><div><br></div><div>I think those who produce this programme might do well to consider long and hard whether <u>and when</u> they announce the locations at which they are filming. However, I'm sure they've already learned some lessons from this experience.</div><div><br></div><div><i>PS If you get selected as a pod artist this year, ask them what they are doing about keeping audience numbers to more sensible levels.</i><br><br><h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Location & Weather</span></h2></div><div>The location was unusual. <a href="https://bucklershard.co.uk/" target="_blank">Buckler's Hard</a> is a historic shipbuilding village and a Maritime Museum on the west bank of the Bealieu River in Hampshire.<span></span></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/review-semi-finals-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-49935986687780863172024-02-21T08:54:00.002+00:002024-02-21T08:54:43.775+00:00The Semi-Finalists in Landscape Artist of the Year 2024
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRWxhBQ6rwia7R7756tsa1UgePyJv7eq3ZJRvE_-08y6EfH-wcZGPhtGCz380Pw88dTGirmczQ2bc6OHuTo-anG6KhiT2ojprxIRRNOWzrqMIVIAMAs0B1Xb0JwMm3AiA7DheYujCFuB6PLCybc87xXVuKS63-7xbxicAAevKqGAie5upQIhr/s600/ARTISTS%20IN%20THE%20SEMI%20FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRWxhBQ6rwia7R7756tsa1UgePyJv7eq3ZJRvE_-08y6EfH-wcZGPhtGCz380Pw88dTGirmczQ2bc6OHuTo-anG6KhiT2ojprxIRRNOWzrqMIVIAMAs0B1Xb0JwMm3AiA7DheYujCFuB6PLCybc87xXVuKS63-7xbxicAAevKqGAie5upQIhr/s16000/ARTISTS%20IN%20THE%20SEMI%20FINAL.jpg"></a></div><b><br></b><p></p><p><b>You, like me, have probably already forgotten the names and backgrounds of the artists who are going to be in </b><a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/35cf63bb-7b11-4af7-830c-35b6ccfbedd7/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-7" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">the semi-final of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 on Sky Arts.</a></p><p><b>Here's a round-up and refresher for all those who will be watching TONIGHT at 8pm.</b></p>For me, the critical question is WHO is going to make a serious pitch for the final and then the commission in this semifinal round. Read on to find out WHY....<div><br></div><div>ALL the artists are painters - except for Kristina who is really a printmaker.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end I discuss the reasons behind who I predict will be in the Final and where you can discuss my choice!</div><div><br><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Heat 1: Kristina Chen</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></div><b><a href="https://kristinachan.com/" target="_blank"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kristinachan.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3JengYuOlCUqkfUYeUvqTL_tR9sG9NI5rqV6YZmbfD6NkApZDu7tUG-hBr9iL_kR9FXGwpkU6EQv-t8cv-bgoZ2vsncqiLpb0MJj5X1qBdE7W3BhdrlKM2N1yHt673L2VXSLHlI_GkZd8gEpE9FPoJSe_QeQ8wNWByTVNQLuKRziReyla9gO/s600/Kristina%20Chan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3JengYuOlCUqkfUYeUvqTL_tR9sG9NI5rqV6YZmbfD6NkApZDu7tUG-hBr9iL_kR9FXGwpkU6EQv-t8cv-bgoZ2vsncqiLpb0MJj5X1qBdE7W3BhdrlKM2N1yHt673L2VXSLHlI_GkZd8gEpE9FPoJSe_QeQ8wNWByTVNQLuKRziReyla9gO/w320-h320/Kristina%20Chan.jpg" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><br>Kristina Chen</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kristinachan/">Instagram</a>) is a Canadian printmaker who has studied in London. Her submission was a large monochrome work on very thin Japanese paper. Very little presence online when I looked for her after the first heat. However, I looked again and have now found her website which I couldn't find at the time of the first heat. She describes herself as <i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>a London based artist working between printmaking, photography and public installation.</blockquote></span></i>It's also very clear from <a href="https://kristinachan.com/about" target="_blank">her 'about' page</a> that she is very used to doing commissions for prestigious clients and public art installations. Nothing that vaguely resembles painting though...<div><br></div><div>Having seen her past achievements, I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if she's in the Final - because I don't believe that the Judges never ever look at their CVs and websites!<br><div> <div>However, her Instagram account is now private! Which seems odd for an artist who is trying to raise their profile via the media<br><div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnbo9K0oXbq4wxfB0M6V4IXp2t3u1ulPuHpwgLxsG0FLg_7Q1RuOhQxb_Pl_U0wnyFiCIMkzaNucciVjI7mb4LGuwyUwlhaQC8a_CiKF27gAgC9NdpCrHUZ6JhOx4wpogduO0ToozGpm4-1AuJDqWORcX5p6V4741_eoEZf-vOvKnPmhCb13k/s600/Kristina%20Chen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnbo9K0oXbq4wxfB0M6V4IXp2t3u1ulPuHpwgLxsG0FLg_7Q1RuOhQxb_Pl_U0wnyFiCIMkzaNucciVjI7mb4LGuwyUwlhaQC8a_CiKF27gAgC9NdpCrHUZ6JhOx4wpogduO0ToozGpm4-1AuJDqWORcX5p6V4741_eoEZf-vOvKnPmhCb13k/s16000/Kristina%20Chen.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Submission and Heat Painting by Kristina Chen</td></tr></tbody></table><br><h4 style="text-align: left;">What I said</h4><blockquote><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Kristina Chen rescued an impossible situation and benefited from the fact that both Kathleen and Tai liked the strange quality of her artwork. They do love seeing artwork they've not seen before!<br><br>I thought Kristina's submission was very impressive - and I identified her at the beginning, when we only had the submissions to go on, as being one of the shortlisted artists.<br><br>I also think it is infinitely superior to her heat artwork. However I have sympathy for the fact that what she had planned to do in the heat i.e. printmaking turned out to be impossible given the location. She was working on very light paper and it became obvious to her that working into the initial drawing / print using other media was the only way she could finish. <br><br>She captured the huge clefts in the cliff on which the castle sat and got a very real sense of the massive nature of the cliffs and the relatively small size of the castle. Plus she got the weather in the latter part of the day.</span></i></blockquote><p>She wasn't my favourite, although I loved her submission. I said....</p><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>I'm not disappointed however I think her submission probably got her through. It will be really interesting to see:<br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">whether she works out how to do printmaking outside</span></i></li><li><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">what she produces in the semi-finals</span></i></li></ul></blockquote></span></i>REFERENCE: <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/01/review-episode-1-of-landscape-artist-of.html">Review: Episode 1 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024)</a> </div><div><br><h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Heat 2: Wesley Smith</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuTgMKq4MNJ8KOOCAsbAzd5N2mUETnDWeT6NoLZDWaCA5M3Z1s8v-CGXhPDhZXTXd_k9cM1Zxf9cHtc0rircCXzbHsplAkoBAHuwkXMyTebYhjDBk5TiR7IAUh-Ulwy1UohyAjFKVoWXzSM6Xz9PoPlspOVk-0t0HMdb6P12sZOyKxv__iq92/s600/Wesley%20Smith%20with%20submission%20painting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuTgMKq4MNJ8KOOCAsbAzd5N2mUETnDWeT6NoLZDWaCA5M3Z1s8v-CGXhPDhZXTXd_k9cM1Zxf9cHtc0rircCXzbHsplAkoBAHuwkXMyTebYhjDBk5TiR7IAUh-Ulwy1UohyAjFKVoWXzSM6Xz9PoPlspOVk-0t0HMdb6P12sZOyKxv__iq92/s16000/Wesley%20Smith%20with%20submission%20painting.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I didn't like Wesley's heat painting, however I loved his submission<br></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br></b></div><div><b><a href="https://artistoftheyear.co.uk/artist/wesley-smith/" target="_blank">Wesley Smith</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wsmithart/">Instagram</a>) is a chef and a painter based in Brighton’s North Laines where he paints landscapes and still lives. He spent 10 years living abroad in Taiwan and his paintings are influenced by Asia. His Instagram account is definitely worth a review - I'm more impressed by the paintings on there which demonstrates very clearly that he can paint a range of landscapes.<span></span></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/semi-finalists-in-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-55833582817915189962024-02-19T11:40:00.023+00:002024-02-19T11:46:16.290+00:00Review: Episode 6 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024) - Hever Castle<p><b>
...and so we come to the last heat of Landscape Artist of the Year
2024.
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<p><b>
....and it's another big building. </b>Although this time it's rather older than the
ones in last week's heat - plus it comes with two moats - an outer one and an inner one!!</p>
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<h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Episode 6: Hever Castle</span></h2>
<div><span><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br></b></span></span></div><div>
<span><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">This is my review of <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/35cf63bb-7b11-4af7-830c-35b6ccfbedd7/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-6" target="_blank">the sixth episode of the 9th series of Landscape Artist of the Year
2024.</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">As regular readers will know by now, it considers:</span><br>
<ul>
<li>the location and weather</li>
<li>the artists' profiles</li>
<li>themes arising during the episode</li>
<li>judges decision-making</li>
<li>who was shortlisted and who won.</li>
</ul>
<div><br></div></span>
<h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Location and Weather</span></h2><div><br>
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<span><b>The Heat took place at
<a href="https://www.hevercastle.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hever Castle</a>
in Kent -</b>
which was the childhood home of
<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn" target="_blank">Anne Boleyn</a></b>
(1501-1536) who was the second wife of King Henry VIII and a
Queen </span>from 1533 to 1536. You can see the outer and inner moat in the pic below. Plus the topiary lawn which is a feature of the approach to the Castle.</div><div><br></div><div>On the day of the heat, the weather was fine - sunny with some cloud cover. So none of the artists in this heat had to compete with any of the challenges that participating artists in other heats have encountered this year.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC71GmQmc8LoKCJVHpUmk2ZllycBuakgZ04F840_mF3bMcW5NsIk-ciRqkdlyRzWYRqWmBGbgID1LHZV4jiI7qUO8aAZKlthUndIFl42jiQ1ps_YL5H8QNTs4xrpIzojzqr18hyFzGIhJxTxDcFoTIJ-xyArFhl3KmoyCJ0MbnhdfS4z_ht26/s600/top%20down%20of%20Hever%20Castle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC71GmQmc8LoKCJVHpUmk2ZllycBuakgZ04F840_mF3bMcW5NsIk-ciRqkdlyRzWYRqWmBGbgID1LHZV4jiI7qUO8aAZKlthUndIFl42jiQ1ps_YL5H8QNTs4xrpIzojzqr18hyFzGIhJxTxDcFoTIJ-xyArFhl3KmoyCJ0MbnhdfS4z_ht26/s16000/top%20down%20of%20Hever%20Castle.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hever Castle, topiary and inner and outer moats</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div><br></div>
<div>
Very sensibly, they located the pods at some distance from the castle which
made the latter small and opened up the need to create an artwork which
included part of the estate and garden.
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<div><br></div><div>If you want to "play at being a pod artist" and try and paint the scene, you need to go to the green area <i>(top left in the above image) </i>over the bridge and between the outer moat and the cafe - with the view over the top of the topiary. This is near to where you enter the Castle Grounds from the car park <i>(speaks this past visitor!)</i></div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU878xX6oyzrZ-lvFJZ8A0H5wnLZLCeQk5g6l9ShJcVhuWYDOT7rf52sJagq2XX4l1AJWsmULH7WGAMWZjQrAWqnNs3CDEIVtJaJU83x74RaTNPgLcgo6bJBki71kO7oeojMRFB5AMxZByOwhj2_JDPgBdKI2V6g6gRSsPxj2woWHqpmwE42i_/s600/pods%20at%20Hever%20castle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU878xX6oyzrZ-lvFJZ8A0H5wnLZLCeQk5g6l9ShJcVhuWYDOT7rf52sJagq2XX4l1AJWsmULH7WGAMWZjQrAWqnNs3CDEIVtJaJU83x74RaTNPgLcgo6bJBki71kO7oeojMRFB5AMxZByOwhj2_JDPgBdKI2V6g6gRSsPxj2woWHqpmwE42i_/s16000/pods%20at%20Hever%20castle.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cafe in the background and Outer Moat on the right</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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<b>The artists' view from the Pods</b><br>of (foreground) the lily covered
moat<br>(Middle ground) the topiary<br>(background) Hever Castle -
on the right
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</tr>
</tbody>
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<div>
<b>The perspective from the pods provided three clear zones</b>:
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<span style="text-align: center;">(foreground) the lily covered moat</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="text-align: center;">(Middle ground) the topiary</span>
</li>
<li>
<span style="text-align: center;">(background) Hever Castle - on the right</span>
</li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>
Lots of green vegetation and lots of stone</b>. The colour of the main
features of course varied during the day depending on whether it was in in the sun or covered by the cloud which featured - on a
variable basis - on the day and hence the object was in the shade.</div></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
<b><span style="color: red;">TIP</span> Decide of the pattern of sun
and shade before you begin to paint. </b>
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Consider the pattern of darks and lights before you start</li>
<li>
Take photos when you start and fix on a the parameters of your design.
(what's in and what's out)
</li>
<li>
Delay fixing on how sun and/or shadow are going to cover your subject
matter by making a decision only after you have drawn in
</li>
<li>
work out how the darks and lights will change as the sun moves during
the day
</li>
<li>
make a record sketch of what the tonal shapes are (darks, lights and
inbetween tones)
</li>
<li>
don't forget to include and record the shadows of objects in your design
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<b>see also my blog post <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2009/06/plein-air-art-10-tips-for-working-with.html">Plein air art - 10 tips for working with sunshine and shade</a> </b>(3rd June 2009)
</div><div><br></div><div>Looks to me as if the Wildcard artists were a little way further round from the pod artists - in amongst the trees with a side-on view of the Castle - with a choice of being under the shade of the big trees or being out in the sunshine!</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhVuyb1rWZKiCdh1rbfNf_1Ir5K6rpTtt6YXpnSrHDjS_jJ92HJWwFp2sjS1zhEDirCrdssgTeSSrW8vf28ybpO18y0AmVWPlIimJElYo91LkIzIItCFuTg4nOxK0cY49s4iG98fXDow_uCqz9VqgnXT7CYZLIcAHdxyR5vyi2oKLenAt7FuJ/s600/wildcards.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhVuyb1rWZKiCdh1rbfNf_1Ir5K6rpTtt6YXpnSrHDjS_jJ92HJWwFp2sjS1zhEDirCrdssgTeSSrW8vf28ybpO18y0AmVWPlIimJElYo91LkIzIItCFuTg4nOxK0cY49s4iG98fXDow_uCqz9VqgnXT7CYZLIcAHdxyR5vyi2oKLenAt7FuJ/s16000/wildcards.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wildcard artists beyond the Outer Moat at Hever Castle</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div><br></div>
<span><h2><span style="color: #0b5394;">Artists' Profiles</span></h2>
<div><br></div><div>
I've now decided that the cameras which record the artists work MUST have stopped working - because <a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/" target="_blank">the listing of the artists</a> has not been updated past Heat 4. So we have lost:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>the correct spelling of every artist's name</li>
<li>links to their social media sites</li>
<li>a video of how they created their landscape artwork</li></ul><div>Below I provide links to their websites (if they have one) embedded in their names and a link to their Instagram account if they have one.</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F0SkB8JE5LP-zfS_rzxWW79ipDxXzA7tjyDPsCrQ4-dK7VnYNiZP1r4EUB1o4VWUh-SeMmNoz3ySlEVsknFPzxkSnMp85ydvWu9xdWIuLs6ZL65oQuCoLtNv7QVi_BWBsxPkjZUAUzIEalB_J-ts2unDwGe_GQQgxa_hSUggOO8gEmjAD1m/s600/The%20Pod%20Artists%20HEAT%206%20LAOTY%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F0SkB8JE5LP-zfS_rzxWW79ipDxXzA7tjyDPsCrQ4-dK7VnYNiZP1r4EUB1o4VWUh-SeMmNoz3ySlEVsknFPzxkSnMp85ydvWu9xdWIuLs6ZL65oQuCoLtNv7QVi_BWBsxPkjZUAUzIEalB_J-ts2unDwGe_GQQgxa_hSUggOO8gEmjAD1m/s16000/The%20Pod%20Artists%20HEAT%206%20LAOTY%202024.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The POD Artists of Heat 6, LAOTY 2024 in the garden at Hever Castle</td></tr></tbody></table><br><div><br></div></div>
<div><b>The artists in Heat 6 at Hever Castle </b>are:<span></span></div></span></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/review-episode-6-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024-hever-castle.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27487334917350812612024-02-14T12:46:00.008+00:002024-02-14T12:48:44.851+00:00A short break (except for LAOTY)<p>I'm currently feeling absolutely inundated with a very long "to do" list of tasks which have been on the back burner for far too long<br /><br />So, consequently, <b>I'm taking a short break from "Making A Mark" - EXCEPT for my weekly reviews of Landscape Artist of the Year</b> which will still appear each week.<br /><br />You never know by the time I come back I may have sorted out the email subscription issue!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5L12oFuJtoHd344lnDKKMUu9Ip8LsajfnJJK06ZlCmFBR2pPG7Jy6Mt3QTguUfVR-onPGnvzt_rFZTiG0t02QNZ-M5kwHjlZdUeVTSEiVkINsUARkmhd-OH88kukX40luhhYdje6qYmEtq_1TT0La6b12ULXk9xFMDQrMPmnIKTP5GKZ5aZi/s600/ona%20break%20back%20soon%20web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5L12oFuJtoHd344lnDKKMUu9Ip8LsajfnJJK06ZlCmFBR2pPG7Jy6Mt3QTguUfVR-onPGnvzt_rFZTiG0t02QNZ-M5kwHjlZdUeVTSEiVkINsUARkmhd-OH88kukX40luhhYdje6qYmEtq_1TT0La6b12ULXk9xFMDQrMPmnIKTP5GKZ5aZi/s320/ona%20break%20back%20soon%20web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-73591376282307743812024-02-09T19:15:00.035+00:002024-02-09T19:25:50.249+00:00Review: Episode 5 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024) - Liverpool Three Graces<p><b>This is my penultimate Heat Review of Series 9 of Landscape Artist of the Year . One more to go and then it will be the semi-finals! </b>This week's fifth heat came from Pier Head in Liverpool.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>On one side of the Pods were the Three Graces - very large and historic buildings associated with Liverpool's past. </li><li>On the other side was the River Mersey and the Mersey Ferries Terminal - which attracted a lot of the wildcard artists.</li></ul><p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlUp_10V2biQj71P1CLDEfzIU8sLLLfm9IeDLGSBOcgXooskWVqpc3qXxVOj1XTpROtgbTg-fZ0Ohwaox4eTR9tP-oYXkh9ulkDalSMR6rak2D-zMMCNq1qljwXQ0f05YVM4oH4sgZtIOncRFuCeEe4G0UFgjc21_AGykaoJJKTzqVDfGEokJ/s600/LAOTY%20Pier%20Head%20Heat%20Paintings.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlUp_10V2biQj71P1CLDEfzIU8sLLLfm9IeDLGSBOcgXooskWVqpc3qXxVOj1XTpROtgbTg-fZ0Ohwaox4eTR9tP-oYXkh9ulkDalSMR6rak2D-zMMCNq1qljwXQ0f05YVM4oH4sgZtIOncRFuCeEe4G0UFgjc21_AGykaoJJKTzqVDfGEokJ/s16000/LAOTY%20Pier%20Head%20Heat%20Paintings.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heat Paintings lined up <br>in front of the former offices of the Port of Liverpool Building<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Episode 5: Liverpool - The Three Graces</span>
</h2>
<div>
<span><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">This is my review of <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/35cf63bb-7b11-4af7-830c-35b6ccfbedd7/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-5" target="_blank">the fifth episode of the 9th series of Landscape Artist of the Year
2024</a>.</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">As regular readers will know by now, it considers:</span><br style="color: black;">
<ul style="color: black;">
<li>the location and weather</li>
<li>the artists' profiles</li>
<li>themes arising during the episode</li>
<li>judges decision-making</li>
<li>who was shortlisted and who won.</li>
</ul>
<div><br></div></span>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Location and Weather</span>
</h2><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></div>
<span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSWiqWmBJmb2e5goz0-uarpSk4ZtuaXKEb0C4uDslkK2cKTbhO2PEUkVXrhWEVjrSKmJH7HPUHVUj0LCiTNOBKRWRBY1g1S8nzKutaOSkunV_V9teQgN-XxWetdgwBCA15X55w2I3hh7mc3C3RLeG7aNsnmiETwUjfwha8gB_JLPyhGFLsoks/s600/pier%20head.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSWiqWmBJmb2e5goz0-uarpSk4ZtuaXKEb0C4uDslkK2cKTbhO2PEUkVXrhWEVjrSKmJH7HPUHVUj0LCiTNOBKRWRBY1g1S8nzKutaOSkunV_V9teQgN-XxWetdgwBCA15X55w2I3hh7mc3C3RLeG7aNsnmiETwUjfwha8gB_JLPyhGFLsoks/s16000/pier%20head.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subject Matter: Three large buildings for the pod artists<br><i>(note the pods on extreme right of Pier Head)</i><br>wildcards could choose the buildings <br>OR turn towards the Mersey Ferries Terminal, the River Mersey and the Ferries</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><div><b>
This week's heat was on the Liverpool Waterfront at Pier Head </b>- adjacent to:
</div></span>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<span><li>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Head#Landmark_buildings" target="_blank">The Three Graces</a> at Pier Head <i>(from left to right)
</i></li>
</span><ul><span>
<li>
<span face="Antarctica-Regular, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 18px;">the
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liver_Building" target="_blank">Royal Liver Building</a>
(1908-11) - one of the first buildings in the world to be built
using reinforced concrete. It's a landmark building in Liverpool
and is famed for the two Liver Birds which standing on top of the
two cupola watching over land and sea</span>
</li>
</span><li><span>
<span face="Antarctica-Regular, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 18px;">the
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunard_Building" target="_blank">Cunard Building</a>
(1914-16) - this is </span>a mix </span>of Italian Renaissance and Greek Revival styles. It used to be home home to Cunard's passenger facilities for trans-Atlantic journeys departing from Liverpool. </li><span>
</span><li><span>
<span face="Antarctica-Regular, "sans-serif"" style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 18px;">the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Liverpool_Building" target="_blank">Port of Liverpool Building</a> (1904-1907) - </span>formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office is a</span> Grade II* listed building. It was the first big building on Pier Head and was constructed with a reinforced concrete frame clad in Portland Stone</li><span>
</span></ul><span>
<li>
The
<a href="https://www.beatlesstory.com/news/2015/12/04/beatles-statues-fab-new-tribute-pier-head/" target="_blank">statue of the Beatles</a> on Pier Head
</li></span>
<li>
<span>The </span><a href="https://www.merseyferries.co.uk/blog/other/honouring-our-friend-gerry-marsden/" target="_blank">Gerry Marsden Terminal at Pier Head</a> of the
<a href="https://www.merseyferries.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mersey Ferries</a> which was renamed in 2022 in honour of Gerry Marsden who made
"Ferry across the Mersey" famous.
</li>
</ul>
<div>
<span>The Three Graces are </span>part of what is Liverpool's <i>FORMER</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO">UNESCO</a>
designated
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site">World Heritage</a> site, the
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Maritime_Mercantile_City">Maritime Mercantile City</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, back in 2021, the status was removed after rather too many buildings of little
architectural merit and no connection to the port were also built along
the waterfront <i>(see extreme right of the above image - which were part of the last heat)</i>. (see <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/21/unesco-strips-liverpool-waterfront-world-heritage-status" target="_blank">Unesco strips Liverpool of its world heritage status</a> and <a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/world-heritage-committee-deletes-liverpool-maritime-mercantile-city-unescos-world-heritage-list" target="_blank">World Heritage Committee deletes Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City from UNESCO’s World Heritage List</a>)</div>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Weather </span>
</h3>
<div><br></div>
<div>
<b>It was a very hot day - and yet again the pods are out in the
sunshine</b>. The artists get the benefit of fans but there is absolutely no shade.
</div>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
I'm not quite sure how the legal requirements for taking care of the
health and wellbeing of the participants allows for no shade at all on a very hot and sunny day.
</li>
<li>
Or maybe there is shade and I can't see it? I know the top of the pod is opaque. It would be nice to know it contains a strong UV filter. Thing is when I look at
the programme all I can see is artists in pods in full sun (i.e. there
are shadows from items on the floor of the pod) who are complaining
about how hot it is. I know they put fans in the pods - but the problem with fans is they don't stop heatstroke or UV.</li>
</ul>
<div>
If I was in a pod with no shade on a hot day I'd walk out - or insist they sorted out some shade for me.</div>
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<td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">
Pods on pier head on a very hot day with no shade.
</td>
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<br>
<div>
The other problem with painting in bright sunlight is you cannot see
colour properly. If you're also looking at white buildings, it becomes a bit like snow blindness.
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>
What they need is a venetian blind system which the artist can control to
cover the pod if required. Alternatively the equivalent of an upright sunshade within the pod - big enough for artist and painting.<br><br><b>So far as the wildcards are concerned, it's entirely up to them how
they position themselves and whether they bring any shade with them</b>. I'm thinking those tents fulfil lots of purposes from keeping you dry
to providing shade.... See the winner of the wildcards to see how she handled it (below)</div>
<br>
</div>
<span>
<div><br></div>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Artists' Profiles</span>
</h2>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>I'm beginning to think that the cameras which record the artists work
must have stopped working</b> - because we have
<b><a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/" target="_blank">LOST the official listing</a></b> (which is a great pity) of:</div></span><div><span>
<div>
<ul>
<li>the correct spelling of every artist's name</li>
<li>links to their social media sites</li>
<li>a video of how they created their landscape artwork</li>
</ul>
<div>It stops after Heat 3.</div>
</div>
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These are the artists who painted Pier Head in Episode 5
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<div>
<b><br></b>
</div>
<div>
<b>Below links to the artist's website is embedded in their name - if
they have one.</b></div></span>
<div>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<span><li><b>Ruqayya Aftab</b> - a fine art student from Birmingham. No social media so far as I can see. Her submission was of a woodcut of a market in Pakistan.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.pennybearman.co.uk/" target="_blank">Penny Bearman</a></b> (Instagram) - from Deal in Kent. She considers herself to be an impressionist and likes to produce atmospheric landscapes and dramatic cloudscapes. </li>
</span><li><span><b><a href="https://markbonello.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mark Bonnello</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bonello_art/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - an HGV driver living in </span>County Antrim. He's a self taught painter who works mostly in oils. He has been taking his painting seriously since 2018 and has exhibited at the RUA, the RSMA and the ROI and lists his smaller works on his website.</li><span>
<li>
<b><a href="https://www.chrisdorning.com/" target="_blank">Chris Dorning</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chris_dorning/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a mixed media artist from Cumbria. He is a professional mural
artist and likes painting on a bright red ground.
</li>
</span><li><span><b>Kerry Doyland</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kerrydoyland/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - from Essex. She qualified as an architectural designer in the 1980’s and started her own design company. She was awarded </span>British Designer of the Year and Freedom of the City of London for her work in this field. She now paints in acrylics. Her submission painting was bo<span>th beautiful and sad - of a terrace at a hotel in Venice which she visited after she lost her husband to Covid.</span></li></ul>Below Kerry is seen with a camera hanging over her shoulder - should anybody be under any illusion as to what it's actually like for the artists in the pods!<br><br><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Dj5t8I1G8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 1px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 10px 0px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Dj5t8I1G8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 0; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank"> <div style="align-items: center; 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line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Dj5t8I1G8/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Kerry Doyland (@kerrydoyland)</a></p></div></blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><span>
<li><b><a href="http://quentinmartin.com/" target="_blank">Quentin Martin</a></b> (Instagram) - a British architectural designer, artist and art tutor who enjoys painting. Working mostly in oils, his subjects mainly include landscapes. Produced en plein air, the work is as much about the journey, in search of the subject, as it is the subject itself. He has exhibited widely including many open exhibitions.</li></span>
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<span><b><a href="https://www.ciaranmeister.com/" target="_blank">Ciaran Meister</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cfmeister/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - </span>a multidisciplinary artist, musician and filmmaker living and working
in Wicklow, Ireland. He paints rural scenes with broad flat vertical
strokes. His practice is concerned with mark-making and explorations
of time and memory.
</li>
</ul>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
Liverpudlians are sound. Stopping and saying nice things about my
painting in the best accent was a highlight.<br><br>If you’re
thinking of entering
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/artistoftheyear/">@artistoftheyear</a>
definitely do. It’s a cool experience and impressive to see how such
a big production comes together on the day.
</blockquote></span></i>
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<li><span><b><a href="https://www.pophamstudio.com/" target="_blank">Monica Popham</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/popham.studio/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a digital media manager an</span>d landscape artist and illustrator from Gibraltar. Currently based in Guildford. The main body of her work focuses on the tangible quality of sunlight, and how it interacts with the architecture in Gibraltar and other Mediterranean towns. </li><ul><li><b><span style="color: red;">HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ</span> This is <a href="https://www.pophamstudio.com/laoty/landscape-artist-of-the-year-liverpool-heat-blog" target="_blank">her blog post about applying for LAOTY and then appearing in the series.</a></b> in which you can see a lot more paintings of Liverpool which she produced while waiting to know which location her pod would be in.</li></ul>
</ul><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>There were several weeks between the call and my heat, so I set out to practice as much as possible. There were lots of emails and calls during this time with an extensive artist questionnaire all about my background, painting technique and personality.</blockquote></span></i>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i><div><span><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>We were told our location was along the Liverpool waterfront so after looking on google maps, I assumed it was going to be either the Albert Docks, The Liver Building or the Liverpool Museum. After studying the blogs of previous episodes on Making a Mark (which I suggest any artist who is going on the programme to do), I practiced painting in the 4 hour window.</blockquote></span></i></span><span>As always I'm hugely appreciative of those who give my blog and reviews a mention!<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></i></span></div><span>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Themes</span>
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<h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></h3><h3>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The problems of painting on a hot day</span>
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Here's some of the things that happen to artists / painters on a hot day.<span></span></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/review-episode-5-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024-Liverpool-Waterfront.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-42142684268943302952024-02-07T19:13:00.004+00:002024-02-07T19:16:32.901+00:00Review: The 6th John Ruskin Prize<p>
<b>Yesterday I went to the exhibition for
<a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-6th-john-ruskin-prize" target="_blank">The 6th John Ruskin Prize</a> at Trinity Buoy Wharf - and I was VERY impressed! </b><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">I HIGHLY RECOMMEND paying this a visit if you like artwork which has been made by thoughtful artists who make you think!</span></p>
<p><b>Below you can find out about:</b></p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><b>what is the John Ruskin Prize</b></li>
<li><b>why it's worth a visit </b></li><li><b>how to see it</b></li>
<li><b>who won the prizes on offer</b></li>
<li><b>names of artists shortlisted for the exhibition</b></li>
</ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk7-CrwBIHFL41-9UmQdaC-BPNfeMZH6uXtDm6ztsSVKjQEVV3_-CCimBjUsyf6-D4FMzzYDOBdj4VlC1AH5PQ7V-jBYL8Ubcagt-9S2aPpydlZzO4qCAixBAjXauJxEbKwCQ8y9ebvDEBAsN43059rLuxarSevbN32Z3C8PT1JsO-0NEPyy8/s600/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk7-CrwBIHFL41-9UmQdaC-BPNfeMZH6uXtDm6ztsSVKjQEVV3_-CCimBjUsyf6-D4FMzzYDOBdj4VlC1AH5PQ7V-jBYL8Ubcagt-9S2aPpydlZzO4qCAixBAjXauJxEbKwCQ8y9ebvDEBAsN43059rLuxarSevbN32Z3C8PT1JsO-0NEPyy8/s16000/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%234.jpg"></a></div></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">What is the John Ruskin Prize? (In a nutshell)</span>
</h2><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>Selected from over 4000 entries, the final shortlist of 78 pieces from 68 artists, makers and innovators have been given a platform for the unseen to be seen and the unspoken to be heard. </blockquote></span></i>
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<b><a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/about" target="_blank">The John Ruskin Prize</a>:</b>
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<ul>
<li>is a multi-disciplinary biennial art prize in the UK</li>
<li>
was inaugurated in 2012 by <a href="https://www.guildofstgeorge.org.uk/">The Guild of St. George</a> and visual literacy charity, <a href="https://thebigdraw.org/">The Big Draw</a>. </li><li>Entry is eligible for all artists, designers and makers - especially
those whose artwork defies easy categorisation</li>
<li>encourages entries in a wide array of media</li>
<li>
requires all submissions to respond to the theme of the biennial
exhibition</li><li>The judging panel consisted of Narinder Sagoo MBE, Cornelia Parker CBE RA, Bob and Roberta Smith RA, Gary Hill, Julian Stair OBE, Dr Rachel Dickinson and Jane Barnes.</li><li>Organised and delivered by <a href="https://thebigdraw.org/" target="_blank">The Big Draw</a></li>
</ul>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
The prize aims to reflect a central thread of John Ruskin’s thought;
as a writer and artist - and as an impassioned critic, not only of art
but of society and life - he believed that art has the power to reveal
and celebrate universal truths, and that a good artist and maker in
any medium should always be guided by that search.
</blockquote></span></i>The Prize used to hold an exhibition every other year - but the pandemic
made sure that didn't happen so this is the first one since 2019.
</div><div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHZvcZpxl7RMimT3j2Jgy0ME_5wHnBztDNL4MfWOHt7Obz4cpCvjnhrugHor3KlxY01v8Q8DriAMb2XkrGFzCHixSG6C0WW0M-gTJskoUzMyC9Pe9gkb8TxYVm5sbsv6IDzBrPts4gj22AWxg58anLgrjjFsGI27S4hwuhhKtYy1WfBk-iiHH/s600/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHZvcZpxl7RMimT3j2Jgy0ME_5wHnBztDNL4MfWOHt7Obz4cpCvjnhrugHor3KlxY01v8Q8DriAMb2XkrGFzCHixSG6C0WW0M-gTJskoUzMyC9Pe9gkb8TxYVm5sbsv6IDzBrPts4gj22AWxg58anLgrjjFsGI27S4hwuhhKtYy1WfBk-iiHH/s16000/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%233.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div></div>
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<div>
<b>These are links to the past exhibitions on The John Ruskin Prize
website</b>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<b>2012 (1st) A New Look at Nature</b> -
<a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-1st-john-ruskin-prize">https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-1st-john-ruskin-prize</a>
</li>
<li>
<b>2014 (2nd) Recording Britain Now </b>- <a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-2nd-john-ruskin-prize">https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-2nd-john-ruskin-prize</a>
</li>
<li>
<b>2016 (3rd) Recording Britain Now (Society)</b> - <a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-3rd-john-ruskin-prize">https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-3rd-john-ruskin-prize</a>
</li>
<li>
<b>2017 (4th) Master of all Trades</b> - <a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-4th-john-ruskin-prize">https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-4th-john-ruskin-prize</a>
</li>
<li>
<b>2019 (5th) Agent of Change</b> -
<a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-5th-john-ruskin-prize">https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/the-5th-john-ruskin-prize</a> - this attracted over 1260 entries / 3000 artworks.
</li>
</ul><div>If after reading this review and/or visiting the exhibition you're interested in entering the next one - in 2025 for an exhibition in 2026 - you may like to read the <a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/submission-guidelines" target="_blank">Submission Guidelines & FAQS for the 6th Exhibition</a></div><div><br></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The 6th John Ruskin Exhibition</span>
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<div><b>In summary</b>:</div>
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
Artists were invited to respond to the theme for the 6th John Ruskin
Prize Exhibition in 2024, <b>Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken. </b>This could be explored and interpreted in many different ways.
</li>
<li>
Artwork for the 2024 Exhibition was selected from over 4000 entries
from UK and international artists. You can
<a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/judges-2023" target="_blank">see the Judges here</a>.
</li>
<li>
The final shortlisted artworks of 78 pieces from 68
artists, makers and innovators can be seen at The Buoy Store, Trinity
Buoy Wharf, until February 17th <i>(more details below)</i>
</li>
</ul>
<div>
Entries were welcomed from artists, designers, architects and makers, at
all stages of their careers. For the first time, entries were open
to
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>the medium of photography </li>
<li>creatives across the globe (<i>but only in respect of digital entries</i>).</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG9-TXkZRJOiO1A0boJMVnJD80Dye_5CT44VP2VBrz9RdHA0yomeuVy8BngyZO6kIP7xDX0Q-OkLo098SeRz0pYSNEuEddQuGbctdyBp_2XWLaw_hgvhcRs9p3U_Ecpt1aLcgtT8D-JzYSutAK6v7fUS1u1E_TqR8Raq6ukenH9vvZIYbRt0z/s600/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG9-TXkZRJOiO1A0boJMVnJD80Dye_5CT44VP2VBrz9RdHA0yomeuVy8BngyZO6kIP7xDX0Q-OkLo098SeRz0pYSNEuEddQuGbctdyBp_2XWLaw_hgvhcRs9p3U_Ecpt1aLcgtT8D-JzYSutAK6v7fUS1u1E_TqR8Raq6ukenH9vvZIYbRt0z/s16000/John%20Ruskin%20Prize%20Exhibition%20%231.jpg"></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Why this exhibition is worth a visit</span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The 2024 John Ruskin Theme - Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken</span>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>One of the requirements of this exhibition is that ALL artworks must respond to the set theme. </b></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;">WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBMIT FOR THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE?</span> </div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;">Make sure your work responds to the theme, Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the
Unspoken? </span><a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/submission-guidelines" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Submission Guidelines and FAQs</a></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.ruskinprize.co.uk/submission-guidelines" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"></a></div><div div="" https:="" submission-guidelines="" www.ruskinprize.co.uk="">
<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The exhibition theme is a major characteristic of The John Ruskin Prize. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It's very much NOT just a "<i>send us your artwork</i>" exhibition. </li><li>Hence, by definition, it appeals to a certain type of artist who has no problem creating artwork based on a concept.</li></ul></div>
<div>It also means that the exhibition can include artwork which comment on current or recent topical issues.
</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The standard of artwork in this exhibition is unusual.</b> <b>In terms of thoughtfulness, imagination and creativity, in my opinion, it far exceeds artwork typically seen in most open art exhibitions. <span></span></b></div></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/review-6th-john-ruskin-prize.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-7491002696324783422024-02-06T08:00:00.006+00:002024-02-06T08:00:00.137+00:00RIP Robert Wade (1930 - 2024)<p>I've always really liked the Australian watercolour artist <b>Robert Wade </b>and I'm very sad to hear he has died. </p><p>My first acquaintance with him was via one of his art instruction books. I found his book <i>"Painting More Than The Eye Can See"</i> (North Light Books 1990) to be an absolute revelation when I first encountered it in an art shop and needless to say it came home with me and now sits on a bookshelf just to the right of where I'm sitting. </p><p><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">The books I used to find worked the best for me were written by people who were practising artists and teachers who emphasised the many different aspects of making art rather than the '5 easy steps' (I'm thinking of people like Charles Reid and Robert Wade). </span></i><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2009/01/art-instruction-books-1-different-ways.html" target="_blank">Art Instruction Books #1: different ways of learning | Making A Mark (January 2009)</a></blockquote><p>He's also one of the people I used to follow on Facebook <i>(this is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.wade.9" target="_blank">his Facebook Page)</a>.</i> He could always be relied on to post his work from time to time - even if latterly he was sharing posts he'd made in previous years.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpZbzgX3m7ccsRR9M8OU8c4ojnMTTdDRTgLYVAngnYQ5Uv57JEqZr24WVg4WuBCxZQLSFctsGAfhnjtHPU2nnFPyrdUQCimBATZMqIO1OO6SOwj8Pl7QFNMKHimGCrV438c4kdT-iR-SFauieaJgirJnMVbt-hdOa2dB2Cj-44aD4P24JD78l/s600/Robert%20Wade%20in%202019%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpZbzgX3m7ccsRR9M8OU8c4ojnMTTdDRTgLYVAngnYQ5Uv57JEqZr24WVg4WuBCxZQLSFctsGAfhnjtHPU2nnFPyrdUQCimBATZMqIO1OO6SOwj8Pl7QFNMKHimGCrV438c4kdT-iR-SFauieaJgirJnMVbt-hdOa2dB2Cj-44aD4P24JD78l/s16000/Robert%20Wade%20in%202019%20web.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10211517180164069&set=a.1273596378949" target="_blank">Robert Wade in 2019</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><b>Below is the tribute by the <a href="https://awi.com.au/" target="_blank">Australian Watercolour Institute</a> posted yesterday <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Australian.Watercolour.Institute/posts/pfbid0kv5gJr7YtF8LWD5sSsdbRX91kRw7hGZYC3mn8T7FfXetex1zZywaRGeP6oazRpkjl" target="_blank">on its Faceboook Page</a> following his recent death aged 94. </b>Followed by my summary of his achievements based on his artist's page on the AWI website.</p><blockquote>Vale Robert Vale OAM, our esteemed AWI member and acclaimed watercolourist. He will be profoundly missed.<div><br />In Robert’s words....</div></blockquote><div></div><div><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>‘Watercolour captures each and every one who takes up the challenge to paint with this glorious and capricious medium. In painting the type of subjects that I do, my main concern is to create an expression of my emotion through light, form and movement. To be able to translate these feelings of excitement from my mix of imagination and reality, and then put them down on paper, takes much intense observation and interpretation. I call my process ‘Perceptive Observation,’ which I define as ‘seeing with your BRAIN, feeling with your EYES, interpreting with your HEART.’ Hopefully, this mix will eventually lead to a sensation that will flow through to the viewers of my work’.</blockquote></span></i></div><div></div><blockquote><div>Educated at Scott’s College, Robert A. Wade was introduced to watercolour at the age of six by his artist father but is otherwise self-taught, having undertaken no formal art training. He worked for forty years in the fields of advertising, screenprinting and graphic arts.</div><div><br />In 1986, he received the Advance Australia Medal for his contribution to Australian art and, in 2003, was awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia for his service to Watercolour as an artist, educator and promoter of Australian artists. He is the author of three instructional books, over 100 articles for art magazines and produced five films.</div></blockquote><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Art Prizes and Awards </span></h2><p>His profile page indicates that <b>Wade exhibited with most of the world’s major Watercolour Societie</b>s, winning </p><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>13 major awards in England, France and the United States, </li><li>as well as 120 awards in Australia. </li></ul>Among these are </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the Cornelissen Award, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, 1983; </li><li>the Talens Award and Public Choice, Grand Prix International, Tregastel, France 1994; </li><li>Clay Kent Medal, International Society of Marine Painters, Washington, D.C., 1985; </li><li>eight major awards of the Salmagundi Club, New York; t</li><li>he Emanuel Krueger Memorial Award,1988; </li><li>three Gold Medals for Watercolour at Camberwell Rotary Exhibition, 1981, 1985, 1987 and </li><li>the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Watercolour Society, Istanbul.</li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Collections</span></h2><div><br /></div><div>His artwork is represented worldwide in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the Brooklyn Museum, New York; </li><li>the Royal Watercolour Society, London; </li><li>the Salmagundi Club, New York; </li><li>the Bank of Tokyo; </li><li>the National Museum of Watercolour, Mexico City and </li><li>the regional Galleries of Hamilton, Mornington Peninsula and Castlemaine, Victoria, and Grafton, New South Wales.</li></ul><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Memberships</span></h2><div><br /></div>Wade was elected a member of the Australian Watercolour Institute in 1983 and a Life Member in 2010. </div><div><br /></div><div>Other memberships included:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A Fellow of the <a href="https://www.thersa.org/" target="_blank">Royal Society of Arts</a>, London, </li><li>a Fellow and former Council Member of the <a href="https://vasgallery.org.au/" target="_blank">Victorian Artists’ Society </a>and </li><li>a Life Member and Patron of the <a href="https://www.watercoloursocietyofvictoria.com.au/" target="_blank">Watercolour Society of Victoria,</a> </li><li>his signature memberships include </li><ul><li>the <a href="https://americanwatercolorsociety.org/" target="_blank">American Watercolor Society</a>, </li><li>the International Society of Marine Painters, United States, </li><li>the <a href="http://www.thepurewatercoloursociety.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pure Watercolour Society</a>, United States, and </li><li>the Salmagundi Club, New York. </li></ul><li>He is an Honorary Member of both </li><ul><li>the <a href="http://royalinstituteofpaintersinwatercolours.org/" target="_blank">Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours</a>, London, and </li><li>the <a href="https://acuarelamexico.com/" target="_blank">Sociedad Mexicana de Acuarelistas</a>, Mexico.</li></ul></ul>I always had the impression he inspired people all over the world. Indeed the last time I wrote about him was in connection with his friendship with Tony Bennett</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe the two friends will now be talking about painting in heaven!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAICjCXn6xCtixADcp_P7Wkn9UtnFtTPvdsNwFMnonzhW2x9kdfOZa2D_VYp0iKvQutsAYNVi-6WMHrTQwcCDQn1Ejh6EMnL21uXdjepWbjwGewrbWPvXoXli7TJZocqXyJ79QPLMuv27mx_3AhEKHfMd_hqLel2vwxZRs9mq84wlX0O9QVOj/s600/robert%20wade%20and%20tony%20bennett.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAICjCXn6xCtixADcp_P7Wkn9UtnFtTPvdsNwFMnonzhW2x9kdfOZa2D_VYp0iKvQutsAYNVi-6WMHrTQwcCDQn1Ejh6EMnL21uXdjepWbjwGewrbWPvXoXli7TJZocqXyJ79QPLMuv27mx_3AhEKHfMd_hqLel2vwxZRs9mq84wlX0O9QVOj/s16000/robert%20wade%20and%20tony%20bennett.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/makingamark2/posts/pfbid0najQeyQzeoNiz4z7KrzmQuzkig8cFhTsaN8ofmaM6iWxsbDNKoBCHFZ3DnCQHiaZl" target="_blank">A post on my Facebook Page</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-69268399194800198532024-02-02T10:04:00.030+00:002024-02-04T11:17:35.421+00:00Review: Episode 4 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024) at Stonehaven HarbourThis is my review of <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-4" target="_blank">the fourth episode of the 9th series of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a>. <div><br></div><div>Regular readers will be interested to know that in this one I'm calling out the short-listing decision and some other things that were said by the Judges. Maybe they were having an off day....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtIr29JwiGeRnqDp0La1nygCOmj9K-qLuqV4a0Pr4MgTEcSxgkngNdH6882uuO35qQ-eKc1uKrc3KVv6YIKZwHpWviNEzlSradwsECmbky9PIyKneENSvDSIrHjEP6ANYWiZE_DVbhAV2xem_F13LPSoZCofqigZfTeNivVxf3YP7YnTmr0Xm/s600/line%20up%20for%20shortlisting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtIr29JwiGeRnqDp0La1nygCOmj9K-qLuqV4a0Pr4MgTEcSxgkngNdH6882uuO35qQ-eKc1uKrc3KVv6YIKZwHpWviNEzlSradwsECmbky9PIyKneENSvDSIrHjEP6ANYWiZE_DVbhAV2xem_F13LPSoZCofqigZfTeNivVxf3YP7YnTmr0Xm/s16000/line%20up%20for%20shortlisting.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heat 4 artists lined up with their paintings waiting for the shortlisting.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div>Those familiar with these posts will know by now, this review considers:<br>
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<li>the location and weather</li>
<li>the artists' profiles</li>
<li>themes arising during the episode</li>
<li>judges decision-making</li>
<li>who was shortlisted and who won.</li>
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This week the artists pods were erected along the harbour wall in
<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehaven" target="_blank">Stonehaven</a> </b>in Aberdeenshire, 15 miles south of Aberdeen, on the north east coast of
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Pods on the Harbour Wall at Stonehaven
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Stonehaven Harbour was designed by the famous engineer
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stevenson_(civil_engineer)" target="_blank">Robert Stephenson</a> <i>(grandfather of Robert Louis) </i>to provide a safe place for
the herring fishing boats to tie up and be protected from storms at sea-
prior to the collapse of the fishing industry at Stonehaven.<br>
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It's primarily now a centre for leisure and tourism - which would account
for the large number of visitors to the place where the artists were
painting. I don't think I've ever seen so many people getting so close to
the rear of the pods.
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The pods were side on to the buildings and boats on the inner wall of the
harbour
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The pods on the harbour wall and the view of the twon against the hill
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The weather for the fourth heat was a not untypical daynfor the area. It was
overcast with thick cloud and then rained heavily part way through the
afternoon.
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Artists in the Pods</span>
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<b>Below you can find profiles of the eight pod artists. Links in the names
are to their websites</b><br><br>I would include the link to the videos of the works in progress of each of the paintings alongside the names of all the artists and the social media links they provided at the time - but it's not yet been published. Maybe the production team are having an off day too? Or maybe they're having problems with the videos?<br><br>This is the link for where it should be when they get round to it </div><div><a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/.">https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/.</a><br>
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<b>Amy Auld</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/amyauldart" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a baker from Newcastle upon Tyne. Born in
south-east London to Scottish and Nigerian parents, she studied at the
Royal Drawing School and later went onto do her BA in Fine Art at
Newcastle University.
<i>(I couldn't find any website or social media sites). </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2kCv9FeQB/" target="_blank">Her submission was very tropical</a>.</li>
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<a href="https://www.andrewbarrowman.art/"><b>Andrew Barrowman ARBSA PS</b></a>
(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrew.barrowman/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a> |
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrewbarrowmanart/?locale=en_GB" target="_blank">Facebook</a>
| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbDiRAI18sRWJHa5uCXA5A" target="_blank">YouTube</a>) - an award winning landscape artist and art teacher who lives in
Cornwall and teaches in St. Ives and Truro. He paints en plein air in all
weathers and from his studio at Krowji Redruth. He worked in charcoal for
this competition. I've written about him recently on FB in connection with the
Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society where he has three excellent
artworks on show right now. He exhibits regularly with a number of art
galleries and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, New English Art
Club, The Drawing Society and The Pastel Society. I recommend all aspiring
plein air painters to take a look at his YouTube Channel.
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<b><a href="https://bio.site/cordenstudios" target="_blank">Charlotte Corden</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cordenpaints/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - an Illustrator from Exeter. She has an MA in anthropology from
University College London, and has studied at both the London Fine Art
Studios and the Arts Student’s League, New York. Her
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vHLXromaR/?hl=en" target="_blank">submission</a>
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<b><a href="https://tonygriffinart.com/" target="_blank">Tony Griffin</a> </b>(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TonyGriffinArtPage/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) - a Scottish artist born in Glasgow in 1963. He worked as an
electrician for many years in Scotland and Canada then started to study
art for two years at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and then
studied at the Glasgow School of Art and got a BA Hons in Fine Art
Painting. You can
<a href="https://tonygriffinart.com/landscapes" target="_blank">see his submission here</a>
</li>
<li>
<b>James Leonard</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamesleonard_paints/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a Welsh landscape artist based in the Vale of Glamorgan. He
divides his time between painting the landscapes of Wales and the South of
France. He studied Architecture and has specialised in its visualisation
for more than a decade. He currently works as a Digital Agency Director.
</li>
<li>
<b><a href="https://www.meehancartoons.com/about-3" target="_blank">Kieran Meehan</a></b> - a cartoonist who was born in London in 1952 and then moved with
his family to Glasgow in 1963. From the age of 16, he worked in several
advertising agencies and design studios before becoming a cartoonist for
several leading magazines.
</li>
<li>
<b><a href="https://www.sophieparr.co.uk/">Sophie Parr</a> </b>(Instagram
|
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sophieparrlandscapes/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) - a contemporary landscape painter from Cheshire. She did her BA (Hons)
degree Fine Art at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Art. She teaches
Art & Photography in a secondary school in Ellesmere Port.
</li>
<li>
<b><a href="https://www.dsharplesart.com/" target="_blank">Daniel Roy Sharples</a></b> (Instagram) - an art teacher from
Lancashire. Born in 1988 he grew up in Preston before studying illustration at UCLAN and training as a teacher. He is now Head of Art & Design at a Lancashire secondary school, while also dedicating time to developing his own practice and presence as an emerging artist. He paints in oils and enjoys plein air painting. He's exhibited with the ROI and RBA. He was one of the wildcard artists at Blackpool - see <a href="https://www.dsharplesart.com/post/sky-arts-laoty" target="_blank">his blog post</a> about this.<span></span></li></ul></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/02/review-episode-4-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024-stonehaven-harbour.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-5725744748614711412024-01-31T19:59:00.003+00:002024-01-31T19:59:42.551+00:00Email Subscription Service SUSPENDED until further notice<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7ZzIsgnETVo-LzqR91q6hqrbPlcCCBS-AFo-KCn3PH6-WCRv2AxwxOu34cgppycXDthDaG8zbC47krbV5Uc64Cjc3IoBGX3muXmgC8XQzeSsOMRN7NdI2sbNO7dJEEclPq3RQ6I_BSKlKVkrWGiyZsmRzITHdiQ4_pRk-EFbNoyWOZbfAzxp/s600/MAKING%20A%20MARK%20on%20Mailer%20Lite.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7ZzIsgnETVo-LzqR91q6hqrbPlcCCBS-AFo-KCn3PH6-WCRv2AxwxOu34cgppycXDthDaG8zbC47krbV5Uc64Cjc3IoBGX3muXmgC8XQzeSsOMRN7NdI2sbNO7dJEEclPq3RQ6I_BSKlKVkrWGiyZsmRzITHdiQ4_pRk-EFbNoyWOZbfAzxp/s16000/MAKING%20A%20MARK%20on%20Mailer%20Lite.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of the subscription service?</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br />This is a very sad day. <br /><br />I'm afraid I'm having to suspend the email subscription service - where you get an email every time I publish a new blog post.</b><br /><br />I've spent hours and hours on trying to find a way to address the issues thrown up by <br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Google changing arrangements re sending large amounts emails from gmail addresses - and have not succeeded. </li><li>Mailerlite changing its systems in relation to this - and because they're updating their system</li></ul><div>The main issue arises because Making A Mark is not on a domain name I own but rather remains on the blogspot.domain owned by Google<br /><br />There again, I've got the exact same issues with my Botanical Art and Artists - which is on my own website</div><div><br /></div><div>I started looking at other blogs using blogger who I know have or have had large numbers of susbribers - and discovered that they too have terminated their email subscriptions. So it looks as if we're all in the same boat</div><p></p><p>The conclusion I've come to is that:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I will highlight latest blog posts on:</li><ul><li>Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/makingamark2/ - as I always do already</li><li>Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/makingamark2/</li><li>Twitter / X - https://twitter.com/makingamark2</li></ul><li>I will reintroduce the email subscription service when I can find a suitable solution. It may need to be a paid service - although I expect the payment would be minimal.</li></ul><div><b>So this looks like it's the last blog post to be emailed out - possibly for some time - and maybe forever.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>You can always contact me via https://linktr.ee/katherinetyrrell</b></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-46315662312232496642024-01-30T17:54:00.028+00:002024-01-30T18:11:51.691+00:00Review: The Pastel Society 125th Annual Exhibition (2024)<p><b>I'm very pleased to say that this year I'm very impressed with the 125th Annual Exhibition by The Pastel Society.</b> I've also been hearing lots of very positive comments by those who have visited in recent days.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-UGOWemyHQR-MvHvTsyf7v1fhUgLPnYTUHEo7duktbdsTVL_1A8ljebHzOZV-9dpj4hUXLLaO2GAGM0J9EjheFnzU2ho3sCFNqcLRVm-1AW7PwkhV52DBzTqqX43yiFbBH2IPIPpUSc318UaaNXSG0b7A6ErIdjljuLkaRUzvoH37JE1Jr1e/s600/pastel%20society%20exhibition%20-%20west%20gallery.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-UGOWemyHQR-MvHvTsyf7v1fhUgLPnYTUHEo7duktbdsTVL_1A8ljebHzOZV-9dpj4hUXLLaO2GAGM0J9EjheFnzU2ho3sCFNqcLRVm-1AW7PwkhV52DBzTqqX43yiFbBH2IPIPpUSc318UaaNXSG0b7A6ErIdjljuLkaRUzvoH37JE1Jr1e/s16000/pastel%20society%20exhibition%20-%20west%20gallery.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pastel Society Exhibition on the afternoon of the Private View</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div><b>It's very obvious to me that a lot of well directed effort has gone into making this a much better exhibition to mark yet another benchmark in its history. </b>This is after all the oldest pastel society in the world which held its first exhibition in 1899!</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It had <b>1300 entries</b> - of which <b>366 were hung</b> (28%)</li><li>There were <b>excellent numbers at the Private View yesterday </b></li></ul><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYHZxJdYvq3bVc03gXWNB3zd1kYGwJ3pkFL5SIkFHDtghmE31hnN3NI671SRXfO-RIODCV0b76ARNytjYn-ftA3OR2H3rG0xx7-ewIsubCMDDwMJLNt8sgeeIWP_T-41DZbDFhhWNEEpal_2L_Chz2FO9uiLtor39KoNdTAI_QoG4fC8sDQvy/s600/private%20view%20-%20speeches%20starting.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYHZxJdYvq3bVc03gXWNB3zd1kYGwJ3pkFL5SIkFHDtghmE31hnN3NI671SRXfO-RIODCV0b76ARNytjYn-ftA3OR2H3rG0xx7-ewIsubCMDDwMJLNt8sgeeIWP_T-41DZbDFhhWNEEpal_2L_Chz2FO9uiLtor39KoNdTAI_QoG4fC8sDQvy/s16000/private%20view%20-%20speeches%20starting.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Private View: Speeches starting in the evening<br>- with Sarah Bee's very colourful artwork behind the speaker</td></tr></tbody></table></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>BOTH the content and hanging of the exhibition is hugely better</b> than the one which I criticised last year. </li><ul><li>It's <b>much more colourful this year</b> and looks all the better for it</li><li><b>each of the walls is well anchored by strong paintings</b> - with the most obvious being the end wall of the West Gallery where <b><a href="https://www.sarahbee-painter.com/work/" target="_blank">Sarah Bee</a></b>'s artworks absolutely sing out across the entire gallery</li><li><b>artwork is grouped to very good effect </b>- eg a wall of landscapes</li></ul></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KEL9jySwC4xTsKHKG6Q-3ilRs4g25HaVGhaLeqj264hTba4d7QtsEKdBSDGUFBMEKqM5WAyZoIom8qLX3rAbR_OmO_QQRvJUlSUHvtmvNkhdLSrIdTYq2M6m9fMvRrcNqRtdUA6iBYIhKtQ0y2vNEHW8RbRBkwXEgydiULEDjO774ku9xfN8/s600/a%20wall%20of%20landscapes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KEL9jySwC4xTsKHKG6Q-3ilRs4g25HaVGhaLeqj264hTba4d7QtsEKdBSDGUFBMEKqM5WAyZoIom8qLX3rAbR_OmO_QQRvJUlSUHvtmvNkhdLSrIdTYq2M6m9fMvRrcNqRtdUA6iBYIhKtQ0y2vNEHW8RbRBkwXEgydiULEDjO774ku9xfN8/s16000/a%20wall%20of%20landscapes.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Wall of Landscapes by different Pastel Society members</td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>There's<b> a great diversity of artwork on show</b> - from abstracted to hyper-realistic</li></ul></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFapTwFWDeknk1Kkkj8mzDNArfOkvqTHGqb6Wtvn6hL6DBEX6QdiWK1Nj2x1dI2m5-sN4MRz4Q1D30KqcM7dfABLa6iFweZAIcyVWWcAXqes-iq3nDeSQnGyMuuSvcQC0J-BjDc-AQ0yV4q4z3a-5MGQDkOX7-Zq9nDksxhbre_Ysfm5_ryOw/s600/pastel%20Society%20diversity%20of%20styles.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFapTwFWDeknk1Kkkj8mzDNArfOkvqTHGqb6Wtvn6hL6DBEX6QdiWK1Nj2x1dI2m5-sN4MRz4Q1D30KqcM7dfABLa6iFweZAIcyVWWcAXqes-iq3nDeSQnGyMuuSvcQC0J-BjDc-AQ0yV4q4z3a-5MGQDkOX7-Zq9nDksxhbre_Ysfm5_ryOw/s16000/pastel%20Society%20diversity%20of%20styles.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstracted landscapes by Malcolm Taylor on the left <br>Hyperealistic still life by Ian Rawlings in the centre of the wall</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>The PS Annual Exhibition is also back in its "near the beginning of the year" slot </b>which I tend to think of as being a very much better time for art exhibitions and sales - as there's absolutely no competition from summer weather and outdoor pursuits and holidays! </li><ul><li>However "last year" was only in May - just 8 months ago </li><li>so the Society has also done very well to put on a second annual exhibition in this short timescale.</li></ul><li>The pricing on the wall looks as if most have had a rethink about the range of prices that help promote sales in the current climate - although not all artworks did. I've been hoping to see some evidence that artists were becoming more sensible and this exhibition seemed to me to be the first one where pricing has changed. I still think the starting price should be £300. There's still a lot of scope for sales at the bottom end of the range.</li></ul><div><div><b><a href="https://www.thepastelsociety.org.uk/index.php?page=artist&slug=richard-rees" target="_blank">Richard Rees</a></b>, the President of the Pastel Society, told me yesterday that of the 1300 entries </div><div><ul><li>a third were monochrome</li><li>a third were portraits</li></ul><div>I have to say that neither are reflected in the same proportions in the exhibition itself - although there's a good representation of both. Those entering next year's exhibition might like to bear this in mind.<span></span></div></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/01/eview-pastel-society-125th-annual-exhibition.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-44109027084755479062024-01-29T21:53:00.001+00:002024-01-29T21:53:08.329+00:00ALERT ALL SUBSCRIBERS: Blogging Service may be interrupted OR subscription mailing service changed<p><b>This is by way of an alert to all those used to receiving my latest blog post via Mailerlite<br /></b><br />I was supposed to have written a review of an exhibition by now - but having completed by tax return (have you remembered?), I'm currently tearing my hair out over another issue - and will soon be bald. </p><p><b>Right now I'm thinking of giving up blogging!! </b>It's all because of new rules which come in on 1st February for bulk emails being sent to gmail.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyfVeiajOKoSHHxYvnLXn0pCooY8uKRwfCPjxsnCxFGY_xVJX8G_7_3LGG_v1RrKy9fFCTHqEWCePi1ajkotVW-OMGjshFwjP9-RBYcy_DqhpcB9MKmo5AQZefVTQMa18ALFcvnF2S7OWrlbbI-V4JcnXlLp-OOEaUVKVB5YOG1zDxSyOOORW/s600/RSS%20TO%20EMAIL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyfVeiajOKoSHHxYvnLXn0pCooY8uKRwfCPjxsnCxFGY_xVJX8G_7_3LGG_v1RrKy9fFCTHqEWCePi1ajkotVW-OMGjshFwjP9-RBYcy_DqhpcB9MKmo5AQZefVTQMa18ALFcvnF2S7OWrlbbI-V4JcnXlLp-OOEaUVKVB5YOG1zDxSyOOORW/s16000/RSS%20TO%20EMAIL.jpg" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>I'm caught in a really difficult situation with:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Google and Yahoo have changed the rules on which emails it will accept for newsletter emails </b>(for good reasons - it's to reduce the spam on their platforms). This includes blogs if your RSS to email service provides scope for you to use a personalised email address - which mine does. </li><li><b>All "commercial emails" in future must come from an authenticated custom domain</b></li><ul><li>which is not helpful when you're trying to distribute an email to a subscriber base for a Google blogspot.domain using a gmail address</li><li>I've always stuck with gmail as it's caused me very few problems.</li><li>plus I'm not commercial - everything I write is for free consumption!!!</li></ul><li><b>PLUS The Mailerlite deadline for the movement to a new Mailerlite software base </b>(i.e. everything needs to be complete by 31st January)</li><ul><li>plus it also requires compliance with the new Google rules - because the platform uses personalised email addresses</li></ul><li><b>Everything is compounded by having far too many subscribers</b> (for the two sites this affects) to switch to alternative sites without it costing me an absolute arm and a leg - which given this blog generates no income is a problem!</li></ul><div>At the moment, I'm becoming more and more despondent because:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I apparently need a domain oriented email address to send a subscription email from Mailerlite </li><li>but I've always used gmail and blogger - so I neither own the domain I currently use for Making A Mark nor do I have a domain email for it.</li></ul><div>I do however have a domain name related to Making A Mark - and am currently looking at options on Namecheap (my domain registrar)</div><div><br /></div><div>Mailerlite is also saying <br /><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>Important: According to requirements from Google and Yahoo, the use of public domains (such as Gmail) as a sender address will no longer be permitted from February, 2024. Please <a href="https://www.mailerlite.com/help/how-to-get-a-custom-domain">switch to a custom domain</a>.</blockquote></span>The thing is the Google requirements are complete gobblydygook (see below) - with no idiots guide</b></div></div><p></p><div class="zippy-container" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans Text", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.09px; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><a aria-expanded="true" class="zippy index1 goog-zippy-expanded" data-sc-zippy-id="requirements-for-all-senders" data-stats-id="requirements-all" data-stats-idx="1,2" data-stats-ignore="" data-stats-imp="" data-stats-ve="2" id="requirements-all" name="requirements-all" role="button" style="border-bottom: none; border-top: 0.0625rem solid rgb(225, 227, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0b57d0; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Google Sans Text", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: -0.0625rem -0.0625rem 0px; padding: 0.875rem 2.125rem 0.875rem 0rem; position: relative; width: 620.75px;" tabindex="0"></a></div><blockquote><div class="zippy-container" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans Text", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.09px; margin: 0px; outline: none;"><a aria-expanded="true" class="zippy index1 goog-zippy-expanded" data-sc-zippy-id="requirements-for-all-senders" data-stats-id="requirements-all" data-stats-idx="1,2" data-stats-ignore="" data-stats-imp="" data-stats-ve="2" id="requirements-all" name="requirements-all" role="button" style="border-bottom: none; border-top: 0.0625rem solid rgb(225, 227, 225); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0b57d0; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: "Google Sans Text", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: -0.0625rem -0.0625rem 0px; padding: 0.875rem 2.125rem 0.875rem 0rem; position: relative; width: 620.75px;" tabindex="0">Requirements for all senders</a></div><div><div class="zippy-overflow" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans Text", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.09px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden;"><div class="zippy-content" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0.125rem 1rem 0.875rem 1.125rem; position: relative; transition: margin-top 0.218s ease-out 0s;"><p style="margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.75rem;">Starting February 1, 2024, all senders who send email to Gmail accounts must meet the requirements in this section.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Important:</span> If you send more than 5,000 messages per day to Gmail accounts, follow the <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126?hl=en#requirements-5k" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">Requirements for sending 5,000 or more messages per day</a>.</p><ul style="margin: 0.25rem 0px 0.75rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Set up SPF or DKIM email authentication for your domain.</li><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Ensure that sending domains or IPs have valid forward and reverse DNS records, also referred to as PTR records. <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126?hl=en#ip" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">Learn more</a></li><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Use a TLS connection for transmitting email. For steps to set up TLS in Google Workspace, visit <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/2520500" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">Require a secure connection for email</a>.</li><li class="" data-outlined="false" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Keep spam rates reported in <a href="https://gmail.com/postmaster" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Postmaster Tools</a> below 0.10% and avoid ever reaching a spam rate of 0.30% or higher. <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126?hl=en#spam-rate" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">Learn more about spam rates</a>.</li><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Format messages according to the Internet Message Format standard (<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">RFC 5322</a>).</li><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">Don’t impersonate Gmail From: headers. Gmail will begin using a DMARC <span style="font-weight: 600;">quarantine</span> <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/10032169#policy-options" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">enforcement policy</a>, and impersonating Gmail From: headers might impact your email delivery.</li><li style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.25rem 0px; padding-left: 1rem;">If you regularly forward email, including using mailing lists or inbound gateways, add <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126?hl=en#arc" rel="noopener" style="color: #0b57d0; text-decoration-line: none;">ARC headers</a> to outgoing email. ARC headers indicate the message was forwarded and identify you as the forwarder. Mailing list senders should also add a List-id: header, which specifies the mailing list, to outgoing messages.</li></ul></div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div>So unless I get this sorted - this might be the last blog post sent vis an RSS to email subsciption.<br /><br />I'll have to go back to firing up Twitter/X as well as Facebook to announce new blog posts!</div><div><br /><b>I'm currently contemplating switching all existing subscribers to follow-it </b>- because despite their awful advertising they do do a good job of getting emails out promptly. Plus they do NOT use personalised emails. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Or maybe changing platforms completely and making it subscription based</b> (i.e. I can pay for the subscription email service by you paying me to receive the emails!)</div><div><br /></div><div>For example Substack offers:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>emails from (name)@substack.com</li><li>paid subscriptions for some content</li></ul>That's the last resort.<br /><br /><b>Right now it's just very, very depressing.</b></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-42046334570145673162024-01-28T17:59:00.005+00:002024-01-29T10:09:16.637+00:00Review: Episode 3 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024) at Hever Castle Lake<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Episode 3: The Lake at Hever Castle in Kent</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">This is my review of <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-3" target="_blank">the third episode of the 9th series of Landscape Artist of the Year
2024</a>.</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span>As regular readers will know by now, it considers:<br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> the location and weather </li><li> the artists' profiles </li><li> themes arising during the episode </li><li> judges decision-making </li><li> who was shortlisted and who won.</li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Location and Weather</span>
</h3>Hever Castle is in Kent. It was bought by William Waldorf Astor - who was at the time said to be the richest man on the planet - and created a grand garden for the Italian statues he brought back from his Grand Tour. He then had a grand sandstone loggia created at the end of the party for admiring the lake and having parties outside.<div><br></div><div>Below you can see an overview of part of the Estate - with the garden in the mirror, the stone loggia next to the lake and the pods below it on the other bank of the lake<br>
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Part of the Lake at Hever Castle<br>Pods and the space for the
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<br>The space allocated to the Pods was very narrow which I suspect made for
some interesting issues in relation to filming and how close the spectators
got to the artists.
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The space allocated to the Wildcards is the green open space to the left -
which is actually very narrow also in terms of frontage on to the lake -
leading to a very tight serried ranks of easels at the front edge.<br><br>
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<b>The eight artists in their pods and the 50 wildcard artists were set up on
the left bank of the Lake at Hever Castle.</b>
They were beyond the Italian Garden and had the option to look:
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<li>across the lake</li>
<li>at the stone built Loggia inbetween the Italian Garden and the Lake</li>
<li>looking back towards the Castle</li>
</ul><div>The weather was far from great. Mainly it was dull with a huge dollop of rain at the beginning. It got better towards the middle of the afternoon and evening.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>"We set up and the heavens opened"</blockquote></span></i>
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The pods were deluged just as they started the heat. There's a shot of
somebody sweeping water out of one of the pods!</div><div><br></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Artists</span>
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Below you can find profiles of the eight pod artists. Links in the names are to
their websites</b><br><br>If you visit <a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/">https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/</a> you can see videos of them painting the heat paintings.
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<li><b><a href="https://www.evelynchambersart.com/" target="_blank">Evelyn Chambers</a> </b>(Instagram) - She lives in Kent, near the Castle and exhibits locally in Kent. She has been painting since childhood. Her main themes are nature, the sea, landscape, horses and self-portraits. Evelyn currently uses marker pen for her drawing on the canvas followed by acrylics. You can <a href="https://www.evelynchambersart.com/publicity" target="_blank">see her submission - in the pod - and pod painting on this page</a> on her website.</li>
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<b><a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/deepa-goswami" target="_blank">Deepa Goswami</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/deeswami/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - lives in Newham in East London. She achieved a Distinction in her
Foundation Year at the Royal Drawing School and is a Part I Graduate
from the Sheffield School of Architecture. She currently works as a
fitness instructor and paints miniatures. She's also <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyjOpaGMc5O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">currently shortlisted for the Artist of the Year competition run by the WWT London Wetland Centre</a> in West London (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wwtlondon/">@wwtlondon</a>). I think she's painting in
gouache, although I don't think it got a mention in the programme.
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<b><a href="http://www.rydalhanbury.com/" target="_blank">Rydal Hanbury</a></b>
(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rydalhanbury" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - How lovely to be named after a lake in the Lake District! Rydal lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire and draws and paints in London and
St. Albans. She completed The Drawing Year at The Royal Drawing School in 2008. From 2016-18 she studied for The Portrait Diploma at Heatherley Art College. Over the two years she won the Portrait, Figure Composition and the Drawing Prize. She has taught drawing at the Royal Drawing School and Central Saint Martins. She spent 10 years drawing the scenes of rush hour people around the Bank of England before Covid. During COVID she ran a lunchtime drawing class via Zoom for those working from home. From 2022, she focused on the St Albans Charter Market. Taking a year to draw ‘every’ stall from east to west, learning every trader’s story. Her submission is of her garden and husband's greenhouse and was painted during the pandemic. She's pictured below with her submission painting.</li>
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<li><b><a href="http://yanakartist.co.uk/" target="_blank">Yana Kucheeva</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/yanakucheeva_artist/?hl=en-gb" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - Lives in Berkshire and works as a book illustrator for a Russian publishing house. Her artwork has been published in a number of magazines and art books. I thought she produced a very effective painting in four hours. Particularly since she'd never painted plein air before - or to a time limit! <i>(see Themes for a pic of it.) </i><a href="http://yanakartist.co.uk/gallery/landscapes?abandoned-factory-turned-into-art-space-st-petersburg-2023" target="_blank">Her submission painting</a> of an abandoned factory in St. Petersburg turned into an art space was large and impressive. </li><li><b><a href="https://artcraiglongmuir.com/" target="_blank">Craig Longmuir</a></b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/artcraiglongmuir" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - He is an artist and art teacher from Sheffield. He has over thirty years experience of painting with oil on canvas following his first class degree with honours in Painting & Printmaking from Sheffield Hallam University in 1986. He paints mainly en plein air and favours dramatic, hilly locations with vast panoramic vistas. His submission painting is of the Hope Valley from Bamford Edge. His style is very colourful and involved a LOT of paint.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://jmayhook.art/" target="_blank">Joe Mayhook</a> </b>(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jmayhook.art/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - Born and raised on a street on Bankside in London he works as a Parks Manager. In his spare time he endeavours to record the buildings and life of Bankside. He paints in blocks of colour and this is his submission painting of <a href="https://jmayhook.art/products/st-pauls-from-southbank" target="_blank">St Pauls from Southbank</a>.</li>
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<b>James Robinson</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamesrobinsonart" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - He is an artist and illustrator, specialising in painting and drawing both from life and imagination. He lives in Hertfordshire and studied art at The Florence Classical Arts Academy. He was the Artist in Residence at Haileybury School in 2021 and he now teaches there. His submission was a painting done of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B1RaDnan_BO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">River Mugnone, Via Felice Fontana, Florence</a>.</li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.louisestebbingprintmaker.com/" target="_blank">Louise Stebbin</a>g</b> (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/louisestebbing" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/louisestebbingprintmaker" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LouiseStebbing" target="_blank">X</a>) - Louise is a Norfolk based traditional fine art printmaker working mostly in lino printing & etching. Her submission was a linocut as was her heat artwork. <span style="font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;">She has exhibited extensively - in very reputable places and won many prizes for her work. </span>She draws inspiration and solace from nature around her and places she visits. Below is the linocut she produced AFTER the heat and when she got home. I think she ran out of time on the day to achieve what she was aiming to do. I had her down as a probably shortlist artist.</li></ul>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is a linocut created in more time in my studio of the same view at Hever Castle very limited edition ...<a href="https://t.co/TUArx8YWz6">https://t.co/TUArx8YWz6</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/linocut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#linocut</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hevercastle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hevercastle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/printmaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#printmaking</a></p>— Louise Stebbing (@LouiseStebbing) <a href="https://twitter.com/LouiseStebbing/status/1750528308536906032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2024</a></blockquote><p> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Wildcard Artists</span>
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<div>No pics of the submissions together as they are now all hung in the pods which I'm guessing is more cost efficient and effective for all sorts of reasons. Not least that the Judges now ask the artists about their style and submissions!</div><div><br></div><div>There were:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>large x 2 </b>(landscape x 1 and 1 squarish)</li><li><b>Medium x 4 </b>(landscape format x 2 + squarish x 2)</li><li><b>Small x 3 </b>(landscape x 1 and portrait x 2)</li></ul></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Themes and Learning Points</span>
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<div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Coping with the weather</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span></div><div>Nice as this looks - this was NOT what it was like on the day. <span></span></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/01/review-episode-3-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024-hever-castle-lake.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-45235203004349201642024-01-24T12:18:00.000+00:002024-01-24T12:18:46.638+00:00FINAL Call for Entries: Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2023<p><b>The Royal Society of Portrait Painters seeks submissions of new and traditional artistic models and perspectives in portraiture from international artists.</b></p><b>This is about:the <a href="https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/">annual exhibition</a> of the <a href="https://therp.co.uk">Royal Society of Portrait Painters</a> - and why it's a good idea to enter<br></b><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>who can enter</b></li><li><b>what you can enter</b></li><li><b>how to enter</b></li><li><b>the timeline of important dates</b></li></ul><div><b>[ <span style="color: red;">PROFUSE APOLOGIES</span>: I thought this post was published but somehow or other it got stuck in "draft" mode - and the </b><b><span style="color: red;"><u>deadline for entries is 12 noon on Friday 26h January 2024 </u>]</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br></span></b></div>I'm also referencing some other information which I've previously written about which you may well find helpful.<br><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 19.8px;"><div><h2 style="font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">About the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters</span></h2></div><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></div></b></div><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>The Royal Society of Portrait Painters invites artists from all over the world to submit portraits for its Annual Exhibition in 2024......The total prize fund is £40,000, including The William Lock Portrait Prize (£20,000) and The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture (£10,000).<br><br>The Society welcomes paintings, drawings and original prints including digital/ipad prints from artists over 18, from the UK and internationally.<br><br>"The Society’s Annual Exhibition is probably the largest and most significant celebration of contemporary portrait painting in Europe. The show is always selected by a jury of practising portrait painters, no critics, no journalists, no celebrities – just painters."</blockquote></span></i><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Reasons why you should enter the RP's annual exhibition</span></h2><b>For those wondering whether and why they should submit an entry to this exhibition, take a look at the following.</b></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Entry is digital</span></h3><div>You only need to go to the expense of framing and transport IF invited to progress to the second stage of selection. So entries which do not succeed only incur the expense of the submission fee.<br><br><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Importance of Exhibitions to Portrait Commissions</span></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><b>This exhibition generates a LOT of portrait commissions.</b> </b>This exhibition is very much a marketing shop window. </li><li><b>An expert <a href="http://therp.co.uk/commissions/">Commissions Consultant service</a> runs throughout the show</b></li><li>Exhibiting artists are invited to</li><ul><li>display additional material</li><li>advertise portrait commissions through our Commissions department on which a commission will be payable.</li></ul></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1fY_7nv5HwWWXUSlp-jcXZdU8zxwKLTL19POUEm29tLCP2Mf4uqI3nYQ4GbHDBkK4Hdc5vnI3mdxdpTCu6Rx9PHPPdsJuPMxyMtd17s8o-G-OI0FQU92-Hzx7HXBs5r1Du1ciCxibJxkUfsCQ5G21Z443Ae8HsilZ8ceDoVsCoBZtt7yDRpS/s600/commission%20area.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1fY_7nv5HwWWXUSlp-jcXZdU8zxwKLTL19POUEm29tLCP2Mf4uqI3nYQ4GbHDBkK4Hdc5vnI3mdxdpTCu6Rx9PHPPdsJuPMxyMtd17s8o-G-OI0FQU92-Hzx7HXBs5r1Du1ciCxibJxkUfsCQ5G21Z443Ae8HsilZ8ceDoVsCoBZtt7yDRpS/s16000/commission%20area.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Commission Area in 2023</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Some significant prizes</span></h3></div><div><b>This is an exhibition with some heavyweight and prestigious cash prizes. It has the most valuable individual prizes awarded by any national art society in the UK.</b></div><div><br><div>In total, the cash on offer is worth a total of £36,000. These include awards for younger artists and portrait drawing.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>The William Lock Portrait Prize</b>: £20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real <b>feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential</b></li><li><b>The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture</b>: £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal awarded for the most distinguished portrait in the Society’s annual exhibition</li><li><b>The de Laszlo Foundation Award</b>: £3,000 plus a Silver Medal for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under</li><li><b>The Raw Umber Studios Prize</b> value: £2,000 for the most exciting contemporary portraiture lies at the intersection of technical excellence and </li><li><b>The Smallwood Architects Prize for Contextual Portraiture</b>: £1,000 for a portrait in which architectural or interior features play an important part.</li></ul><div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">A prestigious portraiture exhibition - in central London and online</span></h3><div><br></div><b>This is a very prestigious exhibition within the portrait world</b><br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>It fills all three galleries at the <a href="https://www.mallgalleries.org.uk/">Mall Galleries</a> on The Mall in London</li><li>last year it attracted 4,400 entries to the exhibition - including very many entries from international artists</li></ul><b>The exhibition is also put online so it can be seen all over the world.</b><br><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 19.8px;"><br></div><div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 19.8px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Why it compares favourably to the BP Portrait and other portrait competitions</span></h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>ALL works selected for exhibition from the Open Entry are chosen by practising professional portrait artists who are full artist members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters</b>. The Selection Committee is rotated annually. There are no administrators, sponsors, gallerists, art critics or other such éminence grise who get a say on what gets hung.</li><li><b>Your chances of getting exhibited</b>: Exhibition Metrics: I haven't crunched the numbers since 2019 but back then the data analysis I did was as follows </li><ul><li>about half the portraits exhibited were by non-members</li><li>about 5% of the works submitted via the open entry are selected for the open exhibition. <i>(This is a not untypical percentage for a top exhibition and is better than the acceptance rate for BP Portrait over several years when that was running)</i></li><li><b>a SIGNIFICANT number of artists from overseas submit their work</b> - with an increasing number from Asia</li><li><b>your work needs to be VERY GOOD to get selected.</b> I'd go so far as to say it needs to be better than some of the artwork submitted by members!</li></ul></ul><div><br></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">CALL FOR ENTRIES</span></h2></div><div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 19.8px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br></span></div><b>This is an OPEN EXHIBITION. Artists are invited to submit works for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at their Annual Exhibition 2024.</b><br><br>In summary:<br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>All entries are via digital submission</li><li>The <b><span style="color: red;">deadline for entries is 12 noon on Friday 26h January 2024 </span></b></li><li>The non-refundable entry fee is </li><ul><li>£20 per work payable at the time of submitting </li><li>£15per work for artists aged 35 or under</li></ul></ul><b>Details of how artists can apply via the open entry process are set out below.<span></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2023/10/blog-post.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-30275975303410827742024-01-18T20:47:00.004+00:002024-01-18T20:50:32.398+00:00Review: Episode 2 of Landscape Artist of the Year Series 9 (2024)<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Episode 2: Liverpool Docks</span>
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<b><div><b><br></b></div>This is my review of <a href="https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-arts/landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016/episodes/season-9/episode-2" target="_blank">the second episode of the 9th series of Landscape Artist of the Year 2024</a>.</b> As regular readers will know by now, it considers:<br><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>the location and weather</li><li>the artists' profiles</li><li>themes arising during the episode</li><li>judges decision-making</li><li>who was shortlisted and who won</li></ul>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Location and Weather</span>
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"The most complicated landscape we've ever given them"
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Background: The Royal Liver Building<br>Left: Liverpool
Museum<br>Right Background: Mann Island Buildings<br>Right
Foreground: Great Western Railway Warehouse - with docks and ships
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<br>Kathleen Soriano commented that the view from the pods was
probably the biggest and most complicated ever given to pod artists.
That's because it included:</span>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">"the jumble and chaos of building styles"</span></i>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">"so many ingredients for your stew"</span></i>
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Just sorting out how it all worked would take most people some time.
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<b> The pods were located in Liverpool Docks and around the Waterfront</b>
within part of the context of the
<a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/waterfront-transformation-project" target="_blank">Liverpool Waterfront Transformation project</a> part of whose mission was to retell the story of Liverpool.
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the
<a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museum-of-liverpool" target="_blank">Museum of Liverpool</a> (opened 2011) and the River Mersey off to their left and
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the Mann Island Buildings on the right - in black - which include the
Latitude Building, the Longitude Building and <a href="https://www.architecture.com/contact-and-visit/riba-north" target="_blank">RIBA North</a>
(the national centre for architecture)
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the
<a href="https://rlb360.com/" target="_blank">Royal Liver building</a> -
topped by the Liver Bird - in the distance
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with the historical landmark of the
<a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g186337-d19523678-r729477843-Great_Western_Railway_Warehouse-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html" target="_blank">Great Western Railway Warehouse</a>
in the foreground to the right - next to Canning Dock
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<a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/uncovering-history-of-canning-graving-docks" target="_blank">This article</a>
provides a great photograph of the location
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To complicate an already challenging day, it was by all accounts a very,
very hot day!</div><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i><blockquote><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">It was very hot, the temperature reached around 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and I really felt for all the artists, but especially the wildcards as they were located in full sun with no shade. </span></i><br><a href="https://www.liverpoolindieartschool.com/blog-1-1/being-a-wildcard-on-landscape-artist-of-the-year" target="_blank">Landscape Artist of the Year Wildcard</a></blockquote><a href="https://www.liverpoolindieartschool.com/blog-1-1/being-a-wildcard-on-landscape-artist-of-the-year" target="_blank"></a>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Artists in the Pods</span>
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say about the artists is largely dependent has been said about them
online!
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My first port of call is always <a href="https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/">https://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tv/landscape-artist-of-the-year/profiles/series-9/</a>
where you can also see videos of them painting the heat paintings.
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Those who have a profile in the
<a href="https://artistoftheyear.co.uk" target="_blank">Artist of the Year Gallery</a> have an asterisk next to their name<br>
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<b><a href="https://www.nathanielfowles.com/" target="_blank">Nathaniel Fowles</a></b> * (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nathanielfowlesart/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nathanielfowles/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - He studied Fine Art at KIAD, Canterbury, and spent 10 years
working as a professional artist before moving into teaching. He now
lives in West Sussex and works part time as a supply teacher which
enables him to focus on his artwork once again. He predominantly
depicts landscapes and scenes which captivate my imagination and
paints in oil and acrylic. He experiences neurodiversity, which
makes completing artwork a challenge (His submission was painted over
10 years) and one of the things he got out of this experience was the
reality of being able to produce a painting in four hours which others
thought had merit.
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<b>Rose Jones</b> * (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rosejonesstudio/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a representational artist based in rural Staffordshire. Early
career was spent as a surface pattern designer. Rose works in
acrylics, watercolours, oil pastels, graphite and most recently
coloured pencils. She also works as an art tutor within Adult
Community Learning.
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<b>Judy Milner</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/judy_milner/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - Judy lives and works in London, trained in sculpture at the Royal
College of Art and is a practising sculptor. Her submission was a view
of the race course at Ascot (one of last year's locations - which I
assume means she was a wildcard in 2023.) She is described as a rather
"messy painter".
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<b><a href="https://www.jamesmurch.com/" target="_blank">James Murch</a> * </b>(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JamesMurchArt" target="_blank">Facebook</a>
|
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/james_murch/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - He went to Art College in Bristol and moved to Devon in 2009 and
became interested in plein air painting. He's now based in Paignton
and is a full-time artist with
<a href="https://cockingtoncourt.org/our-creative-makers/" target="_blank">a studio in the Cob Barn at Cockington Court</a>. He's spent many years practising the classical approach to painting
and sight size. He prefers to work entirely from life in front of the
landscape he's painting - even if it involves several visits to
complete a painting - as it did with his submission. He was a LAOTY
Semi Finalist in 2019 - see my blog post about his heat
<a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2019/11/review-episode-6-of-landscape-artist-of-2019.html" target="_blank">Review: Episode 6 of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 - Drake's
Island</a>
which he won and <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2019/11/review-semi-final-of-landscape-artist-of-2019.html" target="_blank">Review: Semi-Final of Landscape Artist of the Year 2019 at Cromarty
Firth</a>. I didn't recognise him this time around. His neat clipped
beard has become full on and he now dresses like a plein air painter
rather than somebody going to the office!
</li>
</ul>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
James Murch struck me as one of the coolest artists I've ever seen
in one of these heats. He's not given to over-emoting or panicking
or does a very good job of hiding it if he does! Cool, calm and
collected - and making very sensible decisions.
</blockquote></span></i>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
<b><a href="https://www.artebook.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anil Patel</a></b>
(Facebook |
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/artebookanilpaintings/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - A graphic designer and art teacher from Leicester. Talks well on
camera and has previously appeared on
</li>
<ul>
<li>
BBC's The Big Painting Challenge in 2019 - see <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2018/04/review-still-life-big-painting-challenge-2018.html">Review: Still Life - Big Painting Challenge 2018</a>
</li>
<li>was wildcard artist in LAOTY in 2018. </li>
<li>
was a pod artist in 2021 - see <a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-episode-3-landscape-artist-of-year-series6.html">Review: Episode 3 Landscape Artist of the Year at West
Reservoir</a>
</li>
</ul>
<li>
<b>Wesley Smith</b> * (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wsmithart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - A chef and a painter based in Brighton’s North Laines where he
paints landscapes and still lives. He spent 10 years living abroad in
Taiwan and his paintings are influenced by Asia. His Instagram account
is worth a review - I'm more impressed by the paintings on there which
demonstrates very clearly that he can paint a range of landscapes.
</li>
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<b>Matthew Timmins-Williams</b> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Matthew_Timmins_Williams/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>) - a painter and decorator from Birkenhead (the other side of the
River Mersey).
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<b><a href="https://georginasaundersart.co.uk/" target="_blank">Georgina Saunders</a> *</b>
(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/georginasaundersart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fgeorginasaundersart&e=AT1Iq5zWKzDtcnIo_xmMph6EzvDH-NLyFILVM1flhz3WyamJSy3TT3MLo5QKJ7f-lK8_tNtbQIoG3eoL7Q6idSTEKD5apVcWuhNYf2Va4LgaUKomPrPixA">linktr.ee/georginasaundersart</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/georginasaundersart/followers/mutualOnly"></a>) Georgina got off to a good start after studying Art A level
where she came in the top 10 in the country Art A level and Art GCSE.
She then went on to study the History of Art at York University
followed by short courses at Heatherley’s School of Art and the Art
Academy to supplement her self-study practise. Back in 2021, she wrote
about her <a href="#">Landscape Artist</a><a href="https://georginasaundersart.co.uk/landscape-artist-of-the-year-wildcard-experience/">
of the Year Wildcard Experience</a>. She's now a primary school teacher and a painter working in
Hertfordshire. Her work explores her love of nature and the outdoors.
I'd say she likes skies to play an important role in her landscapes -
when she gets to choose what she paints.
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Wildcard Artists</span>
</h3><div><br></div><b>
50 artists join the pod artists at every heat</b>. In this heat, they were a
bit closer than they usually are - and set up just behind them.</div><div><br></div><div>If you put "landscape artist of the year liverpool" into Facebook search you'll come up with LOTS of posts by wildcards about the day! :)</div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nAmCDUqonQuT02jBm5bPYEikZ91v4aOW_g0G3Udi-53d5O0kVqQngkz2ZQkKDBhIwOTB4ZQd6_8c2WVqXgWDcXROdb6CHHZevNW7LkwdfiRovlP3qaYHCCXShQVo8tl5o507G-pDBJvwjBSuL96liuS2ji3fJ2MKoXSm7gFtnP5AKwHvIB_J/s600/pod%20and%20wildcard%20artists%20liverpool%20docks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nAmCDUqonQuT02jBm5bPYEikZ91v4aOW_g0G3Udi-53d5O0kVqQngkz2ZQkKDBhIwOTB4ZQd6_8c2WVqXgWDcXROdb6CHHZevNW7LkwdfiRovlP3qaYHCCXShQVo8tl5o507G-pDBJvwjBSuL96liuS2ji3fJ2MKoXSm7gFtnP5AKwHvIB_J/s16000/pod%20and%20wildcard%20artists%20liverpool%20docks.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pods and Wildcards</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Submissions</span></h3><div><br></div><div>I can't show you the submissions by the pod artists as you have to watch the programme to see them with their artists at the beginning and then discussed with the artist in the pod - where they hung for the duration of the heat.</div><div><br></div><div>Most were medium sized with two large and one small painting.<br>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Themes & Learning Points</span>
</h2>
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Every week, in my review, I highlight what I observed as being some of
the themes arising from the location, the day and the nature of the
artists in this week's episode.
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<div><b>Today, the themes are:</b></div>
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<li><b>Find your zones: foreground, middle ground and distance</b></li>
<li><b>a study in perspective - and proportions</b></li><li><b>The sun on a cloudless hot day presents particular challenges</b></li><li><b>Reducing the size of the support - to edit and tidy up</b></li><li><b>The Plant Mister: useful kit for watercolour painting on a very hot day</b></li></ul></div><span></span></div></div></div></div><a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/01/review-episode-2-of-landscape-artist-of-year-2024.html#more">READ MORE......>></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-38788137340337756762024-01-17T18:56:00.021+00:002024-01-18T10:33:00.482+00:00Call for Entries: RA Summer Exhibition 2024<p>
<b>The Call for Entries for the
<a href="https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk/" target="_blank">2024 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art</a> was recently published.</b>
In the past I've written really long blog posts about the call for entries for
the summer exhibition - but this one is shorter and is about the
</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 25px; padding: 0px;">
<li>key things you need to know about the Call for Entries</li>
<li>aspects worth bearing in mind if you're thinking about submitting</li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;"></span>
<blockquote>
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;">In previous years, nearly two thirds of the exhibits were by
non-Academicians, </span><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/summer-exhibition-2017-prizes" style="font-style: italic;">£50,000 worth of prizes</a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;"> was awarded, and over 5,000 works were sold. </span><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/summer-exhibition" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">About the RA Summer Exhibition</a>
</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/summer-exhibition" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"></a>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">IMPORTANT Things You Need to Know</span></b>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br></span>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Entries are limited to 16,500</span>
</h3>
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<p>
<b>This year
<span style="color: red;">entry is limited to the first 16,500 submissions </span>and you can't purchase an entry form once that limit has been reached i.e.
16,500 got there before you.</b>
</p>
<p>
In effect this means
<b>the deadline for entries is not as stated,
<span style="color: red;">the deadline for entries is when all entry forms have been
purchased!</span></b>
</p>
<p>
It's unlikely that the RA will have a problem getting that many submissions -
however I'm guessing the RA and the Selectors have worked out that's the
number they're happy to review and select from.
</p>
<p>
HOWEVER the RA Summer Exhibition is the largest open exhibition in the UK -
with well over 1,000 exhibits - so you need to take the statistics around
selection into account before deciding whether or not enter.
</p>
<p>
Basically<b> a LOT of people do NOT get selected for the Summer Exhibition.</b>
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcChRa02hdV85X-giJWzg01s8b2uisi-SkdWUKOP0_LTEH9MjB1bhrHlvXT5UcMgK8QG8pdliDq_gNUjWKJ7eaJ-a2C-ZyIYjIfSrSZWCjQzBXvnXLEWQuJi9lZXSk-tKg63M5UBlrEIPLcRwg94Sab3iwHdj4qfRHG5BorsM0_Y1YxN4wbd7/s600/2017-summer-exhibition-statistics.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcChRa02hdV85X-giJWzg01s8b2uisi-SkdWUKOP0_LTEH9MjB1bhrHlvXT5UcMgK8QG8pdliDq_gNUjWKJ7eaJ-a2C-ZyIYjIfSrSZWCjQzBXvnXLEWQuJi9lZXSk-tKg63M5UBlrEIPLcRwg94Sab3iwHdj4qfRHG5BorsM0_Y1YxN4wbd7/s16000/2017-summer-exhibition-statistics.jpg"></a>I can't remember where I came across this next image - and it relates to the
exhibition in 2017, but the stats are pretty similar year on year. As you can
see, in 2017:
</p>
<p></p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>
c.<b><span style="color: red;">90% of entries submitted via the open entry are rejected</span></b>
</li>
<li>
the number of exhibits are broadly speaking split between Royal Academicians
and the open entry
<i>(although the current page suggests two thirds - but I'd very much like
to see the statistics for that! There are NONE published.)</i>
</li>
<li>
which means something like 500-600 artworks from the open entry will be
selected for the exhibition
</li>
</ul>
<div>
However,
<b>as the space allocated to the exhibition has got bigger, more exhibits have
been selected from the open entry </b>
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>By way of contrast, last year, the BBC reported that </div>
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
<i>It presents an unparalleled opportunity for amateur artists to have their
work publicly displayed and then purchased, although entries are capped at
16,500 and competition is fierce - this year, more than 11,000 people
submitted work but less than 10% were successful. </i><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65791955" target="_blank">Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: Who makes the cut?</a>
</blockquote></span>
<div>and</div>
<div>
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
This year 11,204 entries came from the public, with 998 artists making
the cut
</blockquote></span></i>
</div>
which is 9% of those who entered.
<div><br></div>
<div>
Of those who enter, around 4,000 will make the first cut - and are asked to
send their work to the RA for further consideration by the Judges and, last
year, around 25% of this number will be selected.<br>
<div>
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><br></i></span><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span></i>
<div>
<b>So, bottom line, it seems likely that your chances of getting selected
are between 3-9%.</b>
</div>
<div>
At the bottom end of the range this is slightly better than the chance of
getting selected for what used to be called the
<a href="https://makingamark.blogspot.com/search/label/BP%20Portrait%20Award" target="_blank">BP Portrait Award</a> at the National Portrait Gallery!
</div>
<p>
AND IMPORTANTLY - the main purpose of the Summer Exhibition is to generate
funds for the bursaries for those who are selected to study at the Royal
Academy Schools.
</p>
<p>
So if complaining about the expense of the entry, just take a moment to
think about the expense of an art education.
</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Who gets selected</span>
</h3>
<b><div>
<b><br></b>
</div>
The RA's Selection and Hanging Committee changes every year so just
because your work has been rejected in the past does not mean it will be
rejected this year.</b>
<p>
Lots of professional artists still yearn to be selected - because of the
kudos of being able to say you have been selected by the Summer Exhibition</p><p><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="609" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpetethestreet%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0PeKjTCEyGJ5WHiSA2PXbHXFyJukrnXaxokJ12RXo87cE2zUdbwQxjipMG4mJamzJl&show_text=true&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></p>
<p>
At the same time lots of people for whom art is a hobby while working full
time in other occupations DO get selected.
</p>
<p>
So there is no qualification for getting selected - your art does the
talking for you.
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">What you can submit</span>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><blockquote>
On behalf of the Summer Exhibition Committee I would like to say send
in your best work whatever its medium or category and we will
endeavour to give it space.'
</blockquote></span></i>So basically you can submit paintings, drawings, original fine art prints,
sculpture, photographs and videos - and artwork for architecture proposals.
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">How the open submission works</span>
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<b>This is the website you need to consult <a href="https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk/">https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk/</a></b>
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<div><b>The is an online art competition.</b></div>
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only YOU or a gallery authorised on your behalf can enter your work
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your initial entry is ONLINE ONLY - and the quality of your digital
images does count for a lot
<i>(see <a href="https://summer.royalacademy.org.uk/Information/9">Video Tutorial: How To Photograph Your Work</a>
and</i> <a href="https://royal-academy-production-asset.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/679a00eb-b230-4f6c-8161-9961a87bb599/SE_Photograph_2024.pdf">How to Photograph Your Work</a> <i>for advice)</i>
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your artwork will only be submitted to the Royal Academy if you get
through the first stage of selection. Basically this means you save
the transport costs of getting the work to and from London if it's one
of those which does not progress.
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Timeline</span>
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