tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post2463737392964545262..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Sketching at the National Gallery: "Manet to Picasso"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-18378989686598968062007-01-20T07:04:00.000+00:002007-01-20T07:04:00.000+00:00No chance Ed!
Here's the thing - on the whole ga...No chance Ed! <br /><br />Here's the thing - on the whole galleries are mainly concerned about health and safety - of both their paintings and the visitors.<br /><br />To paint in a gallery like the National is possible but you need to get permission in advance and then jump through a few hoops (see <a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/plan/faq/research/res3.htm">here</a> for more information). However, in most places, I've found that galleries on the whole tend to have fewer reservations about people who don't have brushes, water or solvent or anything that would mark a work (or their floor) easily! If you have a small set of coloured pencils, you can generally sketch and make a study and record of an artwork. <br /><br />I sat on the benches provided by the gallery for each of my sketches and hence was not causing health and safety concerns by being in the way of anybody else. In the main galleries where there is more space, I could have used a sketching stool provided by the gallery.<br /><br />As the educational aims of museums have come to the fore, you see children on school visits with a pad and pencils making studies of artwork all the time. They just seem to plonk themeselves on the floor and get on with it - they don't have nearly as many reservations as adults can do about being seen. I have been guilty of sometimes wishing that galleries would have at least one day a week which is free of school visits and tours!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-4090898031057908652007-01-20T01:15:00.000+00:002007-01-20T01:15:00.000+00:00Wow, Monet had to buy the land to keep painting th...Wow, Monet had to buy the land to keep painting the series...who would have guessed.<br /><br />it's funny, as a plein air painter, I'm used to people watching me paint, but there's something about painting in a museum that's intimidating. I'm a too messy a painter anyway. i'd probably end up flicking paint here and there and transform a Monet into a Jackson Pollack!Ed Terpeninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211416674089451891noreply@blogger.com