#drawtheline This is the “Draw the Line” comic recently created by Nick Sousanis who is an Eisner winning #comics artist and educator. He's also a Professor who drew & wrote the thesis for his doctorate in #comic book form.

Download a pdf version for free on spinweaveandcut.com/draw-the-line/

Why does a bigger open #artexhibition mean fewer sales of #artworks?
Why do #artists selected from the #openentry sell more #art than members of the #RBA?
Is there a price ceiling on spontaneous art purchases?
Check the chart!
+ Check out my latest blog post makingamark.blogspot.com/2025/04/rba-...

My review of Episode 3 of #landscapeartistoftheyear - including profile of pod artists and shortlisted artist and winner. Plus critique of the location and overall approach to this #artcompetition
makingamark.blogspot.com/2025/02/revi...
#laoty #landscapeart #landscapeartists #landscapepainting

The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2025 is now ONLINE. VIEW in person at the Mall Galleries 22 January - 8 February (10-5 daily)
buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/ps-2025/
#art #pastels #pastelsociety #annualexhibition #mallgalleries #London #openexhibition #stilllife #interiors #artsociety

Reflecting back on 18 years ago when I did studies of the Iznik ceramics - much loved by William Morris - at the V&A
what I did in makingamark.blogspot.com/2007/01/plan... and image produced below
#iznik #victoriaandalbert #colouredpencils #botanicalmotifs

What's happening to the valuable #fineart because of the #wildfires in art galleries and museums, archives, artists' homes & homes of the wealthy (with art inside) in Los Angeles, California?
makingamark.blogspot.com/2025/01/fire...
This is the shocking size of the Palisades Fire

This is what the #vangogh #exhibition is like at 11.30am at the @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social
But you can’t buy a ticket as it’s sold out to the end of its run.

The bonus of booking a 10am ticket for the (sold out) Van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery in London

#vangogh #nationalgallery
#artexhibition
#blockbuster
#soldout

How many artists have done paintings of a blue sky?
#bluesky

Here's one of mine. It's a pastel drawing of #TanahLot in #Bali which I visited twice in the 90s and stayed in the Artists' village of #Ubud. An inspirational place to make art then - although I'm guessing it might be very different now.

The End of Year Exhibition of The Drawing Year 2024:
* opens at the Royal Drawing School tomorrow
* continues until the 19th December
* can be found at The Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch
Address: 19-22 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3SG
#drawing
#drawingyear
#royaldrawingschool
#makingamark

Don't forget. Artist of the Year Masterclass startson Sky Arts tonight at 6pm, with the second programme at 6.30.
Here's the schedule from today until Monday 9th December.
#masterclass
#artistoftheyear
#artontelevision
#makingamark

@miriamescofet.bsky.social Remember when?
This is the morning after the announcement you had won the BP Portrait Award 2018
It was wonderful to be able to photograph artist and sitter the next morning at the #nationalportraitgallery
#artcompetition
#portrait
#portraiture
#portraitpainting

@michelleheron.bsky.social my pic of your pic!
#INGdiscerningeye

This is how many people have liked and visited my blog "Making A Mark" in the last 19 years

I tried to announce my latest blog post makingamark.blogspot.com/2024/11/maki... on my MAM #Facebook Page
FB decided that both posts I did were spam and deleted both - despite the fact the second was worded carefully.
So Mark Zuckerburg is obviously VERY VERY WORRIED about Bluesky Social!

This is the painting by Paul Newland which won the Chairman’s Purchase Prize at the ING Discerning Eye exhibition last week.

Find out what Will Gompertz thinks is good art at the ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries this week