Review: Episode 3 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
I was impressed by a lot of the self-portraits of artists participating in Episode 3 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 I'm gu...
Februari 2019
Velvet Buzzsaw - a gorefest satire of the art world
There aren't many films about the art world - but I watched the latest one at the weekend. Velvet Buzzsaw is an art world satire - or A...
Bert Dodson - a man who spent his life inspiring people to draw
"Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw with some degree of proficiency" Bert Dodson Bert Dodson is a man who has a mad...
Review: Episode 2 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
This week's episode of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 has sparked a bit of a controversy online - of which more anon. Suff...
Call for Entries: Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 2019
The Society of Women Artists (SWA) published its brand new website today - just prior to the start of the digital submissions to its 2019 A...
11 tips for how to get 1 million website visitors quickly
One of the reasons I don't write every day for Making A Mark is because I've got other websites to look after. One of these - Botani...
Why Watercolour on Google Arts and Culture beats Watercolour World
There's a new website called Watercolour World which purports to be making images of watercolours around the world accessible to all. T...
Review: Episode 1 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
I'm going to continue my habit of reviewing the episodes of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 and providing a commentary on eac...
The Politics of Sponsorship - a new reality for art galleries and museums
Sackler is a name I associated with sponsorship of the Arts. This is because Dr Arthur M Sackler who was a physician, scientist was also an...
Challenge #2: Life Drawing Live - from the Royal Academy
I'm quite liking the idea of a monthly challenge during 2019. So, after snowy paintings, my Challenge for February ( I'm thinking on...
Artists of the Year: Videos, Deadlines and Suggestions!!
Just a reminder for fans of the two major artist of the year programmes on Sky Arts re. Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 Portrait Artist of ...