Making A Mark

Yesterday was also the 5th anniversary of the very first Sketchcrawl - see Sketchcrawl is 5! (Plus 25th Worldwide Sketchcrawl tomorrow)Mathew Brehm (Sketchblog) who teaches architecture at the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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I can't quite believe that it's a year today since Cin passed away.Who can forget end of story and rest of the end of my story - I know I can't.

On November 21st 2004, the very first global sketching marathon was held.Tomorrow, 21st November it isthe 5th anniversary of the very first Sketchcrawl ANDthe date of the 25th Worldwide... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On Monday afternoon I spotted a tweet on Twitter announcing that Toby Wiggins had won the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - in advance of the formal announcement at the Private View on Monday evening.I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Early evening at the Auberge du Terroir8" x 10", pen and sepia ink and coloured pencils in Moleskinecopyright Katherine TyrrellOn Day 6 of our French trip, we drove from Rouen down to the coast near... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Art Societies in the UK - Resources for Artists is a new resource for people who want to know more aboutthe national art societies in the UKmedia oriented art societies in the UKgenre oriented art... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

all photos copyright Katherine TyrrellExhibition: Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition Dates: 12 November - 30 November 2009 Location: Painters' Hall, 9 Little Trinity Lane, London EC4V 2AD 10... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sketches of Rouen Cathedral(left) nighttime on 01.10.09(right) 8am on 02.10.09.pencil and coloured pencils in Daler Rowney sketchbookcopyright Katherine TyrrellNext stop on our French trip was Rouen.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This week I've been having a bit of a botanical and gardening flavour to my activities. For a start I've been writing about my visit to Giverny last month and also producing very long videos of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This post is for artists who blog AND who have solo exhibitions of their work, win prizes and/or participate in small group exhibitions.This blog is now so popular that I'm finding I get approached... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

This week I got into yet another pair of jeans I haven't worn in years. As a result of sketchercise and sensible and healthy eating/drinking, I've now reduced at least two dress sizes. A weight... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens has been restored to good order and reopened last month after a two year conservation project costing £3.7 million.Inside the Gallery after the restoration... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On our way back to the station from Kew Gardens we always pass The Kew Greenhouse which is a small cafe which always looks inviting and seems to be busy.Tea at The Kew Greenhouse8" x 10", pen and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Exhibition: The Art of Plant Evolution,The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens (until January 3 2010)Amanita muscaria by Alexander ViazmenskyShirley Sherwood CollectionThere have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Title: The Art of Plant Evolution Synopsis: This publication is based on an 'art meets science' exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2009/10 to celebrate Kew’s 250th anniversary and...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

I've written about Monet and his gardens before - at some length - but this is the first time I've been able to show readers what Monet's garden at Giverny actually looks like.Below you can find two... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Title: Private Lives of the Impressionists Synopsis: This is a group biography; it provides a narrative of the story behind the famous paintings. It's a book which covers the lives of the Impressionists - Monet, Manet, Pisarro, Cézanne,...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

Yasu by Yasunobi ShidamiFirst Prize, Winsor and Newton Oil Painter Awardscopyright Yasunobi ShidamiI went to see the 2009 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the weekend and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I'm glad we were able to pay a visit to Kew Gardens before all the leaves began to fall from the trees. The colours were glorious in parts of the gardens and the trees next to the Sackler Crossing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Summerlight, Clapham CommonWinner of The Artist Magazine competition24" x 18" Oil on Linen 2009copyright Adebanji AladeI've got very behind with seeing exhibitions so I'm offering a belated... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I learned yesterday, courtesy of a tweet from Matt Cutts, head of the webspam team at Google, that it's possible to customise Google News to obtain news on very specific search terms.If you're... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Last month Technorati relaunched itself, messed up my blogs and issued another report on the state of the blogosphere. This is my perspective on why Technorati still needs to pull its socks upThe new...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

One of the museums I spent a lot of time in while in Paris was the Louvre Museum which is the most popular museum in the world.The Louvre is physically huge, its collection is very extensive - and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Louvre: crowds lining up to see the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milophotos copyright Katherine TyrrellOn the Wednesday, after my A day in the Musee d'Orsay, I spent a day at the Louvre Museum.I find the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Half a niece - dining out in Montmartre8" x 10", pen and ink and coloured pencils in Moleskine sketchbookcopyright Katherine TyrrellI've got to be honest - these aren't my favourite sketches of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]