Japanese Body Painting Artist

Julian Merrow Smith of Postcard from Provence has many fans - but few have met him and few have seen him paint - until now. A student perspective of Julian Merrow-Smith doing a plein air painting demonstration One of Julian's recent students, Timothy Joseph Allen, has now posted on YouTube a 20 minute video on YouTube of a painting demonstration done during Julian's last painting workshop of

This is the third post in a series of posts about how to hang a picture using different types of hanging hardware This post considers what a mirror plate is, why use mirror plates and how to attach them to a frame. The previous posts are: How to hang a picture - using D Rings How to hang a large or heavy picture - using heavy duty hanging hardware What is a mirror plate? A Mirror Plate -

The BBC is currently telling The Story of Scottish Art on BBC Scotland - but is not broadcasting this south of the border. However I've only just found out that , very sensobly, all the programmes are now available to all of us who can access BBC iPlayer. I haven't watched them all as yet but the little I've seen suggest they are all going to be fascinating. I'm 'flying blind' when it comes to

The critical factors you need to know when hanging a heavy picture are: what weight the picture is what sort of hanging hardware is best for the job what sort of wall you are hanging it on. 'How to hang a picture' series This post considers how to hang a heavy picture, why use heavy duty picture hangers and how to attach them to a frame. It's the second post in a series of posts about how

I'm going to be doing a number of posts about how to hang a painting. These will consider different aspects of what's involved in hanging a painting and hanging an exhibition. This first post will consider how to hang a picture frame using D rings - using two different approaches for different size and weight of picture - and includes images and videos to show you how to use D rings. A small 

We visited Saffron Walden recently and discovered the Fry Art Gallery which is open from April to the end of October each year.  The gallery provides a home to artwork by artists known as the Great Bardfield Artists who are also the subject of a recent publication - Bawden, Ravilious and the Artists of Great Bardfield.  The book of the exhibition | V&A Publications On display at the

This year's Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Artists, Sculptors and Gravers has more than 600 works of art - in miniature.  All the works are less than 6" x 4" in size. The exhibition can be found in the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries and continues until Sunday 25th October. The exhibition is open each day from 10am to 5pm. It closes at 1pm on the final day. Admission is

This is about a recent study about the impact of drawing and painting and art appreciation on the mental health and well-being of older people. Left Brain Right Brain A recent post to my Facebook Page has been very well received - and I didn't want to deprive those of you who are not on Facebook! Would you like to generate "a significant improvement in psychological resilience"? Start

The 70th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists opened yesterday at the Mall Galleries. It closes on Sunday 25th October. RSMA exhibition in the Main Gallery There are 329 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures in the exhibition in the Main Gallery and the Threadneedle Space.  For those unable to get to see it, you can view the catalogue of the exhibition online. It's an

The Royal Watercolour Society published their Call for Entries for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2016 last week. Webpage for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2016 Call for Entries This is a link to the Application Pack which provides the details about who/what/where and when. Who can enter The Royal Watercolour

A lot of the professional artists and other art business professionals (museums, galleries, publishers, suppliers etc) that I know are members of LinkedIn - which is a network designed for connecting professionals. It characterises itself thus the world's largest professional network with 300 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe I'm a member - and this is my

Time for a pause in blogging - for reflection on the life of Polly, my much loved Abyssinian cat. "Pause"Polly sunbathing in the doorway heard me behind her and an ear twitched round - worked up from a 15 second sketch and my memory!14" x 11" coloured pencil on black Stonehenge paper She died this afternoon after becoming very sick with heart failure 10 days ago. Losing Polly would be bad

The names of the artists who have artwork selected for the ING Discerning Eye 2015 Exhibition were recently announced.  You can find them below, ordered by the number of works selected and with links to their websites in their names - where I can find them. I'm very reliant on artists getting their  website on to the front page of Google and actually announcing their good news on their website -