Japanese Body Painting Artist

First of all I'd like to take the opportunity to wish a Happy New Year from Making A Mark here in London. May you and your art enjoy the best of times in 2016 wherever you live around the world. Next I have a celebration....... New Year fireworks in London 1st January 2016 Making A Mark was born on 13th December 2005 in terms of the first time I published a post. However I did then change

I've had one of those weeks with lots of different things going on - all of which have contrived to keep me from writing a 'normal' blog post on Making A Mark However I've learned a few lessons on the way and you can find them below under headings which loosely describe what they are about. Art Societies in the UK The new website/blog for Art Societies in the UK http://

While I was out sketching in Cambridge on Sunday, somebody took a look at a page on Making A Mark and notched up the 8,000,000th page view - according to Blogger! Magdalen Bridge and Scudamores, Cambridgepen and sepia ink and coloured pencils I got a non-stop commentary from the Punter Guides of the history of Magdalene College as they went past below! Isn't it absolutely amazing that one

There are a very few art blogs which I have followed consistently in the last 10 years. One of them is Charley Parker's fantastic 'Lines and Colors'. It's a really class act! The header for the Lines and Colors art blog - note the quotes! There are very few people on the Internet who write with enthusiasm and real knowledge about an enormous variety of artists and illustrators past and