Secret of Vintage Jewelry

This week at art group, Jim showed us a painting he’d done,of a snow covered lane with trees gradually disappearing into thedistance.  “I’m inspired by John AtkinsonGrimshaw, who used to paint Scarborough in a similar style”, he said.  Atkinson Grimshaw was a Victorian painter whowas well known for his depiction of light and detail.  Very little is known about his life, butseveral of his children went on to become artists.  Having looked at this article on Wikipedia,which tells you more about his work and gives two examples of his work, I haveto say that Jim’s painting was very much in Grimshaw’s style.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grimshaw-NightfallThames.jpg

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Just a quick update to announce a craft demonstration evening at Clowne Infant School, Ringer Lane, Clowne, on Tuesday 29th November at 7pm.  Wreath making, soap making and more.  Tickets £3 from the school office, open Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm.

I will be adding this to my selling website (link above) this week

Last week, I completed my Canadian Rockies painting and tookit along for the art group members to view and comment on.  As everyone seemed to like it, I am not goingto change it now.

"I can help you say thank you"

Christmas preparations are probably well underway for mostpeople now, and in just over a month, the whole thing will be over and we will probablybe thinking about writing some thank you letters.  I recently designed my own thank you notewhen I ran out of them.  Now I’ve put itonto Flickr as a free printable, for everyone to download and use.  All you need is a sheet of A4 paper to printonto, then fold it to create a small “card”. Although it says on Flickr that it’s copyright, I haven’t changed it to “creativecommons” because I live in England and we have different copyright law toAmerica, so all I will say is that the design is mine and I am happy for you toprint it off and use this as much as you like, but if you use the design inanything you publish, please attribute it to me.  My Flickr widget is further down the page on the right, if you want to reach it this way, or follow this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artistofderby/6383150691/

I have included instructions on downloading and printing thecard, and would like to know whether people find these helpful to use.  If the card is popular, I might put otherones on in future.  So let me know, either by a comment on this blog, or on Flickr.

This is actually a legitimate venue. Sadly, I have been taken in by a few of the opposite.




What's new at Tampa Review . . . .
November 16th, 2011

Dear Reader,Can you believe it's been 30 days already? This month we've been quite busy finalizing several of our latest literary publications, the least of which is the next edition of the Tampa Review, as well as beginning the process to transplant the Tampa Book Arts Studio across campus to a bigger and better home. What an undertaking that has been, and you can check out more about the move down here.We are also happy to report an outstanding turnout of submissions to our annual Danahy Fiction Prize, which closed its submissions earlier this month. We'd like to thank everyone who entered and to let you know we are already quite impressed by the overall pool of talent that this year's contest has brought.For all poets, this next announcement is for you. We are currently accepting submissions to The Tampa Review Poetry Prize. The deadline for entry is December 31, 2011, and though waiting till the last minute would be an inspired way to bring in the new year, we look forward to reading your submissions as we get them. By the way, in case you don't know, the prize for this is $2,000 and having your manuscript published by us - you can also now submit online as well as by mail. Check out our guidelines page to get a full breakdown of the rules and how to submit.For our Florida natives, UT Press is going to be at the Miami Book Fair from November 18th- 20th. If you're around, stop by our table (shared with the University of Tampa Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing program) and check out our discounted issues of Tampa Review and other UT Press publications. We'll also have candy, so there's that . . .And with that dear writers, readers, and champions of the arts we thank you for your amazing support and wish you continued good news - and maybe just a little bit of luck.
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EXPECTED TO BE READY THIS JANUARY for the start of the first residency of UT’s new Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing program, The Tampa Book Arts Studio (TBAS) has begun the transition to its new home on campus in the Edison Building, across the street from the Art Department studios and the Scarfone-Hartley Gallery. Transplanting the Book Arts Studio will be the result of several tedious months of planning between the University of Tampa, Dr. Richard Mathews, and Letterpress Coordinator Carl Mario Nudi.

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This week, I’ve tackled something I’ve often wanted to do but didn’t know where to begin.  I didn’t think I could do cartoons, until I was helping my small son draw something in a book he was making, and bingo! The pygmy mouse lemur that I drew happened to look a bit cartoony. That inspired me to have a go at doing our cat.

At art group, Karen had been painting a snowy mountain top using a palette knife to good effect.  She had used light brush strokes to suggest detail on top of it.  Sue was working on a realistic looking scene from Wales, Maggie a few more elves or nymphs, and Kevin another watercolour landscape.  Gill had completed her garden painting, using a photograph of a real garden, photographed through an ornately carved window frame.  This gave an attractive “frame” to the painting.  It was one of her first goes at doing something that wasn’t still life, and had worked well for her.

At our art group’s last Easter exhibition, I put some paintings on the laptop computer, on a continuous loop, in the refreshments area for visitors to look at while they have their cuppa. This year, I am planning to use a video of the exhibition with paintings from each of us on the end. The name of the painting will be on each one. I can then upload it to You Tube and the group’s new Face Book page for all to see. People have started bringing photos of their paintings in to add to it. I have also been considering what soundtrack to use. “Stairway to heaven”, said Sue, when I asked her if she had any requests. Well, she might just get that for her section, wait and see.

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Regular readers will remember that Madge, one of our members at the art group, had been ill recently, and, sadly, I have to report that she passed away recently.  This week’s post is a tribute to her and her artwork.

Years later, she found joining our group helped give her more confidence in her painting.  She helped out at all our exhibitions, even when in poor health, and offered her opinion on any subject under the sun, if asked.   She liked to paint landscapes and recently helped me with my Canadian Rockies picture when I was trying to depict the subtle colour tones of the mountains.  Our group will miss her but have happy memories of her.  Above is one of her paintings for you to enjoy.  Her daughter, Karen, also a group member, created a website for them both to show off their paintings - here's a link to it: http://www.wilkinsonart.co.uk/

Any readers who would like to remember Madge are welcome to leave a comment on this post.