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Title: MAKING A MARK

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Every now and again I have a bit of a rant about one of my pet topics - media creep. This is one of them.

An art society is set up to serve a very particular group of artists - including specific media. Media Creep sets in as it the media eligible for use in a society exhibitions starts to become more broad and extended so that definitions of media become "m...


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I think the 214th Annual Exhibition by the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours is probably the best RI exhibition I've seen by them at the Mall Galleries on two counts:

excellent artworkextremely well hung - it reads very well throughout both the West and East Galleries and most of the North Gallery.It also has the unique distinction of:a VERY colour...

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This is about a FREE Plein Air Painting Handout by Michael Chesley Johnson - a very experienced American plein air painter and instructor in oils and soft pastels of repute.

His CV is impressive - see below to check out the credentials of the chap who is provid...


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I recently found out that Making A Mark is still in the top 10 of a list of art blogs from all over the world

Specifically they are #5 in the 60 Best UK Art Blogs and#10 in the 100 Top Art Blogs according to Feedspot

Not quite sure how they work out the ranki...


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The Sky Arts website recently announced innovations for the next round of Landscape Artist of the Year.

At the weekend we heard - via the main Sky Arts website only - that:

Fearne Cotton is to join as a new celebrity C...

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