I’m going to have to totally pull my socks up here – otherwise I’m going to be out gunned/painted/graphiced/sculpted/fashioned/special effected by the younger members of my family – OK I’m up for the challenge! I’m just SO pleased. Watch out Nicholsons/Hepworths/Bawdens/etc here come the Winthrops/Garsides/Allisons/Lemans – you saw it here first…….
Three BOLD CAPS cheers for Felix Garside!!!!
He’s been accepted for the BA Graphics course at Camberwell starting in the Autumn.
That means there will be 2 Garsides (Daisy and Felix), and a Winthrop (Izzy E.R.)
all doing art – and Thomas a friend also at Camberwell in the Autumn doing Sculpture.
Very cheery news – better get on with my own work pronto.
Royal Watercolour Society Spring Exhibition at the Bankside Gallery (between Tate Modern and the Founders Arms). Nearest station Blackfriars.
Every day 11-6 until 26 April.
As well as the exhibition we have an exciting programme of workshops/talks/events – all of which are on the RWS website at http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk
For starters – workshop with Michael Collins who will show the technique of egg tempera – a fascinating medium.
10 April at 6pm Derek Shiel will talk about David Jones in the First World War 6pm
24 April Alan Powers, author of the lovely recently published book ‘Eric Ravilious: Artist and designer’ will give a talk.
30 April Isla Hackney RWS will lead a study day at the V&A looking at some of the artists from the ‘Recording Britain’ project commissioned in the 1940’s.
These are just a few of the RWS’s programme for Spring – do visit the website and get booking!
Tomorrow very important day at RWS / Bankside Gallery – we elect new members, a scary and exacting process that you don’t need to know about until you ARE elected when you can subject others to the same scrutiny – much like going for interviews at art school, jobs etc except that you are not there, just your work, which I think is a disadvantage. However, it ‘s really nice for those of us not going through the mill – been there, done that! Another post tomorrow with i hope lots of new ARWS’s to include.
Tomorrow very important day at RWS / Bankside Gallery – we elect new members, a scary and exacting process that you don’t need to know about until you ARE elected when you can subject others to the same scrutiny – much like going for interviews at art school, jobs etc except that you are not there, just your work, which I think is a disadvantage. However, it ‘s really nice for those of us not going through the mill – been there, done that! Another post tomorrow with i hope lots of new ARWS’s to include.
Bridget Moore’s paintings are just lovely – glimpses into childhood,memories,home,outings,play. See them for real at the Royal Watercolour Society’s Spring Exhibition. PV March 27 / 6-8 / Bankside Gallery, (near Tate Modern & the Founders Arms)
http://www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk
During a recent exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists at The Mall Galleries a fellow artist bought this painting – always nice when that happens, so thank you Barbara!
After a sleepless night dreaming about pushing buttons, phoning for help to ANYBODY, or throwing the new printer out of a very high window I made a phone call to Canon Support who did just that and sorted it out – phew!
Had a new printer in July – last week it kept telling me there was no paper loaded correctly. Taxi to John Lewis – very nice after a lot of trying they decided printer at fault. Got new one, taxi back – everything going OK until the new one started demanding all sorts of strange things – can’t download instructions – why doesn’t the ***** thing just plug in and work!!! I don’t need this ( well I do but I’m so pissed off at the moment I don’t).
So exciting – I was determined to go to art school, so I did. First my nearest in Essex which was Colchester and then because I had to get to London the Central School of Art & Design. Now I am so pleased to have a niece at Wimbledon doing really brilliantly and fingers crossed in September will have another doing Fashion in London and one more doing Graphics. Plus friend of one accepted for Sculpture at Camberwell – and another nephew in London, scientist and Editor.Hurray!!
This is me with targets, taken by David Winthrop artist (my brother) he was probably about 14 and I was 16.
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