The Sunny Art Prize is the first program outside of museological institutions that envisions the decentralisation of the art world as a way to broaden the horizons of both artists and the communities they engage with. The Prize is organised annually by the Sunny Art Centre in London, and offers a selection of thirty artists the opportunity to take part in international activities, including exhibitions and a residency.

One of the most inclusive and diverse art competitions in London, UK, the Sunny Art Prize offers unique exposure for both emerging and established artists to an audience spanning two continents. Created around the Sunny Art Centre’s unparalleled links between London, Beijing, Guangzhou and Macau, the prize winners will not only enjoy a month-long residency in China, but also the opportunity to exhibit both in our central London gallery and in prestigious galleries in China. A £6,000 total cash prize will be split between the first three winning artists.

Accepted Media: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Photography, Illustration, Video Art and Moving Image Illustration, Digital Art, Mixed Media

Sunny Art Prize 2019 Submissions Deadline: 30th June 2019

The entry fee for this competition is £25 for one artwork, £32 for two artworks, £40 for three artworks and £45 for four artworks (pricing excluding VAT).

Find out more information here

Have fun experimenting with mixed media in a relaxed and friendly environment. We will use various types of mixed media so you can try out different materials and techniques to which you enjoy the most.

These classes & workshops are suitable for all levels. From experienced artists who just want to try out some different materials and techniques, right through to absolute beginners. I will give regular to attention to each participant and help you to have fun and develop some exciting new skills!

Here are just of some of the exciting mixed media subjects that will be covered during the weekly classes. Workshop themes will vary.

– Acrylic & mixed media – mark marking & the use of colour
– Collage techniques
– Oil pastels, charcoal & soft pastels
– Figure drawing & sketching with mixed media
– Flower painting with mixed media
– Watercolour – techniques & using the medium in a fresh and free way

Inks, oil and soft pastel crayons, coloured pencils and charcoal and mark–making materials will be provided for you to use during the workshop, so all you need to bring is a set of acrylic paints, a watercolour pocket set and some recommended brushes.

Please wear clothes that you won’t mind getting paint on, or maybe overalls as it can get a bit messy!

Contact Celia for price details on 07766 240503 or email celia@artbyceliabenett.com

Find out more information here

Have fun experimenting with mixed media in a relaxed and friendly environment. We will use various types of mixed media so you can try out different materials and techniques to which you enjoy the most.

These classes & workshops are suitable for all levels. From experienced artists who just want to try out some different materials and techniques, right through to absolute beginners. I will give regular to attention to each participant and help you to have fun and develop some exciting new skills!

Here are just of some of the exciting mixed media subjects that will be covered during the weekly classes. Workshop themes will vary.

– Acrylic & mixed media – mark marking & the use of colour
– Collage techniques
– Oil pastels, charcoal & soft pastels
– Figure drawing & sketching with mixed media
– Flower painting with mixed media
– Watercolour – techniques & using the medium in a fresh and free way

Inks, oil and soft pastel crayons, coloured pencils and charcoal and mark–making materials will be provided for you to use during the workshop, so all you need to bring is a set of acrylic paints, a watercolour pocket set and some recommended brushes.

Please wear clothes that you won’t mind getting paint on, or maybe overalls as it can get a bit messy!

Contact Celia for price details on 07766 240503 or email celia@artbyceliabenett.com

Find out more information here

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

The 6-session short courses are designed to help you get on painting with confidence.

You will learn:

-using colours effectively

-handling the palette knife

-composition techniques

-the process of building up a painting from the first sketch to the finishing strokes

Zsuzsanna will provide a variety of subjects or you can choose your own. While the primary medium used is acrylic paint, you’re welcome to bring any other material. No solvents, please.

Call or text Zsuzsanna on 075 4568 5444 for further enquiries or to join a class.

Schedules follow the school calendar:

Monday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – Poverest Baptist Church: 108 Poverest Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 1RD

Wednesday 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm – Ripley Arts Centre: 24 Sundridge Avenue Bromley BR1 2PX

Friday 10.00 am – 12.00 pm – at Hobbycraft Orpington in Nugent Centre.

Click here to find out more information

CALL FOR ENTRIES | THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE 2019: AGENT OF CHANGE

PRIZES: 1st Prize: £3K | 2nd Prize: £1K | Student Prize: £1K

A shortlist of 25 artists, designers and makers will have their selected works exhibited at The Holden Gallery, Manchester in a high profile exhibition from 12 July – 24 August 2019.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: 12.05.2019 at 5pm

THE 2019 SELECTION PANEL INCLUDES: Hew Locke (Artist), Barbara Walker MBE (Artist) and Jessie Brennan (Artist) see the full panel here.

ENTER: ruskinprize.co.uk

Visual literacy charity The Big Draw, organisers of The John Ruskin Prize have announced the nationwide call for entries for The John Ruskin Prize 2019. The prize returns following the critically acclaimed prize exhibition ‘Master of All Trades’ held in Sheffield in 2017 attracting an audience of over 44,000 visitors.

The prize organisers welcome entries from artists, designers, architects and makers, at all stages of their careers, currently resident in the UK. Now in its 5th year, The John Ruskin Prize 2019 aims to uphold Ruskin’s beliefs whilst challenging the nation’s creatives to consider their role as catalysts of change, critics, social and political commentators and material innovators. Open to a broad range of interpretations, the prize organisers are inviting entries in response to the theme: Agent of Change.

Read more here

The members and the council of the Society of Women Artists invite you to submit your artworks for the 158th exhibition at The Mall Galleries in London this September.

The exhibition is a celebration of women’s art, in all mediums, sculpture, ceramics and original prints and is open to Non-members and Members of the SWA.

There are a total of 15 prizes to be awarded and the Society is delighted that the 158th Exhibition will be officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent on Wednesday, 25th September at 11:00 am.

Entry Fee: £15.00 per work (Non-members) OR £8.00 per work for (artists aged 35 or under).

Submissions Deadline: Noon, 20th June 2019

Click here to find out more information about dates and awards and submission criteria.

The Spectrum Art Award is a unique, critically acclaimed national competition, created to celebrate the creative excellence of artists on the autistic spectrum. It is open to all UK adults on the autistic spectrum (aged 18 and above) and for work in any medium. Submission is free and can be found via the charity website: www.thespectrumartaward.com
The Spectrum Art Award is open for submissions from Monday, 5th March – Monday 1st July 2019. Rather than an overall ‘winner’, the award will recognise the achievements of 5 selected finalists equally – each winning a cash award of £5,000, together with a bespoke package of support and mentoring and an opportunity to show their work publicly in a dedicated exhibition in the spring of 2020 (TBA).
Lead by Chief Curator Sacha Craddock, selection will be by an expert panel including the celebrated artists Paul Noble and Chantal Joffe, as well as specialists in the field of autism, Spectrum CEO, Mary Simpson and Professor Simon Baron Cohen. The panel is completed by the 2017, Spectrum finalist, Dawnne McGeachy. Judging will commence during the summer of 2019 – including an opportunity to meet with all the shortlisted artists – and will conclude in the Winter of 2019. An announcement of the 5 selected finalists will be made in January 2020.

We are now accepting submissions for the ninth BF Artist Film Festival!

The festival is open to national and international artists at any stage of their career. We welcome single channel film and video works from within the field of artists’ moving image; short narrative films, documentaries, experimental and essay films, animation and video collage. There are no restrictions on date or theme. Videos under 6 minutes are preferred but videos of up to 10 minutes will be considered.

The BF Artist Film Festival is a critical platform for artists working with moving image. Established in 2016, the festival programme is selected via an open call that occurs 3 times annually. As an independent project the festival offers multiple screening opportunities to selected artists, with an aim to reach new and diverse audiences. Since it’s inception, the BF Artist Film Festival has exhibited the work of over 125 artists and has partnered with multiple arts venues nationally and internationally.

The BF Artist Film Festival IX will be screened in June & July 2019 in Lancaster & London.

Deadline for entries is midnight Wednesday May 15th

Check our website for details on how to apply: https://www.bfartistfilmfestival.com/

For the third time in three years, the Painting & Drawing Art Studio of Rome is delighted to welcome back Charles Weed!

The four-day masterclass will run from Tuesday, April 9th to Friday, April 12th, 2019 and will be comprised of an intensive drawing class in the morning and a plein air painting course in the afternoon.

For those wishing to participate, there are three options:

Option 1: Drawing in the morning only: limited to 5 participants.

Option 2: Drawing in the morning & painting en plein air in the afternoon.

Option 3: Painting en plein air in the afternoon only: limited to a total of 12 participants.

Click here to find out prices, times, materials and to read about the classes in detail.

In these one day workshops, you will learn how to compose and print a design using letterpress. Learn how to create text using moveable wooden and metal type, how to ink up and how to print using a proofing press and an Adana 8-5 letterpress machine.

Suitable for beginners.

Dates: Saturday 13th April, Saturday 11th May, Saturday 1st June

Times: 10.30 am – 5.00 pm

Cost: £75 adult / £65 full-time student

Tutor: Nick Morley

Click here for more information or to book

What I took from the mountain
Monotypes by David Begley
Boiler Room Gallery, Schull, Cork, Ireland
April 19 – May 15 2019. Open Tues – Sun 11 – 5pm.
https://davidbegley.com/monotypes.htm

In January I travelled to Cill Rialaig. I drove in the dark and entered the village before light. Sent up a curl of smoke and lit my candles. Wrapped my fingers around a mug and pen. Within a day the mountain left me flayed. When the story wouldn’t come, I surrendered and went gathering.

On the mountainside: teeth, ribs, quartz, sheep, shit. I took a blackened gorse root and two bits of quartz back to the cottage. I made a promise to make something good of my borrowing. I went to Boolakeel beach and returned with a pine cone. I drew that and the knowing came. By the turf fire I wrote the end of the chapter. In the morning I swept the ashes and left. I’d an urge to make pictures.

I returned to Wexford with the ghost of a headless monk in the boot. On my first day printing in Gorey, he was at my elbow, nudging me to put his head on a page. Both of us yearned for solitude. The head appeared, cruddy, bruised, lost. We both sighed in relief. The apparition freed us. He went home. I took myself back to the mountain. ‘It’s me,’ I said, ‘I’m looking for quiet.’ When no answer came, I knew I could begin.

I had planned to make large works but I tore down Fabriano sheets into postcards. I mixed sepia into black ink and rolled up a plate and started to wipe. The mountain and its great slope appeared, once, twice, and again, and I found myself within it. Of it. Thinking of the rapture of the place, its shelter, its presence – benign and yet brutal. Remembering the glorious light and silence, and how each is a portal.

After a dozen mountains, the imagination wandered further. So came the hybrids. And memories of Dromod in the snow many years ago, and driving black circles in the carpark above Derrynane. The marvellous waiting to be made into picture.

To go to Cill Rialaig is to step into wonder. Every time I return I am overwhelmed. The futility of trying to capture its essence is hilarious. But we can try.

© David Begley 2019

The top image is: It came from the mountain 1
Monotype, ink on Fabriano paper, unique 1/1
10.5 x 15cm
© David Begley 2019

Join resident Artist/Tutor/Demonstrator Tony Hogan for a perfect art holiday capturing the best of magical Cornwall.  A five day non residential course based from his studio in Wadebridge, from where he will take you to the best north coast locations  to paint and draw en plain air. With over 25 years experience running these courses Tonys relaxed and easy way of sharing his vast knowledge makes your time spent with him a really productive fun experience. Evening meals, lunches and coffee/tea with snacks are provided throughout. Transport painting venues include. Plus free transfer to/from Bodmin Parkway rail station or Newquay airport. Working in the media of your choice. All abilities welcome. These courses are restricted to a maximum of 6 participants per course to ensure each individual receives the personal attention at the level they seek from Tony.

Regular classes in Renaissance Oil Painting & Drawing Techniques led by Victoria King MA FRSA – Fine Artist

Come and learn the methods and techniques as used by Renaissance Master Artists in a friendly and relaxed atelier style class.

A year long study into the oil painting and drawing methods and techniques as used by Renaissance artists. This will be held at an established educational centre, Bedford House in north east London which is very easily accessible via the Central Line Tube.

Regularly every Monday 10am – 12.30pm

Suitable for all levels of abilities

Booking essential – a small class for individual attention

Visit Victoria King’s webiste to see more of her work and find about about her classes here:
www.victoriakingart.com

Contact:

T: 0208506 1284
M: 07973 370122

Email:  v.king14@outlook.com / victoria.king32018@gmail.com

Image featured: Victoria king, ‘Girl with a Red Hat’ – after Jan Vermeer

This class will help anyone wishing to learn classical oil painting. Each week will focus on a different technique, slowly working on how to manipulate the paint and use the brush, use different mediums and paint a range of subjects.

Dates: 24th April, 1st, 15th, 22nd May

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Price: Classes are £25 each or £20 for concessions and can be booked individually.

Click here to Book and find out more information

Art e Misia on Location presents…

A luxury tour for women who wish to explore and release their creativity

TOKYO, KYOTO, MT FUJI

Tokyo, Japan’s capital, a city of contradictions blending the ultramodern neon-lit skyscrapers with traditional historical temples. Tokyo leads with distinction from its classical art to cutting edge contemporary installations.

Upon our arrival we will be treated to a private contemporary Calligraphy (big brush) performance by Artist AKIBA at our Hotel.

We have scheduled a visit to Tokyo’s amazing Pigment Store to stock up on art supplies and witness KAETSU who is one of Tokyo’s leading Contemporary Artists perform her own contemporary Calligraphy style followed by a private 4 hour Calligraphy Workshop with her.

We will visit selected Museums and Art Galleries and enjoy gentle walks in Tokyo’s Parks and Temples where we’ll have the opportunity to illustrate and paint in our art journals and meditate.

We have scheduled a day trip via private transfers to the Mt Fuji region for an opportunity to photograph, sketch and paint the most iconic of Japans natural wonders and to visit the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum and Arakura Mountain Sengen Park.

KYOTO

Kyoto continues to embrace Japans past with its historical temples, manicured gardens, traditional tea houses and an occasional Geisha scurrying for a secret liaison. It was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years, and is still considered the heart and soul of traditional Japan.

We will stimulate our senses with an evening stroll amongst the lantern lit streets of the Gion District, filled with traditional restaurants to feast in, as well as many inspiring locations and vista’s that our Art Journals will be bursting with illustrations.

We have arranged a day tour with our own private driver/transportation to visit Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and Shinto Shrine.

In the evenings we’ll be settling in one of Kyoto’s elegant havens which is a blend of Japanese contemporary and traditional design situated in a peaceful are of Gion.

Prepare to take many walks amongst the mystical settings within Kyoto with sketchbook in hand.

We will be staying in beautiful boutique accommodation and no… you won’t have to share, all rooms have queen sized beds and private ensuite bathrooms.

In this weekend workshop, you will learn how to design, carve and print multi-block linocuts in colour. You will learn what tools to use and how to keep them sharp, how to plan, carve and print a multi-block linocut and how to register the different layers.

Through a series of exercises, you will learn how to mix and control colour and how to work with transparent layers to create more colours.

Suitable for beginners.

Dates: Sat 27 & Sun 28 April OR Sat 13 & Sun 14 July

Time: 10.30 am – 4.30 pm

Cost: £135 adult / £120 full-time student

Tutor: Nick Morley

Click here to find out more information and to book

Painting vacation on the Kintyre peninsula in the west of Scotland (any medium)

Dates: 28 April – 4 May 2019 or 22 – 28 September 2019
Tutor: Paul Kennedy
Medium: various
Location: Whitehouse, Tarbert, Argyll

In the beautiful setting of the Kintyre peninsula Paul shows you how to let loose with drawing and painting and how to develop your skills in texture and technique. Anything can be used to create beautiful work from paint and brushes, to seaweed and sand. The different daily locations challenge each artist to think outside the box and push themselves with imagination and creativity. Paul concentrates on one to one tutoring as well as daily demonstrations with different mediums.

This Cast Drawing Workshop will introduce the student to the practice of sight-size cast drawing and teach them the key principles of all representational drawing.

Using a sight-size set up and methods taught on the full-time course, students will create a competent reproduction of a cast of their choice. Students will be guided through the process of drawing from the cast from start to finish including set up and lighting advice so that they may recreate a similar arrangement at a later date.

Since the Renaissance cast drawing has been fundamental to artistic training across Europe. Artists as diverse as Rembrandt, Ingres and David all championed cast drawing as an essential part of their education. At LARA we take cast drawing very seriously. We understand it to be a highly effective way to develop an artist’s draughtsmanship and for this reason our full and part-time students spend half of their drawing day in the cast room, working on projects of increasing complexity.

This Cast Drawing Workshop will be an intensive introduction to the practice of sight-size cast drawing. Students of all abilities are welcome to attend and each student will receive the attention and instruction they require to move their drawing skills to the next level.

This short course would be a perfect introduction to representational drawing (particularly for those unsure of the challenge of drawing the live model), a great refresher for the more experienced artist or a fantastic insight into life as a student at LARA.

10% discount for school art teachers

Calling all school art teachers! We’re offering you a 10% discount on this Cast Drawing Workshop. All you need to do is send us proof that you work full-time as an art teacher at a UK school. Please call or email us to make arrangements.

Featured image: ‘Death Mask of Appiani’, Charcoal and Chalk on Toned Paper by Charlie Pickard

Regular classes in Renaissance Oil Painting & Drawing Techniques led by Victoria King MA FRSA – Fine Artist

Come and learn the methods and techniques as used by Renaissance Master Artists in a friendly and relaxed atelier style class.

A year long study into the oil painting and drawing methods and techniques as used by Renaissance artists. This will be held at an established educational centre, Bedford House in north east London which is very easily accessible via the Central Line Tube.

Regularly every Monday 10am – 12.30pm

Suitable for all levels of abilities

Booking essential – a small class for individual attention

Visit Victoria King’s webiste to see more of her work and find about about her classes here:
www.victoriakingart.com

Contact:

T: 0208506 1284
M: 07973 370122

Email:  v.king14@outlook.com / victoria.king32018@gmail.com

Image featured: Victoria king, ‘Girl with a Red Hat’ – after Jan Vermeer

This art retreat is open to all levels, from beginner to advanced artists, who would like to learn watercolor painting under the guidance of artist Sergei Kurbatov. Immerse yourself in the beautiful Tuscan countryside whilst learning valuable landscape painting techniques. Meet like-minded people and leave feeling refreshed and inspired!

This workshop will take place at Agriturismo Streda, a converted farmhouse and winery located in Chianti, just a 5 minute drive from Vinci (the birthplace of Leonardo Da Vinci).

The agriturismo is located in the Tuscan hills, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, you can enjoy the stunning view whilst relaxing by the swimming pool, walking through the vineyards, or sitting on the terrace with a class of wine.

Included in this art retreat are: 22% VAT, 5 days tuition (30 hours), 6 nights accommodation, all meals & drinks (breakfasts, lunches, dinners, tea/coffee, wine), extra activities such as a cooking class and wine tasting, arrival & departure transfers.

SPECIAL OFFER: Bring 2 friends and stay for free!

Email info@artescapeitaly.com for more information.