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What's your favourite tip about drawing that you always share?   Three of my tips about drawing Carry a sketchbook with you all the time and you will do a lot more drawing.  There are lots of occasions when you can pull out a sketchbook for a quick sketch - plus it records your life as lived! (The sketch below was done while waiting to see the Consultant at the Dental Hospital last week!)

While I'm writing the book, I'm going to highlight some popular blog posts from the past. This post is about the posts associated with a major project on composition and design at the beginning of 2008.  It's particularly useful for those who like their art to be drawing or painting. Composition and Design - An Introduction 14 Jan 2008 Composition - The Elements of Design 15 Jan 2008 - An

Who painted this? #56 Not the usual subject for a painting that you associate with this painter. Don't forget besides wanting the answers to all the usual questions (see below) I'd also like to hear about what you managed to find out about the artist and painting - and the best answer wins this week's challenge! How to participate in "Who painted this? #55" PLEASE make sure you read the

The third section of the 2013 Making A Mark Art Blog Awards is about Learning about Art and the Art Business.  There are three awards: The FAQs and Answers Really Useful Medal The Make Me Think Gong The Best Book by an Art Blogger Blue Ribbon This particular section of the awards focuses on our personal development - whether that's via: regular posts on a blog wholly focused on the development

"Getting out of the Studio"  in The 8th Making A Mark Art Blog Awards is the category of awards for all those people who draw and paint outside their studio - sometimes producing finished sketches or paintings plein air and sometimes producing material to develop further in the studio. They are: The Painting Plein Air Plus Prize The Travels with a Sketchbook Trophy The Going Greener Gong