WIP: Portrait of Colin's Daughter
further progress on mouth...teeth...hair...and top...

Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Charcoal grey, Ivory black & Titanium white
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Random Picks from the Top 101 Artists' List - # 36 Maya

People, their moods, expressions and emotions have been a source of wonder for Ujwala, and this is reflected in her work. Her portraits capture the subtlety of human emotions, and present with impact the personality of the subject. Ujwala uses a variety of medium ranging from oil on canvas, charcoal on paper to the digital medium to convey her impressions.

Thanks to Debbie for picking the lucky number this week...



Art News/Exhibitions
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Current Exhibitions ...

Callum Innes (born 1962) is a Scottish abstract painter and former Turner Prize nominee. Innes is a painter who has tended to work alternately on a number of disparate series, each of which he repeatedly revisits. His characteristic form of coolly atmospheric abstraction has aptly been described as "unpainting", given that key compositional elements are generally produced, not by the application of paint, but through its removal by washes of turpentine. Each finished painting thus suggests a freezing in time of the otherwise momentary arrest of an ongoing process.
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National Gallery of Australia,
Canberra
Exposed painting black oxide


Anna's brush with new found fame
If Anna Rubin were to write the story of the past five years of her life as a screenplay, it would be considered so ridiculously contrived, so obviously pitched with Julia Roberts in the lead role, that every agent would surely dismiss it. More



If you only steal one masterpiece this year ...

Most of the top-10 lists you see in the newspapers will have been voted for by the general public. But when it comes to art, there is an alternative list, picked by a shadier, shiftier bunch: the men and women who make a career out of stealing it.
The art thieves' top 10, based on information on stolen works compiled by the London-based Art Loss Register, is an exclusive selection, running from Picasso at No 1 to Matisse at 10, via Miro at 2, Chagall at 3, Dalí at 4, Renoir at 5, Dürer at 6, Rembrandt at 7, Warhol at 8 and Rubens at 9. None of the French masters whose works were stolen at gunpoint from a Swiss museum this week makes it: Degas is at 15, Cézanne at 25. So what makes a Picasso so much more tempting than even such undeniably great and popular artists? More
Missing ... detail of Maya with her Doll by Pablo Picasso





Top 30 Famous Artists

WIP: Portrait of Colin's Daughter
Oil on Canvas
Charcoal grey & Titanium white
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Colin @ Life awarded with me with this sunny award that he received from
Kim @ purplefrogcat....
thanks Colin!!!
I am passing this award onto seven sweeties who exude sunshine and serenity where ever they go-
Mary Ann Diane Lynda Ev Corrine Kris and Shoshana


Random Picks

My Random Pick from the 101 Top Artists' Blogs List: Making a Mark - Katherine Tyrrell's blog is about: - Making marks with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Creating new drawings and paintings - Influences on developing both artwork and art careers - Interviews with artists - Information about resources for artists and art lovers

thanks to Eric aka Speedy for the lucky number...

ps don't forget to leave your lucky number for the next Random Pick


Blog Travels

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Slashdot
In the beginning there was no Slashdot. Bored and confused geeks would scribble "First Post" in the sand. Grits were strictly for consumption and there wasn't a place to get nerd oriented news. Then in September of 97 Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda changed all that. With the help of Jeff "Hemos" Bates and others, Slashdot has stumbled forward with the simple mission to provide 'News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters'.

two very informative reads:
IT: Users Worldwide Feel Internet Is 'Safer'
Alexa, Amazon's Most Flawed Idea

work in my studio is looking rather incomplete at the moment due to my "frozen shoulder".....I'm hoping to finish the portrait of Colin's daughter first...
and then go on with the African landscape if I can overcome my ambivalence for it !!
Alexander's portrait will go on the back burner for a while...
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This weeks lucky number is # 26 from the
Top 101 Artists' Blogs - Update 29/12/07

Laurelines
An avid painter and drawer featuring travel sketches, works in series, exploring different mediums and techniques....her drawings of faces are varied and she uses an amazing selection of different mediums...I loved the variety of sketches and the 101Faces, a 2007- 2008 project.


lucky # selected by Anita @ am-art check out her artistic journal...the drawings are simply sensational !!!

don't forget to leave your lucky # in the comment box and I will put it on my list

My Blog Travels

lines and colors
lines and colors is a blog about drawing, sketching, painting, comics, cartoons, webcomics, illustration, digital art, concept art, gallery art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci-fi and fantasy illustration, paleo art, storyboards, matte painting and 3d graphics.

Two outstanding articles
How Not to Display Your Artwork on the Web
How to Display Your Art on the Web



John Martz is an illustrator and designer living in Toronto, Canada. His personal weblog is robotjohnny and he is also the editor of the illustration and comics blog Drawn! a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw.


Visit them daily for a dose of links and creative inspiration.

My Random Pick from the 101 Top Artists' Blogs List for this week is : # 6

Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature Blog
Artist. Painter. Designer and Photographer. Lover of animals and nature. Leanne's blog is her journal, her art and the daily status of her pursuit of happiness.



Besides being an extremely talented artist Leanne also designs brilliant web sites....it is well worth visiting her latest design...I know I couldn't stop oohing and ahhing to myself when I was over there.
Image Copyright © Leanne Wildermuth, IntricateArt.com

selected by Deborah Paris - A Painting Life who paints the most amazing landscapes.....absolute gems !!!!

You Make My Day Award

I would also like to thank another very gifted artist for passing this catchy award on to me ...
thank you very much Kris @ Art & Clairvoyance
Kris uses a very unusual technique to paint her incredible paintings and her recent body of work really does touch the heart !!





I am passing this award on to these people who simply make my day with their thoughtful comments and feedback ...thank you to :
Lindsay @ Non-Linear-Arts
John @ SELECT.IVE.PAN.CAKES
Durano @ THE SPITTING VESSEL
Eric @ SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE

leave your lucky number here for my Random Picks selection