In line with it's 30th birthday celebrations, the Pencil Museum in Keswick has launched a new website (http://www.pencilmuseum.co.uk/) .
The new site is more user friendly, and features details of all the forthcoming fun days, events, and drawing demonstrations at the museum, plus a range of downloadable projects and drawing templates with a special emphasis on children's activities.
One of the new additions to the list of well-known artists demonstrating at the museum will be UKCPS member, Ann Swan, one of the country's leading botanical artists.
The birthday celebrations are a two day event over the 29th/ 30th May, and UKCPS will feature in the celebrations with the 'World of Coloured Pencils' exhibition which will be on display at the museum from 28 May to 25 June 2011. You will also have a chance to meet fellow members who will be present during the celebration weekend.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Derwent - & the royal wedding!
To celebrate the wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Cumberland Pencil Co. has produced a special presentation box called 'The Majestic'. It's a limited edition of only 500, of which No.1 has been given to the happy couple as a wedding gift.
Made from Maple with a Walnut veneer, the box is filled with a selection of water-soluble pencils and blocks, together with a range of accessories. To mark the occasion, Derwent has commissioned artist Angela Gaughan-Owens to draw a portrait of the wedding couple using the pencils featured in the box. A reproduction of the portrait is included within the box, and the original will be on display at the Pencil Museum in Keswick.
Made from Maple with a Walnut veneer, the box is filled with a selection of water-soluble pencils and blocks, together with a range of accessories. To mark the occasion, Derwent has commissioned artist Angela Gaughan-Owens to draw a portrait of the wedding couple using the pencils featured in the box. A reproduction of the portrait is included within the box, and the original will be on display at the Pencil Museum in Keswick.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Australian Coloured Pencils Network
Many of our viewers, and including some UKCPS members, are actually resident abroad. I have received a timely reminder of this fact via a note from a sister organisation, The Australian Coloured Pencils Network [ACPN] who have highlighted the call for entries for their next exhibition which is on the theme of 'colours of where I live'. The exhibition is only open to australian residents, and the the deadline for enties is 15 May 2011. However, even non-Aussie readers might wish to visit the ACPN website where there are some interesting video tutorials on basic CP techniques such as layering and burnishing. go to: www.colouredpencils.com.au for more information about the exhibition, and about the Network itself. Alan
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Graham Brace - in the news
Graham Brace, UKCPS member and a well-known CP artist, is chuffed to bits at the moment, and all because he is appearing as one of ten coloured pencil artists featured in the latest edition of one of France's premier art magazines, 'Practiques des Arts'.
The March edition of the magazine is promoting coloured pencil as an art medium, and features 10 international CP artists, of which Graham is the only UK representative, within its monthly 'Portfolio' section.
One of the other UKCPS artists featured is Ann Kulberg, the well-known American artist, and authoress of some excellant books on colour pencil art.
The March edition of the magazine is promoting coloured pencil as an art medium, and features 10 international CP artists, of which Graham is the only UK representative, within its monthly 'Portfolio' section.
One of the other UKCPS artists featured is Ann Kulberg, the well-known American artist, and authoress of some excellant books on colour pencil art.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Karen Middleton - Exhibition
UKCPS member, Karen Middleton, is holding her first solo exhibition next month. The exhibition is entitled ' Faeries, Faces, and Felines' and is being held at Lincoln Central Library from 18th to 21st April 2011, open from 9.30 to 4.30.
See more of Karen's work by visiting her blogsite from the Members Blog list on this page, or via the Members Galleries on the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk
See more of Karen's work by visiting her blogsite from the Members Blog list on this page, or via the Members Galleries on the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk
A little bit of good news from Japan
As I write, the ongoing situation in Japan is terrible. Good to hear then, that UKCPS friend, and founder of the Coloured Pencil Society of Japan, Takako Ikuta, is safe and well in Osaka. The best wishes of UKCPS go to her, and to the people of Japan, at this time.
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Exhibition latest
If this doesn't get you sharpening your pencils,- then nothing will! .........
Ann Massey, the immediate past President of UKCPS, has put forward a terrific prize of £200 to be awarded for 'Excellance in Drawing' in the pure CP section of this year's International Exhibition in September.
Ann will be judging the award herself, and shortlisting from the photographs of entries sent in by members - so make sure you take some good photographs! (lay the picture on the ground, outdoor, in indirect sunlight. Use the Portrait setting, with the camera on a tripod, and use the timer function - this will avoid camera shake).
Ann Massey, the immediate past President of UKCPS, has put forward a terrific prize of £200 to be awarded for 'Excellance in Drawing' in the pure CP section of this year's International Exhibition in September.
Ann will be judging the award herself, and shortlisting from the photographs of entries sent in by members - so make sure you take some good photographs! (lay the picture on the ground, outdoor, in indirect sunlight. Use the Portrait setting, with the camera on a tripod, and use the timer function - this will avoid camera shake).
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