Today popular artist Terry Harrison shows you how to paint in watercolour a picturesque village, set in the snow of winter. Using masking fluid, to highlight areas of snow, Terry also shows you how to easily add the sun to this breathtaking composition, by simply using a coin! With his trademark brushes, he guides you with ease through this winter scene, showing you that not ...
A French teacher has become one of the country's biggest arts benefactors - giving the National Gallery nearly £7m more than 20 years after her death.Mrs Bailey, who died in 2000, lived in the North Yorkshire village of Hutton RudbyMartha Bailey, who lived in Hutton Rudby, near Stokesley in North Yorkshire, left land in her will to the gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, following ...
The Center for Art, Research, and Alliances (CARA) opened this past weekend in a burst of song from South African artist and composer Neo Muyanga, who staged multiple performances of his new piece A Mass of Cyborgs. A collaboration between Muyanga and the Unsung, a collective of Black singers, the innovative choral work brought together Muyaunga’s interest in the African diaspora, the slave trade, ...
The village is part of Art Inc. Kentucky, which helps artists promote and sale their work in the public. LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Artists in the East End portion of Lexington got the chance Sunday to show off their art work through a festival. The newly constructed Artists’ Village community held its first “East End Art and Music Festival” in it’s green space. The green ...
More than 3,000 people took in the art and atmosphere at the annual Art in the Village on June 25-26, according to a press release from the event’s organizer, the North Shore Art League. “What an amazing weekend,” NSAL Executive Director Linda Nelson said in the release. “… Rain or shine, the artists displayed and sold their work, the crowds were happy, and the ...
A much-loved public space since the Victorian times, Swan Park was bequeathed to the people of Buncrana and its visitors by Harry Swan, whose family ran a successful milling business in the town from 1868 until the early 1980s. Swan Mills, through its associated Buncrana Electricity Supply Company, also provided clean, hydro-generated electricity to the town from 1905 to 1954. The ‘Art in the ...
The delivery of a public art project for Winchburgh has taken a step forward. Planning approval has been given to transform a former housing development sales cabin into a venue for an artist’s workspace. Housebuilder Robertson Homes donated the sales centre at its Glendevon Grange development to Winchburgh Developments, the organisation overseeing the delivery of the Winchburgh masterplan. As part of ‘The Big W’, ...
The remains of a centuries-old monastery long thought to be lost have been unearthed during excavations in the British village of Cookham. Archaeologists from the University of Reading, working with help from local volunteers, discovered a wealth of evidence supporting their claim, including traces of the timber dwellings of the monks and nuns, and personal belongings that offer fresh insight into daily life at ...
