The National Gallery of Canada kicks off the second edition of its cross-Canada art contest for teens Twitter: http://twitter.com/gallerydotca Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nationalgallerycanada youtube: http://www.youtube.com/ngcmedia OTTAWA, Jan. 25, 2012 /CNW/ – Fresh from the successful first edition of its So You Want To Be An Artist? contest, which last year attracted more than 120 participants, some 50,000 [...] → Continue Reading Art Contest for Teens at the National Gallery
2012 Sculpture Competition Deadline Extended ST. ANDREWS, NB, Nov. 14, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ – We are pleased to announce that the deadline for entries for one of Canada’s largest outdoor sculpture competitions has been extended. The new deadline for entries is Friday December 2, 2011 with finalists being selected no later than Friday December 16, [...] → Continue Reading 2012 Canadian Sculpture Competition at Kingsbrae Garden
Well I think I need to add another page under Resources – I think I’ll just call it ‘For Artists’. I orginally thought I’d add my bit about the Sketchbook Project on the ‘Art Contests’ page, but the Sketchbook Project is hardly a contest. The fact that there is a cost to the artist’s involved [...] → Continue Reading The Sketchbook Project
Online Art Fair Returns February 3-8, 2012 For “VIP2.0″ Augmented Platform Adds New Galleries, Artists, Enriched Social Media, Mobile Interaction and Museum Participation NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2011 /CNW/ — VIP Art Fair, the world’s first contemporary art fair held exclusively online, announces its second fair, VIP2.0, February 3-8, 2012, at VIPArtFair.com. Top international galleries [...] → Continue Reading VIP Art Fair for 2012 Returns
How to turn digital art into hard copy? Now that’s the question I’ve been playing with.
After the digital photography, after the image manipulation with Photoshop, or the Gimp or whatever, after the drawing using an open source vector graphics editor that I was finally able to download and actually get working (It’s called Inkscape and so far I like it!). . . After doing all that I just wanted something that I can hold in my hands, and then do something with. Like hang it on the wall for example.
The walls of my home are covered in paintings, my own for the most part. Some will move on to other people’s homes but it’s way too easy to fill up the available space. On the other hand my computer’s memory will take a lot longer to fill up than those walls did so I’ve [...] → Continue Reading Paint or digital art?