Ianbertram

LATEST ARTICLES ( 165 )

• Work in Progress

  

  Nothing much to report of late. I've been painting rather than printing, with mixed success, but here are some pastel sketches from my notebooks with some very... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Business Planning for the Working Artist - First Draft

  This is the first draft of a proposed e-book and as such is subject to change. As work progresses I will post updates. When complete it will be available for... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Making Plans for 2013

  I've never been one for New Year resolutions, which is just as well since the last few years have been dogged by illness (my own and other family members) to... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Bailero - Kiri Te Kanawa

  I've just added a new print to the Affordable Art section of the shop. This is called 'Bailero', inspired in part by the song of that name in Canteloube's... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• More on Gillian Ayres

  In my review of the Gillian Ayres show at the Alan Cristea Gallery, I referred to the quality of the paint in the paintings in that show. Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Experiments with Monotype and Some Work in Progress

  After reading a review of Derwent Artbars on Vivien Blackburn's blog, I invested in a set. I've used oil pastel before, but these are water soluble and my... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gillian Ayres

  I'm off to London on Thursday to see the Gillian Ayres show at the Alan Cristea galleries in Cork Street. This interview with her dates from 1988. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Video - Stay Here with You - Prelude

  A YouTube video of the reformed band 'Prelude' made in the studio as they put together their first album since the 1980s. I was at school with Brian and Ian of... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Winter Coast

  

  A recent trip to the NE, for a school reunion, gave me time to take some photographs along the Northumberland coast. I couldn't use my Canon SLR because the col... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 PHOTOGRAPHY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Working with Pastels

  I really enjoy working with soft pastels. I see wonderfully detailed pastel paintings by others and marvel at them, but my favoured way of working is big... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Experiments with Dry Point and Carborundum

  

  As part of what I hope will be a new series of prints inspired by the Neolithic Rock Art of Northumberland and North Yorkshire, I'm experimenting with dry... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Happy Being Happy

  It's been quite a while since I felt that lightness of spirit that I associate with being happy. I haven't been unhappy, at least not consistently and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Collaborative Printmaking

  

  Print Universe is a "social network where the worldwide fine-art-printmaking community can show and tell, share and discuss." In one discussion thread the idea... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Why Does an Artist Need a Business Plan?

  If like me you have come to making art as a second (or in my case third!) career it means you are probably trying, if not to reinvent yourself, then at least... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Mixed Media Pieces

  Some time ago I was a member of the now defunct Spectro Arts Workshop in Newcastle. On a photography course there, I studied the Zone System first devised by... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• And Yet More Bargains...

  

  I still have a number of inexpensive prints to add to the shop mostly in the £20-£30 range, so lots of bargains still to come. Over the next week or so I'm... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• More Prints in the Shop

  

  I've just added another batch of prints to the Affordable Art section of the shop. When I bought my new press, I did dozens of quick studies in monotype... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Work Coming Soon

  A comment by an artist on her Facebook page about 'painting her migraines' brought me up sharply. Until now I have viewed my recent illness and hospitalisation... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art on TV

  I've been trying to makes some space on my Sky box which is down to about 25% of capacity. I realised that apart from the shows that have accumulated during my... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Derwent Artbars - Something New to Play With.

  After reading this post about them on Vivien Blackburn's blog, I invested in a tin of 36. I like pastel, both the soft type and oil pastel, although my use of... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE