sketchbook“THE SECRET TO SO MANY ARTISTS
LIVING SO LONG IS THAT EVERY
PAINTING IS A NEW ADVENTURE. SO,
YOU SEE, THEY’RE ALWAYS LOOKING
AHEAD TO SOMETHING NEW AND
EXCITING. THE SECRET IS NOT TO
LOOK BACK” – NORMAN ROCKWELL
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Unquiet Landscape by Christopher Neve
When plans were made to publish a new
edition of this 1990 lost classic, little did
anyone know quite how timely it would be.
Former Country Life art critic
Christopher Neve goes in search of
20th-century English landscape paintings
that were not so much topographically
accurate, but rather attempts to map out
the artist’s state of mind.
Inspired by his conversations with Ben
Nicholson, Neve also discusses the work
and creative processes of Eric Ravilious,
Joan Eardley and more. While we’re all
stuckindoors,thisis a splendidreminder
f h art e imaginationwilltravel.ASTER TIP PAUL GAUGUIN
inting techniques of the
orld’s best artists
hough often paired with the likes
Monet and Degas, as in the Royal
ademy’s current Gauguin and the
mpressionists exhibition, Paul
auguin’s application of paint was
evertheless very different. He moved
away from the use of small dabbed
strokes of oil paint and instead favoured
arge fl at areas of colour.
Gauguin apparently experimentedwith adding wax to his oil paints to make
them smoother, applying the colour in
thin layers that allowed the coarse
texture of his canvases to show through.
The areas of colour taper out at the
edges and the artist uses earthy reds
and dark blues to emphasise the
outlines of his subject, such as 1896’s
Portrait of a Young Girl (Vaïte ‘Jeanne’
Goupil) [above].
Gauguin and the Impressionists runs until
14 June at Royal Academy of Arts, London
W1. http://www.royalacademy.org.uk©ORDRUPGAARD, COPENHAGEN. PHOTO: ANDERS SUNE BERG.DATES FOR
THE DIARY
Submit artworks inspired by the natural world
before 19 June to feature in Drawn to Nature,
the UK Coloured Pencil Society’s 19th annual
exhibition in September. http://www.ukcps.org.uk
- There is £17,000 of prize money up for
grabs in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
Enter before 24 June at tbwdrawingprize.
artopps.co.uk • September also sees the
Society of Women Artists’ annual exhibition
at Mall Galleries. The deadline for entering is
26 June. societyofwomenartists.oess1.uk - Printmakers can still submit work to this
year’s National Original Print Exhibition at
London’s Bankside Gallery before 29 June.
http://www.re-printmakers.com • The Scottish
Portrait Awards close on 30 June. The
exhibition will tour Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Banff. http://www.scottishportraitawards.com