Jessica Rose’s artist newsletter May 2015

Exhibiting at London’s Mall Galleries

My work has been chosen for an exhibition with a prestigious art group that enjoys royal patronage. My picture will hang alongside work by leading painters, printmakers and sculptors at the Society of Women Artists’ (SWA) 154th Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in central London. The exhibition will be officially opened on June 4 by the SWA’s patron, HRH Princess Michael of Kent, and will run until June 13.

My etching of Shakespeare’s Globe theatre has been selected for the show. I am so pleased that my print has made it into the exhibition – hundreds of people enter every year and it is wonderful to be one of the ones who made it through.

Globe etching COLOURThis particular print of the Globe – one of London’s many wonderful buildings – is very special to me because it’s the culmination of

many months of work. I was squashed by crowds of tourists while sketching in front of the theatre, died my hands yellow when using chemicals to etch the image onto a metal plate, and finally exhausted myself printing out the image on a heavy press which I have to climb on just to make it move!

The Mall Galleries, at The Mall near St James’s Park, are open daily from 10am-5pm, closing at 3pm on the final day of the exhibition. Admission is £3.

Teddington Art Fair

Free and discounted tickets are available for an art fair in Teddington. I am joining hundreds of other artists and craftspeople for the Landmark Midsummer Art Fair from 19-21 June.

I will be at stand no. 13 with my paintings, prints, cards (pictured) and gifts. The fair is open from 20-21 June from 10am-5pm 9entry £4). The private view is on 19 June from 6-8.30pm.

Fight NightsThe event will be held at the Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Rd, Teddington. If you would like free tickets for the private view or discounted tickets for the public days please email me at jessicaroseartist@gmail.com.

 

 

 

 

Masterclass in drawing skills

THE LOST art of accurate drawing will be showcased in a new exhibition I am taking part in featuring techniques used in the Renaissance

Drawing Closer to the Masters will be at the Riverside Gallery in Richmond from 23 May-01 August.

It features the work of myself and other students of Teddington artist Anna Tikhomirova, who since 2009 has run a weekly Academic Art Class at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Ham.

Students are taught the principles of measured drawing, perspective and tone.

They begin by copying the works of famous artists to learn their techniques, before progressing to doing still life, landscapes and portraits.Tango Shoes pencil low res

Miss Tikhomirova comes from an old dynasty of Russian artists and was trained in the skill of measured drawing from an early age.

When she moved to the UK, after graduating Stroganov Academy for the Applied Arts, she was surprised to find that these techniques were hardly ever taught in her newly adopted country.

She said: “Although British art education puts a lot of stress on creativity it is surprisingly vague when it comes to equipping students with actual skills.

“My class has helped a number of people to discover the joy of artistic freedom which comes from mastering the basics.

“This eventually leads to deeper knowledge and eventually to the satisfying feeling of unity with the artistic community through the ages.

“My class helps bridge the gap between the modern day ideas and the seemingly astonishing representational abilities of the artists of old.”

The Riverside Gallery, in the Old Town Hall, Whittaker Ave, is open from 10am-6pm Mon&Wed, 10am-5pm Tue, Thu & Fri, and 10am-1.30pm Sat.

Newsletter 23 May

This is a test newsletter from Jessica Rose.

bramble_homepageThe newsletter content is created in WordPress, by creating a new post (category=”newsletter”). Pictures from the website can be included in the normal way and basic styling (paragraphs, bold text, underlined text) added. Hyperlinks – to the jessicaroseartist.co.uk website or to external sites – can also be used.

 

Spring Washing IIWhen adding images, make sure the size is either “thumbnail” or “medium”. Anything larger might not fit within the 600px page-width. There is one annoying bug…. You might sometimes want to add a few blank lines to get a neat wrap of text around your images, but find that it is not possible to do this when you’re in “visual” mode of your Edit Post screen. Go into the “text” tab of the Edit Post screen and add put    on a line of its own. (See some of the existing newsletter posts.)

The actual newsletter is set up in MailChimp, and consists of a header (the website logo), the post content and a standard footer (which includes an “unsubscribe” link). The content is fed to MailChimp as an RSS feed. And MailChimp sends out the email at a specified time each day – but only if there is new content.

People can sign up to the newsletter on Jessica’s website – the list of subscribers in MailChimp is automatically updated. Jessica can also manually add subscribers to her MailChimp list by logging on to mailchimp.com.

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The MailChimp control panel gives statistics on how many newsletters have been sent and how many of these have been read.

Newsletter 21 May 2015

This is a test newsletter from Jessica Rose – 21 May 2015.

bramble_homepageThe newsletter content is created in WordPress, by creating a new post (category=”newsletter”). Pictures from the website can be included in the normal way and basic styling (paragraphs, bold text, underlined text) added. Hyperlinks – to the jessicaroseartist.co.uk website or to external sites – can also be used.

 

Spring Washing IIThe actual newsletter is set up in MailChimp, and consists of a header (the website logo), the post content and a standard footer (which includes an “unsubscribe” link). The content is fed to MailChimp as an RSS feed. And MailChimp sends out the email at a specified time each day – but only if there is new content.

 

People can sign up to the newsletter on Jessica’s website – the list of subscribers in MailChimp is automatically updated. Jessica can also manually add subscribers to her MailChimp list by logging on to mailchimp.com.

Tower of London Poppies

The MailChimp control panel gives statistics on how many newsletters have been sent and how many of these have been read.

Newsletter 12 May 2015

This is a test newsletter from Jessica Rose.
bramble_homepageThe newsletter content is created in WordPress, by creating a new post (category=”newsletter”). Pictures from the website can be included in the normal way and basic styling (paragraphs, bold text, underlined text) added. Hyperlinks – to the jessicaroseartist.co.uk website or to external sites – can also be used.

 
Spring Washing II
The actual newsletter is set up in MailChimp, and consists of a header (the website logo), the post content and a standard footer (which includes an “unsubscribe” link). The content is fed to MailChimp as an RSS feed. And MailChimp sends out the email at a specified time each day – but only if there is new content.

People can sign up to the newsletter on Jessica’s website – the list of subscribers in MailChimp is automatically updated. Jessica can also manually add subscribers to her MailChimp list by logging on to mailchimp.com.

The MailChimp control panel gives statistics on how many newsletters have been sent and how many of these have been read.

Newsletter – 11 May 2015 – #3

This is a test newsletter from Jessica Rose.
bramble_homepageThe newsletter content is created in WordPress, by creating a new post (category=”newsletter”). Pictures from the website can be included in the normal way and basic styling (paragraphs, bold text, underlined text) added. Hyperlinks – to the jessicaroseartist.co.uk website or to external sites – can also be used.

 
Spring Washing II
The actual newsletter is set up in MailChimp, and consists of a header (the website logo), the post content and a standard footer (which includes an “unsubscribe” link). The content is fed to MailChimp as an RSS feed. And MailChimp sends out the email at a specified time each day – but only if there is new content.

People can sign up to the newsletter on Jessica’s website – the list of subscribers in MailChimp is automatically updated. Jessica can also manually add subscribers to her MailChimp list by logging on to mailchimp.com.

The MailChimp control panel gives statistics on how many newsletters have been sent and how many of these have been read.

Newsletter 11 May 2015

This is a test newsletter from Jessica Rose.
bramble_homepage
The newsletter content is created in WordPress, by creating a new post (category=”newsletter”).  Pictures from the website can be included in the normal way and basic styling (paragraphs, bold text, underlined text) added.  Hyperlinks – to the jessicaroseartist.co.uk website or to external sites – can also be used.

 
Spring Washing II
The actual newsletter is set up in MailChimp, and consists of a header (the website logo), the post content and a standard footer (which includes an “unsubscribe” link).  The content is fed to MailChimp as an RSS feed.  And MailChimp sends out the email at midnight – but only if there is new content.

People can sign up to the newsletter on Jessica’s website – the list of subscribers in MailChimp is automatically updated.  Jessica can also manually add subscribers to her MailChimp list by logging on to mailchimp.com.

The MailChimp control panel also gives statistics on how many newsletters have been sent and how many of these have been read.

 

Newsletter 10 May 2015

Hanwell Locks Autumn Morning OIL2This is a test newsletter, created in WordPress and sent out by MailChimp.

To set up and send a newsletter, simply create a new post (category = “Newsletter”). Give it a title, enter some text and include some pictures from the WordPress media library.Fight Night II