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I'm so thrilled to be featured on Carrie Waller's Blog. She's an internationally recognized watercolor artist, with a very popular blog. Go on and read the interview and, while you're there, feast your eyes on her amazing artwork.
Artist Erica Walker, secretary and treasurer of the Colored Pencil Society of Canada, wrote an excellent review of the Icarus Drawing Board titled "First Impressions of the Icarus Drawing Board". Here are the links to the English version and to the French version.
The Icarus Art February 2012 Newsletter was sent out yesterday. If you'd like to register for the newsletter, you can go to the homepage of Icarus Art and click the sign-up button on the top right corner.
Swing into Creativity with Artist Ester Roi is the catchy title given to my interview posted yesterday on the PRISMACOLOR BLOG. Please swing on over to Prismacolor for a fun, relaxed read and, if you are inclined to make a comment, go ahead and post it directly on their blog. Thank you in advance!
I'm thrilled and honored that my Icarus Drawing Board is the recipient of The MAKING A MARK Art Innovation of the Year Award!
"MAKING A MARK" is artist Katherine Tyrrell's world renown blog where she "... writes about art for artists and art lovers". The Art Innovation of the Year Award was established by Katherine to "highlight those artist bloggers who experiment and/or create and/or share innovations which help the practice of other artists". This is an amazing and unexpected recognition that I proudly share with joint winner artist Karin Jurick for her Paint On Tabletop Easel.
I'm sincerely grateful to the individuals who have taken the time to nominate me and to all my other supporters and goodwill wishers. This award has strengthened my commitment to experiment even further with the Icarus technique and share my discoveries with other fellow artists.
Please visit MAKING A MARK to read about all the other 2011 awards and winners.
I'm very honored to be mentioned as an example of artist bloggers who, as Katherine Tyrrell says, "experiment and/or create and/or share innovations which help the practice of other artists". I'd love it if you would nominate me for the MAKING A MARK "Art Innovation of the Year Award".
Read what else Katherine Tyrrell wrote:
"...I've been very struck in recent years by artists who are art bloggers who have gone that extra mile and addressed their practical needs by creating a new tool or experimenting with new media - which they then share with other artists.
Ester Roi is a good example of the sort of person I mean. Some have shared within a commercial context - especially when, like Ester, they have invented, commissioned and manufactured a new material or tool which is not cheap to produce. Others focus on sharing new ways of working with media, materials or equipment produced by others.
The net result of all their experimentation and sharing is that for many of us our kit and materials now look very different as a direct result of their efforts. We've all benefited and this award is one way we can share our appreciation!"
To nominate me (you need an art blog to do it), go to Katherine Tyrrell's MAKING A MARK.
Once there, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Post a Comment".
Your comment should include:
Award: 2011 "The Art Innovation of the Year Award"
Name of the blog with URL: "Ester Roi's Blog" http://esterroi.com/blog/
Name of the blogger: Ester Roi
Why: (please write a reason why you are nominating me/my blog for the "Art Innovation of the Year Award" hint, hint... Icarus Drawing Board)
My artwork "Above and Below" (colored pencil and oil pastel on the Icarus Drawing Board) has been awarded the Expy Best of Show and Prismacolor Award in "Explore This! 6", the Colored Pencil Society of America's online exhibition. The juror, Dr. Barbara Grazul Hubbard, has selected the work of 55 artists for this annual prestigious exhibition which will run until January 31, 2011.
Edit (2/4/10): Katherine Tyrrell wrote a post about "Explore This! 6" on her blog Making a Mark. You can read her wonderful comments on my artwork by clicking here.
Welcome! My blog officially starts today.
I will be posting new artwork and chronicle my progress as an artist. At the same time I plan to keep you updated on the Icarus Drawing Board.
In case you are wondering why this new blog has already four years of archives, please note that all entries preceding December 1st were transferred here from the "News" page of my previous website.
Read about the Icarus Drawing Board on Teresa Mallen's November 2008 Newsletter. You might also enjoy her blog: Teresa Mallen Studio.
