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Sheona wins The American Art Awards again!!

Our Gold member Sheona Hamilton-Grant's drawing "Agape Touch" had a brilliant summer in Australia coming in 2nd in the Inglis Equine Art Prize inaugural year and winning the People's Choice Award. "Agape Touch" won again at the American Art Awards a few weeks later, with "In the Picture" coming in second! Overall, Sheona picked up 5 awards! Well done!
Multiple Anniversary Art Event - RESULTS!
Our Silver member Sue Clinker wrote to tell us that the multilpe Anniversary Event results are now in.
UKCPS celebrated their 10th anniversary this year,
Faber-Castell celebrated their 250th anniversary

The show judge was Canadian artist/author Bernard Poulin who travelled from Canada with his wife Senator Marie Poulin, and the award presentation was by TV actor Philip Glenister...



AND... Sue herself achieved success... read on below...
Sue Clinker wins Best Domestic Animal Portrait!

Our Silver member Sue Clinker told us "I was over the moon to win Best Domestic Animal 'Jack Russell Terrier' at the UKCPS 10th Annual Open International Exhibition."

Sue all told us that our fellow Starving Artists Lene Daugaard and Karen Middleton (and former Starving Artist Bev Lewis) won Highly Commended awards!

Sue will be donating part of her prize to the Air Ambulance Fund, as the London Air Ambulance flew her stepson to the Royal London Hospital following a motorcycle accident in April.

Sheona wins The American Art Awards 2 years in a row!!

Our Gold member Sheona Hamilton-Grant's beautiful drawings "Complicity" and "Hurricane" (shown left) both won American Art Awards.

Complicity won the "pencil/charcoal/ink" category and came in second in "Realism Human". Hurricane came in second in "Realism Animal". Well Done, Sheona - richly deserved!

Canine Art Guild — online exhibition
Our Gold member Sheona Hamilton-Grant tells me that The Canine Art Guild's "HELPING PAWS" exhibition is now on - the seventh in a series of virtual Art Shows by the members of the Canine Art Guild who have pledged to donate a percentage of their sales to help their chosen charities.
 
'Facing Immensity' Graphite pencil drawing by Aurelia Chaintreuil
"Facing Immensity"

I can't put my finger on the appeal of this delightful graphite pencil drawing by our French Silver member Aurélia Chaintreuil but it certainly fires my imagination.

It's full of wonderful touches of close observation - from the foam in the curling wave to the twisted back strap. And on a higher level, it conveys its message clearly.

Visit Aurélia's gallery to view more of her lovely work, or to buy the original or a print of this drawing.

This lovely drawing deserves to be my Editor's Choice for this month.
    MIKE
 
Members News
Gayle Mason elected to SOFA
The selection committee for the Society of Feline Artists has approved our Gold member Gayle Mason for full membership. And even more news... Gayle has also been approached by the Snow Leopard Trust to work with them. Congratulations, Gayle!
Artwork selected by Royal Brush
Congratulations to our GOLD member Diane Wright. Diane's Piute Mountain III drawing is going to be on the cover of a Royal Brush pencil set. The Royal Brush Company produce high-quality art supply kits and are most known for their brushes. Diane also gets to have her website address and name printed on the box.
"Lifelike Animals"  by Linda Weil
'Lifelike Animals' by Linda Weil in association with Walter Foster Books Our Gold member Linda Weil has completed the writing and illustrating of her book "Lifelike Animals" in association with Walter Foster.

The book, which will be available from end of May 2008, covers many different aspects of drawing animals, including composition, how to draw from life, gestural and detail drawing, skin and fur textures, as well as detailed step-by-step examples.

Linda will be offering personally signed copies through her website. Visit Linda's website for details and to reserve a signed copy

"Drawing Made Easy: Beautiful Landscapes" by Diane Wright
You may recall that our Gold member Diane Wright was contacted through Starving Artists by Walter Foster and contracted to write a book for them. It is now available!

With 64 pages and 115 illustrations, Diane leads you through the magic of her atmospheric rural and coastal scenes. Well worth having!

ISBN: 978-1600580116   $9.95

Visit www.DianeWrightFineArt.com for details and to order a personally signed copy.
"RIVER SLANEY from Source to Sea" by John Duffy
Our Gold member John Duffy has recently written and published a book illustrating the bridges across the River Slaney in Ireland. John follows the river from its source at Lugnaquillia, in County Wicklow, to the estuary in County Wexford, illustrating each bridge in detailed graphite pencil drawings. While the book concentrates on the many bridges, it is full of interesting anecdotes and stories; and it helpfully gives the true meanings behind the Anglicised original place names. The final chapters give general information on such diverse subjects as Rod Fishing and The River Gods of Edward Smyth. It's a most interesting read and generously illustrated by John's accurate pencil drawings.
ISBN: 978-0-9554184-0-2

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