About Me

I'm an artist and author who enjoys sharing information about art. You can find out more about me in Who is Making A Mark?". You can find out even more by reading my two popular blogs "Making A Mark" and and Travels with a Sketchbook in......" plus taking a look at my artwork on my portfolio website and my articles on Making A Mark - the website. You can contact me here.

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Coloured Pencils - Resources for Artists

This site has much to offer anybody wanting to know more about coloured pencils - from experienced artists to beginners wanting to learn all they can. Topics include tips and techniques for working with coloured pencils, information about coloured p...

Pastels - Resources for Artists

Do you want to know more about hard and soft pastels? Whether you are an experienced pastel artist or somebody who is completely new to the joy of producing art with pastels you'll find something interesting and useful in the information and advice p...

Drawing and Sketching - Resources for Artists

This lens is about drawing and sketching. It shares information about drawing and sketching - materials, drawing communities and forums, instruction books and other resources which support the development of drawings and sketches. New links are being...

The Art Business - Resources for Visual Artists

Do you want to know more about the business side of being an artist? Or maybe you're looking for a particular piece of business information for artists? Whether you are an emerging or experienced artist, this site provides you with a link to informa...

Colour - Resources for Artists

What is colour? Do you know or do you want to learn more about colour and its use as an artist? This site provides links to information and advice about colour and how to understand and analyse it - and then use it as an artist.  It includes: * l...

Claude Monet - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Claude Monet - the artist and one of the founders of French Impressionist painting. It provides links to where you can: - find out more about Monet's life - see images of Monet's paintings - on-line or in museums and galleries arou...

Art Supplies in the UK - Resources for Artists

Do you have problems finding art shops or art suppliers or just anywhere that has got that illusive item that you want. Do you forget who stocks which range? This site provides details about where to find fine art materials supplies in and around the...

Egg Tempera - Resources for Artists

This lens is about egg tempera and provides links to all sorts of websites  associated with egg tempera - other websites providing information about egg tempera, artists, supports and grounds, pigments and pigment suppliers in the UK Europe and...

Portraiture - Resources for Artists

This site is about portrait painting and drawing. Do you want to learn how to draw or paint people? Or maybe you want to know more about portrait societies or portrait competitions; portrait artists or portrait exhibitions; portraits in museums or po...

Who is Making A Mark?

I'm an artist with a very wide range of interests who enjoys learning about art, making art and sharing information about art. I've combined all my information sites with sections of my other websites and blogs to highlight my main interests and acti...

Blogging for Artists - Resources for Artists

Are you an artist and want a blog? Or maybe an artist who wants to work on improving your blog? If you are then read on - you'll find links on this site to sources of advice, information, and all other matters which are relevant to blogging for arti...

Still Life - Resources for Artists

This lens provides information and advice from various websites for artists wanting to understand and draw and paint still life subjects.  Topics covered include: -  definitions and categories of 'still life'; -  links to museums, art g...

Botanical Art - Resources for Artists

This site shares information about botanical art - societies, collections, books and other resources which support the development of botanical art. It also links to leading botanical artists in the past and present. Its subject matter will interest...

Art Equipment - Resources for Artists

This site is for visual artists.  It provides links to: items of art equipment and tools recommended ways of putting together toolkits and recommendations for equipment for working in the studio or plein air Additional information about speci...

Composition and Design - Resources for Artists

You can use composition and design to help to make your artwork more appealing to viewers. This lens contains links to - information and advice about composition and design for artists. - various books concerned with composition and design. It's also...

Travels with a sketchbook - Resources for Artists

This lens provides resources for people who like looking at travel sketchbooks and people who'd like to keep a travel sketchbook but need a few tips first. When I travel, I sketch. When I sketch on my travels I record it in on my blog Travels with a S...

Feline Art - Resources for Artists

This lens aims to provide resources for feline artists.  It shares information about feline art - societies, collections, books and other resources which support the stimulation and development of feline art. New links are being added added on a...

Paper and Non-Canvas Supports - Resources for Artists

Check out this resources for artists site for information about and links to suppliers of fine art paper products and other non-canvas supports used by visual artists who draw and paint. The lens covers: * a guide to paper and non-canvas supports * a...

Pen and Ink - Resources for Artists

This lens provides information and advice from various websites for artists using pen and ink.  Topics covered include information about pen and ink brands and associated products and tips and techniques for working with pen and ink. Links are b...

The Big Drawing Book Review - Resources for Artists

This lens supports The Big Drawing Book Review on my blog.  I started this in support of the Big Draw month (October 2007) which is co-ordinated by the Drawing Campaign.  Read about The Big Drawing Book Review. It covers books: * for people...

David Hockney - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about David Hockney (1937-present) - one of Britain's greatest living artists. This site shares information about the life and art of David Hockney - museums, art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you can see his work; - websites...

Flowers in Art - Resources for Artists

Do you love looking at flowers in art? Do you want to know how to learn to draw or paint flowers? Do you want to improve your flower drawings or flower paintings? Or do you just love flowers? If you do then consult the resources in this lens to find...

Japanese Art and Artists - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is assembling links to information about Japanese Art and Artists of the 18th and 19th centuries and images of their work in museums and art galleries, in online galleries and in books and videos. It is providing resource for a project abou...

Vincent Van Gogh - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. It shares information about - the life of Vincent Van Gogh - the art of Vincent Van Gogh - his drawings, watercolours and oil paintings - museums, art galleries and exhibitions where you can see Van Gog...

Copyright and Orphan Artworks - Resources for Artists

Visual artists need to know how to protect their images - both on the the internet and in the wider marketplace where artists have to deal with the fact that not all countries operate copyright law in exactly the same way. At the same time they need...

Miniature Art - Resources for Artists

This lens is about miniature art and netsuke. It shares information about miniature art and netsuke - art societies, exhibitions, materials, forums, books and other resources which support the development of miniature art. New links are being added on...

Colour - Art Book Reviews for Artists

This site identifies leading art books about colour and includes art book reviews - for books about understanding colour, using colour, mixing colour. It is closely linked to: (1) a project about Colour on Making A Mark in June/July 2008 - and book...

A History of Botanical Art - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers

This site shares information about the history of botanical art and illustration - leading botanical artists of the past, collections - in museums and online, exhibitions, books and book reviews and other resources for those interested in the history...

Art Supplies in the USA - Resources for Artists

Do you have problems finding art shops or art suppliers or just anywhere that has got that illusive item that you want. Do you forget who stocks which range? This site provides details about where to find fine art materials supplies in and around th...

Art Colonies and Communities - Resources for Artists

This lens provides resources for people who would like to know more about art colonies and art communities - places where artists have created groups and communities. Some of them are famous - and some are not. Art colonies around the world are incl...

Andy Goldsworthy - Resources for Art Lovers

Find out about Andy Goldsworthy (1956-present) - the British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. This site shares information about - the art of Andy G...

Art History & the History of Art - Resources for Art Lovers

This is about (1) Art History - the study of art over time and how this can be approached (2) The History of Art - the history of visual arts over time as seen through different artists, art periods and art movements. New links are being added added...

Colour science, systems and models - Resources for Artists

If you want to understand more about the science of colour, how it works and how people think (or thought) it works then this is the site for you. It is closely linked to: (1) a project about Colour on Making A Mark in June/July 2008 - and book revi...

Hokusai - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Hokusai (1760-1849)and images of his work in museums and art galleries, in online galleries and in books and videos. It provided support for a project about Japanese Art in Making A Mark in 2008.  This included looking at the...

Lucian Freud - Resources for Art Lovers

This site is about Lucian Freud (1922 - present) - possibly Britain's greatest living painter and portrait artist It shares information about the art of Lucian Freud - museums and art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you can see his work, b...

J.M.W. Turner - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) - aka JMW Turner, one of Britain's greatest painters. It shares information about Turner's art - museums and art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you can see his work, books and ar...

Maria Sibylla Merian - Resources for botanical art lovers

Maria Sibylla Merian was a Naturalist and Botanical Illustrator and is rated as being one of the greatest ever botanical artists. This site will be of interest to all botanical artists and all those who enjoy botanical art and natural history. This...

Pablo Picasso - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881 - 1973) - a Spanish painter and sculptor who is one of the most recognised and prominent figures in twentieth century art. It shares information about: - Picasso's art and the museums and art galleries, ex...

Abyssinian Cats

Being 'owned' by an abyssinian cat is quite an experience.  This lens shares my links to information about the Abyssinian cat and the websites of individual breeders

Packaging, posting and shipping art - Resources for Artists

How do you pack art? How do you post art? What about international deliveries? What about customs? How do you get it back again? This site doesn't pretend to have the answers to all the very many questions people have about getting art from artist to...

Gardens in Art - Resources for Artists

If you love looking at paintings of gardens or enjoy drawing or painting your own garden or gardens you visit then this site will interest you. It also looks at gardens as art and artwork in gardens It shares links to information about: - looking at d...

John Singer Sargent - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about John Singer Sargent - noted American painter, draftsman, portraitist, muralist and watercolorist. Links are being added added on a regular basis. Bookmark and share: see the "bookmark and share" section in the right hand column to...

Goya - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828) - one of Spains's greatest painters. He's characterised as the last of the Old Masters and the Father of Modernism. It shares information about Goya's art - museums and art galleries, exhibitions an...

Venice - a resource for artists and art lovers

The site is about Venice and provides resources for artists and art lovers visiting Venice.  The information it contains is based on the suggestions of artists who have visited Venice or live in Venice. You can find out about: - art museums - ar...

Hiroshige - Resources for Art Lovers

The site is about Hiroshige (1797-1858). It provides links to information and images of his work in museums and art galleries, in online galleries and in books and videos. It was created as part of a project about Japanese Art in Making A Mark in 20...

Chuck Close - Resources for Art Lovers

This site is about the artist Chuck Close (1940-present). It shares information about the self-portraits, portrait paintings, prints and artwork of Chuck Close. You can find out about: - museums and art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you...

Somali Cats

This lens shares my links to information about the Somali cat and breed.

Botanical Art - Art Book Reviews for Artists

Find a review of the botanical art book you've been thinking about buying. On this site you'll find my book reviews, first published on my blog Making A Mark plus reviews by other people (in due course). I've also included reviews of books by or abo...

Rembrandt van Rijn - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). It shares information about Rembrandt's drawings, etchings, paintings and portraits; museums and art galleries and exhibitions where you can see his work, books and articles about his artwork and lin...

Georgia O'Keeffe - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1886) - her life and her artwork. It provides information about: - her life, her loves and her homes - where you can images of her art in museums and art galleries - online sites about her and her art; and - d...

Mary Cassatt - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Mary Cassatt - the artist and Impressionist painter. It provides links to where you can: - find out more about Mary Cassatt's life - see images of Cassatt's paintings - either on-line or in museums and galleries around the world -...

Art Holidays - Resources for Artists

Have you ever thought about going on a painting holiday? Maybe you'd like to improve on your experience last time? Or maybe you're thinking of providing painting holidays or workshops and are wondering what you need to do. This site is designed for...

Antony Gormley - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Antony Gormley (1950-present) - the man who produced "Angel of the North" - a towering sculpture in Gateshead "Another Place" - figures on the sand at Crosby Beach, "Event Horizon" - figures on the rooftops of London buildings and...

James McNeill Whistler - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)- an American painter and print-maker who lived most of his life in Europe. It provides links to where you can: - find out more about Whistler's life - see images of Whistler's paintings - on-line...

Henry Moore - Resources for Art Lovers

Henry Moore (1898-1986) was an English artist and sculptor who was probably the most celebrated sculptor of the twentieth century. Works were often sculpted in bronze or marble, many are monumental and he is particularly well known for his reclining...

Winslow Homer - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Winslow Homer. It shares information about the art of Winslow Homer - museums and art galleries and exhibitions where you can see his work, books and articles about his artwork and other resources for artists wanting to improve the...

Paul Cézanne - Resources for Art Lovers

This lens is about Paul Cezanne (1839-1906). It shares information about: Cezanne's art; museums and art galleries, exhibitions and websites where you can see his work; books and articles about his artwork and his life and other resources for improvi...