Who is Making A Mark?

These are my most popular information sites. I started creating information sites on Squidoo in May 2006. All the sites listed below have been in the Squidoo Top 100 at some point!

Two of my lenses have made "Lens of the Day"! The Andrew Wyeth lens also made it into the top 100 of Squidoo (#38)

Art projects have been a regular feature of my blog since January 2007. In 2008 I focused on a couple of art basics - composition and colour - and developed these lenses as a result

I'm interested in artists - like Monet - who work in series

...and art bookshops!

Basically I need a new home to house my ever-growing library of art books. Failing that more book shelves are urgently needed!

I buy lots of art books and am also sent books to review. I share my book reviews on Making A Mark reviews

You can find more books about drawing and sketching, colour, composition, botanical art and landscape art elsewhere on this site!

These "Resources for Artists" sites now provide a home for all the information on the internet which I've collected about the art materials, media and equipment that I use.

Plus information about you can buy art supplies from recommended art shops - in the high street and online

First things first - how to write about yourself and your art! Then you get to comment on the artwork of others - and sign a painting

If you want to communicate with other artists exhibit your art and/or sell your artworks then these lenses are likely to provide some pointers.

Before you become a collectable artist you need to work out how to price your art.

Much art is now sold online - and these sites can help artists generate sales.

You'll find I've been using my analytical skills to find and analyse data which tells us something about which sites work best

The Making A Mark Opinion Poll: I've run very many surveys and polls of different audiences for different clients in my time. The MAM Poll is all about topics of interest to artists and asked of and answered by artists reading my blog. Plus my analysis of the results!

Four of my "resources for artists" information sites focus on flowers and plants and botancial art. "Flowers in Art" was linked to a project on my blog

Some of the resource sites which I've developed about very famous botanical artists from the past

This site shares links to information about: looking at drawings and paintings of gardens; studying how different artists have responded to the motif of 'the garden' in order to understand more about different approaches to drawing and painting the garden; gardens which provide opportunities for drawing and painting

I love drawing gardens! I've visited all these gardens and drawn some of them

All these gardens are now listed under my second account - Bibliophilia

These are my lenses about portraiture and artists who portray people

With a very busy career taking painting holidays used to be one of the few ways I could make enough time to devote to art. Artists also need a break from time to time.

Here are some options for people who need to make time for their creativity.

I've never been taught much about art history - and I've now embarked upon one of the most interesting journeys I've ever been on!

I've currently developing a new series of resource sites about art museums and galleries

Starting in 2007, I've spent time on intensive study of specific artists. I built these sites with the links I found during my research but the sites are active and new links continue to be added.

Most of the sites provide links to: sites about the life of the artist; major themes in the artists' work; museums, art galleries and exhibitions where you can see the artist's paintings in person or images of them online, books and articles about the artist and his/her work and exhibition catalogues and links to videos about his/her work.

Japanese artists of the Edo period influenced a lot of the nineteenth century artists I'm interested in - so it was a natural step to find out why they were so influential.

I also did a project on Japanese Art in 2008 on my blog.

Most of the sites provide links to: sites about the life of the artist; major themes in the artists' work; museums, art galleries and exhibitions where you can see the artwork; books and articles about the artist and his/her work and exhibition catalogues; videos about his/her work

I work in coloured pencils - and I love the way David Hockney uses coloured pencils - plus he's a big believer in the importance of drawing every day and carrying a sketchbook!

You can find my Andrew Wyeth lens in the Squidoo lens of the Day link near the top of this site

I'm finding I like sculpture more and more - mainly when I see it outside.

I very much enjoy visiting the exhibitions of the major art societies and art competitions and regularly write reviews of these for my blog.

I've participated in different forums in the past but now prefer blogging and smaller special interest communities.

These are all the art groups that I originally set up on Squidoo which are devoted to just my lenses only

They provide a different way of bookmarking if people are only interested in some sites and not others.

These are all the art groups that I run on Squidoo which are open to the inclusion of information sites made by other people

They provide a different way of bookmarking if people are only interested in some sites and not others.

I have two cats - and a site for each breed - PLUS their Christmas List!

I also draw cats and have a feline art information site

Finally, I have a group which provides all sorts of practical information - generated about other people - about looking after cats. This has been awarded an 'Excellent Group' award

You can now find my feline lenses which are not about art on my second Squidoo Account - Bibliophilia