Oil Painting - Fishing boats at Mullion Cove, Cornwall

Detail from "Fishing Boats - Mullion Cove", Mullion Cove, Cornwall.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021332
Small close up views like this are to be found at all harbours - this one just happened to be in the superb location of Mullion Cove. The cove is on the Lizard Peninsula not far from the village of Mullion while just along the coast is the more famous location of Kynance Cove and just a bit further is the Lizard itself. Mullion Cove has a similar feel to Kynance with the cliffs dropping down to the sea but unlike Kynance, Mullion has a harbour which is used by a number of local fishing boats. An image search on Google for Mullion Cove will show the location.

Royal Society of Marine Artists - Call for entries 2013

SUBMISSION NOW OPEN

The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) invites you to submit work to their annual exhibition held at Mall Galleries in Central London, open 16 to 27 October 2013.

The RSMA welcomes painting and sculpture that involves the sea and the marine environment, including harbours and shorelines, traditional craft and contemporary shipping, creeks, beaches, wildlife - in short anything that involves tidal water.

Conditions:
Maximum of six works to be submitted. Maximum of four works will be selected. Work must have been completed within the last two years.

Acceptable media:
Oil, acrylic, watercolour, original prints of any media, drawings and pastels. Sculpture must be from a limited edition not exceeding twelve, signed or initialled, and, if more than one piece, the edition number and availability indicated on each piece. We cannot receive pictures taller than 2.4m (8ft), please call in advance if your work exceeds this.

If you are unable to submit online download the registration pack below:

 
REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Online Submission opens
Thursday 25 April (noon)

Submission Deadline
Thursday 25 July (noon)

Notification of pre-selection posted on the registration site from:
Thursday 1 August (noon)
(If pre-selected, please deliver your work(s) on the receiving days listed below).

Receiving Days
Friday 16 & Saturday 17 August, 10am-5pm

Select this link for information on regional handing-in points.

Notification of selection to the exhibition:
Wednesday 21 August (noon)

Collection of unaccepted work:
Saturday 24 August, 10am-5pm

Collection of unsold exhibition work:
Thursday 31 October, 10am-5pm

Exhibition dates 2013:
Private View: Tuesday 15 October, 2-8pm
Opens to public: Wednesday 16 October, 10am-5pm
Closes: Sunday 27 October, 1pm

Download the Registration Pack

Oil painting: Setting sun over a wet beach at Weston-Super-Mare

Detail from "Wet beach - Weston-Super-Mare", Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset.
Oil. Alistair Butt © 2013 - #AB 021333

Having had a full day along the Somerset coast, it was now just waiting for the sunset. I enjoy watching the sun setting and always hoping it'll be one of those really special ones. This day there was a real mix of clouds, some bits showing falling rain (on the Welsh side of the Briston channel) while other helped create the rays of sunlight.

Although the beach is wet, the tide had been out and was now returning. It's the distant highlighted water and with the beach so flat it wouldn't be long before it reached this point. The tidal range for the Bristol channel is up to 9 metres which is a lot of water.

The two islands (shown on the horizion) are Steep Holm (almost centre) and Flat Holm (right).

Apart from the usual drawing up and base colour painting this painting was done in two stages and both wet into wet. One for the sky and the other the beach area. Both were worked light over dark, where possible, using soft brushes to aid the soft feel to both the clouds and wet beach.

Mall Galleries What's On... Lineup: illustration art expo:

Lineup: illustration art expo:

30 April - 4 May 2013, 10am - 5pm

For five days, illustrato.rs, an online marketplace for contemporary illustration will be moving offline and into the Mall Galleries.

The event will be a great insight into the rich world of contemporary illustration – an opportunity to discover exciting new talent, see the work of your favourite illustrators up close and buy affordable original artwork and limited edition prints from some of the brightest and best illustrators working today.

On the Saturday we will be hosting an independent comics and illustration fair; independent publishers and comics creators will display their artwork and showcase their publications and artists will be drawing live in the gallery.

We will be continually adding to the lineup of artists and collectives taking part, so visit our website or follow us on Twitter for the latest info.

Admission free

Later in May:

Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Thu 9 - Fri 24 May 2013

Find out more details here