Very lazy people should take some time out to note that every time you take my short feed - including the bit which says 'copyright Katherine Tyrrell' and decorate it every which way with Google AdSense adverts on a spam blog you are reported to Google AdSense for abusing my copyright which infringes your agreement with Google. If you took the time to read rather than steal my blog posts then you'd note that my detailed copyright notice says that all spam bloggers will be reported. Keep at it and I'll also start writing to your domain host and domain name registrar.
Next could Google AdSense please note that every time I have to go through this exercise I also notify some of the people who are using Google AdSense adverts - which are being used for fraudulent purposes.
I'm being defrauded, the advertisers are being defrauded and Google AdSense, the website hosts and the domain name registrars get a lot of e-mail and reports of abuses.
And for all the normal readers of this blog.........I'm now waiting to see whether this particular posts starts to decorate the particular spam blog which is currently systematically ripping off all this blog's posts - and which has been repeatedly reported to Google AdSense who seem to be 'treating' the problem on a post by post basis at the moment as opposed to withdrawing all Google AdSense adverts from what it is a very blatent spam blog. Shame on you Google!
I am also alerting people to any theft I see of their posts - as I did yesterday. If it happens to you do let me know and I'll tell you what to do and also tell you how to find out if it is happening to you.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Drawing, tea and DVDs at the National Portrait Gallery
Tea at the National Portrait Gallery11" x 8" pen and ink and coloured pencil in Daler Rowney sketchbook
copyright Katherine Tyrrell
This is a shorter version of a post which was first seen on Making A Mark on 13th January 2007.
On Thursday afternoon I went back to the National Portrait Gallery for another look at the David Hockney Portraits exhibition which closes on 21st January. I arrived just after 1.30pm and left about 7.00pm (Thursdays and Fridays being late night opening). This must have been one of the most successful exhibitions that the NPG has ever had as it was busy all afternoon and was packed again after 5.00pm.
Drawing the work of other artists is a very well established tradition - and I'd love to show you what I did but I don't think I can as Mr Hockney is very much alive rather than dead for more than 70 years so copyright restrictions apply. I can justify 'fair use' for educational purposes - and I've now got a much better understanding of how he draws. None of my drawings are for commercial use and I'd show you all my sketchbooks if you were sat next to me - but on the internet I'm not so sure........... Anyway, I've written to the authorised website - so we shall see.
Instead you can see my sketch done in dim light sat in the Portrait Restaurant having a "Portrait Tea". My position gave me a good view of the roof of the National Gallery, Nelson's column (Nelson was just out of view) in Trafalfgar Square and the car lights and rain-soaked ground in Whitehall with Big Ben and the House of Parliament and the tower of Westminster Abbey visible in the background. I'm minded to try and draw this view as the seasons change and at different times of day as I find it endlessly fascinating.
(Note: I now have a conundrem as to whether the view looks better with or without people - see Sunday's post. I rather like the idea of the people 'weighting' the base and providing a counterbalance to all the geometric shapes. The values and colours in this one now look a bit 'off' to me having drawn it again. Maybe third time lucky? )
David Hockney Fifteen Sketchbooks 2002-2003
For those people who are Hockneyphiles (you know who you are!), I can confirm that the people providing support to the Hockney Pictures (which is the authorised website) are accepting orders for the DVD of "David Hockney Fifteen Sketchbooks 2002-2003". Use the contact form identified here to ask for a copy. Hockneyphiles in the USA have now managed to get a copy of the DVD through this route. (For an update on this and details of how to buy the DVD at the Hockney Pictures store see the original post.)
I've added a link to the shop below plus links to other posts about the Hockney exhibitions.
Links:
On Thursday afternoon I went back to the National Portrait Gallery for another look at the David Hockney Portraits exhibition which closes on 21st January. I arrived just after 1.30pm and left about 7.00pm (Thursdays and Fridays being late night opening). This must have been one of the most successful exhibitions that the NPG has ever had as it was busy all afternoon and was packed again after 5.00pm.
Drawing the work of other artists is a very well established tradition - and I'd love to show you what I did but I don't think I can as Mr Hockney is very much alive rather than dead for more than 70 years so copyright restrictions apply. I can justify 'fair use' for educational purposes - and I've now got a much better understanding of how he draws. None of my drawings are for commercial use and I'd show you all my sketchbooks if you were sat next to me - but on the internet I'm not so sure........... Anyway, I've written to the authorised website - so we shall see.
Instead you can see my sketch done in dim light sat in the Portrait Restaurant having a "Portrait Tea". My position gave me a good view of the roof of the National Gallery, Nelson's column (Nelson was just out of view) in Trafalfgar Square and the car lights and rain-soaked ground in Whitehall with Big Ben and the House of Parliament and the tower of Westminster Abbey visible in the background. I'm minded to try and draw this view as the seasons change and at different times of day as I find it endlessly fascinating.
(Note: I now have a conundrem as to whether the view looks better with or without people - see Sunday's post. I rather like the idea of the people 'weighting' the base and providing a counterbalance to all the geometric shapes. The values and colours in this one now look a bit 'off' to me having drawn it again. Maybe third time lucky? )
David Hockney Fifteen Sketchbooks 2002-2003
For those people who are Hockneyphiles (you know who you are!), I can confirm that the people providing support to the Hockney Pictures (which is the authorised website) are accepting orders for the DVD of "David Hockney Fifteen Sketchbooks 2002-2003". Use the contact form identified here to ask for a copy. Hockneyphiles in the USA have now managed to get a copy of the DVD through this route. (For an update on this and details of how to buy the DVD at the Hockney Pictures store see the original post.)
I've added a link to the shop below plus links to other posts about the Hockney exhibitions.
Links:
- National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
- David Hockney Portraits Exhibition
- Googlemap of location
- David Hockney
- authorised website - Hockney Pictures
- Hockney Pictures: Contact details
- authorised shop online - HockneyStore
- Making A Mark:
Monday, November 26, 2007
Interior landscapes with food - a Sketchbook
Lots of my sketches on my travels end up being done in restaurants, cafes and tea rooms. One day I may do a book.........
In the meantime, this summary post:
I'm also planning to post more of my sketches in various restaurants and other eateries which have already appeared on my other blog - see 'Making A Mark' - Interiors. While most of the sketches are of interiors (hence the title), a few involve facilities where the eating and drinking frequently takes place on a terrace outside eg Kew Gardens. Some are purely are of my view while I was taking refreshments.
Also ...... a post about my tips for people wanting to sketch in restaurants and other eateries.
Bankside
City of London - Smithfield
Venice:
You can see more of my travels with a sketchbook on my website or by clicking the links to the summaries of blog posts for different areas in the right hand column. These are the links to my travels with a sketchbook in London; England; Venice and the USA.
This post will be updated as new sketches are added to this blog.
In the meantime, this summary post:
- lists all the sketches by title, with their locations. I've organised it geographically in case anybody else fancies having a go at sketching the same view.
- links to the locations in the title of the place
I'm also planning to post more of my sketches in various restaurants and other eateries which have already appeared on my other blog - see 'Making A Mark' - Interiors. While most of the sketches are of interiors (hence the title), a few involve facilities where the eating and drinking frequently takes place on a terrace outside eg Kew Gardens. Some are purely are of my view while I was taking refreshments.
Also ...... a post about my tips for people wanting to sketch in restaurants and other eateries.
10 "Dos and Don'ts" for how to draw people while eating
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| An Orangery Afternoon Tea Kew Gardens |
London (from west to east)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- The Royal Botanic Gardens in June
- Taking tea at Kew Gardens
- Sketching the Japanese Landscape at Kew Gardens - and people on the terrace outside the Orangery
- Tea at The Kew Greenhouse
Chelsea
Kensington Palace
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| Rex Whistler Restaurant Tate Britain, London |
Tate Britain
Piccadilly - Royal Academy of Arts
- Sketching at The RA - The Friends Room #1
- Sketching at The RA - The Friends Room #2
- Sketching at The RA - The Friends Room #3
- Sketching at the RA - The Friends Room #4 and #5
- Sketching at the RA - Friends Room #6
- Sketching at the RA - Friends Room #7
- Lunch at the Academy Restaurant at the RA
- More from the Friends Room at the RA
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| St James Restaurant Fortnum & Mason, London |
Piccadilly - Fortnum and Masons
- A Day out in Piccadilly
- Lunch at Fortnum and Masons
- Tea at Fortnum and Masons after the Summer Exhibition
- The Parlour Restaurant
- Cheese and biscuits at Fortnum & Mason
Mall Galleries
Wallace Collection
National Gallery
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| The National Cafe National Gallery, London |
- Lunch at the National Cafe
- Drawings from the National Gallery
- Lunch at the National Dining Rooms - and sketching in the National Gallery
- Sketching the Olympics in Trafalgar Square - and afternoon tea!
- Lunch in the National Cafe #2
- Another way of drawing people
National Portrait Gallery: Portrait Restaurant and Portrait Cafe
- High spots in Westminster and Trafalgar Square
- Drawing, tea and DVDs at the National Portrait Gallery
- Westminster at night
- Lunch at the Portrait Cafe
- The Portrait Cafe
- The Cosmic Conversation + RA Sketchbook
Tate Modern
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| "Fish! Restaurant, Borough Market Bankside, London |
Bankside
City of London - Smithfield
East London
Northern England
- Staffordshire - Biddulph Grange: Drawing people and delaying the cream tea
- Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery Cafe: Eating in the Gallery cafe at Manchester Art Gallery
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| The Ferry Inn, Cookham Berkshire, England |
Southern England
- Cookham: Cliveden, Cookham and Stanley Spencer
- Moreton-in-the-Marsh: Moreton in Marsh - galleries, cakes and tarts
- Perry Green: Sketching in a barn at Hoglands
- Clavering: Lunch at The Cricketers, Clavering, Essex
Europe
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| Menu du Terroir, La Grillade Gourmande, Épernay |
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| Auberge du Terroir Servon, Normandy |
France
- Paris:
- Eating international in Paris
- Petit déjeuner @ Dolce e Amaro
- Dining out in Paris - Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- Servon, Normandy: Auberge du Terroir, Servon
- Château de Boucéel, Normandy: Petit déjeuner at the Château de Boucéel
- Épernay: Épernay and The Grillade Gourmande
- Crillon Le Brave:
- The view of Mont Ventoux from Crillon Le Brave
- Another sketch of lunch at Crillon Le Brave
- Dinner at Restaurant du Vieux Four, Crillon Le Brave
- St Remy de Provence: Lunch at La Maison Jaune, St Remy de Provence
- Bedoin: Dinner and sunset at Le Mas des Vignes, Bedoin
- Bourg en Bresse, Ain: Les Quatre Saisons in Bourg en Bresse
- Gevrey Chambertin, Burgundy: Lunch Chez Guy in Gevrey-Chambertin
- Boulogne sur Mer: Restaurant Nausicaa, Boulogne sur Mer - my last meal in France
Italy
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| Trattoria alla Madonna Venice |
- Harry's Bar: Venice - Sunday May 8th 2005
- Quadri's, Piazza San Marco: Venice - Wednesday 11th May 2005
- Trattoria alla Madonna: Venice - Friday 13th May 2005 (lunch and afternoon)
USA
USA - California
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| Tommys San Clemente, California |
- San Clemente: "The big cheese on the pond" - eating and drinking in San Clemente, California
- Pacific Grove: Driving Highway 1 - the Pacific Coast Highway
- Carmel-by-the-Sea: Carmel by the Sea and a marine inversion
- San Luis Obispo: The best breakfast of the trip - at the Big Sky Cafe!
- Malibu: The end of my drive down Highway 1 and the start of "concrete freewayville"
USA - Arizona
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| Cafe on Route 66 Grants, New Mexico, USA |
USA- New Mexico
- Truth or Consequences: Chillis and a big elephant butt
- Santa Fe: Santa Fe and Georgia O'Keeffe
- Grants: Back in time to Route 66...and a bit more
USA Massachusetts
- Cape Cod - Orleans: Cape Cod National Seashore
- Cape Cod - Chatham: More sketching at mealtimes
- Rocky Neck, Gloucester: Rocky Neck and Rockport, Massachusetts
- Boston Airport: to follow
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| Burdicks, Walpole, New Hampshire, USA |
USA - New Hampshire
USA - Vermont
USA - Maine
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| In Good Company, Rockland, Maine |
- Bath and Rockland : The Farnsworth, the Wyeths and the rain
- West Falmouth: The Interior of the Quaker Tavern B&B
More travel sketches
You can see more of my travels with a sketchbook on my website or by clicking the links to the summaries of blog posts for different areas in the right hand column. These are the links to my travels with a sketchbook in London; England; Venice and the USA.
This post will be updated as new sketches are added to this blog.
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