Adebanji Alade maintains two art blogs. My Art, My Passion For Sketching is a collection of Alade’s day-to-day sketches. The People I Sketch Everyday covers the transformation of sketches into paintings. Taken together, Alade has one of the most impressive collection of artists blog entries to be found anywhere on the web today.
On My Desk is for anyone curious about artists’ working conditions. Creatives can upload images of their work environment, highlighting any interesting aspects that are important to their handiwork.
Making a Mark is crammed with useful nuggets of information on all sort of subjects that have caught Tyrrell’s attention. Just a few of the subjects covered in a broad editorial scope, include: drawing tips and tricks, reviews of UK shows and artists, information about art projects, and the occasional how-to guide of art blogging.
The Art Of The State has covered Street Art since well before it came to enjoy its current levels of mainstream popularity. The site is comprised of snippets of interesting information, mixed with a steady stream of photographs of the best street art London has to offer (and occasionally from other locations).
Ivan Pope’s art blog documents his life as an artist, and provides bite-size chunks of information of things in the art world that have captured his attention. The art blog has been compiled over 4 years and now features a wealth of information.
Most of the entries in Steve Smith’s art blog revolve around his thoughts on other artists work – often focusing on works that are being exhibited at the time of writing. This is not an art blog written in the style of an art critic though. Entries represent Smith’s thoughts as they evolve through consideration of the art work, and are much more of a commentary of his thoughts than a critique. This aspect is one of the reasons this art blog stands out for us.
Coverage on the Visual Bites art blog stretches across the whole of the art industry, but has a particular emphasis on contemporary art. Mainstream news events are often covered. The geographical focus is often London, but occasionally other locations are covered – mainly New York and Los Angeles.
Karen D’Amico uses her art blog primarily as a vehicle for sharing her art, and for recording visits to various art events. Whilst these two areas are two key themes, Fluid Thinking is a good description for the editorial remit D’Amico employs, with a wide variety of (art-oriented) subjects being covered overall. Whilst a whole range of subjects and genres are covered, the engaging and upbeat writing style, gives this art blog a consistent feel.
The Stephen Art-East art blog features reviews of exhibitions that Harwood has attended, Harwood’s own art, and varied commentary of events or art that have captured Harwood’s attention. Whilst this is predominately an art blog, other subjects (music being one re-occurring topic) also feature.
