- London E17, Monday evening Life Drawing upstairs in : Nags Head Pub Watlhamstow
- Just off Brick Lane E1, Life Drawing free on Tuesday nights: Vintage Emporium Cafe
- Shoreditch, Life Drawing most Tuesdays and different activities every night of the week: The Book Club
While on Holiday:
- St Ives, Cornwall art classes in famous artists' studios from the heyday of St Ives art scene: St Ives School of Painting
My Fav Galleries (not finished):
- Tate (Modern, Britain, St Ives, Liverpool) - Best value membership that includes 4 galleries, members rooms - great new one opening at Tate Britain.
- Royal Academy: most expensive membership but fantastic new members bar and room coming up in 2013 and avoids the huge queues of its block buster exhibtions. Annoying they expect members to pay for exhibition guides though.
- British Museum - great new members room coming in 2012/13
- National Gallery -
- National Portrait Gallery -
- Messums, Cork St -
- Marlborough Fine Art -
Galleries I want to check out: (I'll add notes to a gallery if i find it interesting or remove it if i don't)
- The Residence, Victoria Park Village - http://www.residence-gallery.com/index.htm
- List of galleries open on First Thursdays: http://www.firstthursdays.co.uk/content.php?page_id=1544
- Gallery at end of my road http://www.karinjanssen.com/
- Gallery opposite me: http://jtg.org.uk/
- Hackney Downs near John: WW Wilson Williams Gallery
Art Supplies
- Fine Art Trade Guild, find qualified framers, artist galleries etc: http://www.fineart.co.uk/
- www.atlantisart.co.uk
- cassart.co.uk/
Art on TV
These days if you miss it first time round, you can usually find it on the net.
- The Painting Drawing Channel 4-5pm weekdays - Sky channel Propeller - 189 - 2 1/2 hour shows per day demonstrating various media and techniques. Tends to be conservative work but great tips on technique and materials.
- The Exhibitionists BBC2 Wales - non art members of public compete in curating tasks for prize of curating big show.
- Show Me the Monet BBC2 - unknown artists face judges on one of their works to try and get into Mall Galleries exhibtion.
- Sky Arts 1 and 2 Sky 129 & 130-
The Nude,
'Tim Marlow on' discusses various new exhibitions - great to see before heading off to the exhibition or after if you prefer to compare with your own first impressions,
In the Frame - ex convict art forger John Myatt( really interesting man with a fabulous story - where is the movie?) paints famous people in the style of famous artist of their choice), - The Culture Show BBC2
- BBC 4 - various eg: A History of Art in Three Colours,
