Home > United Kingdom > London > Public Figures > Making A Mark

Making A Mark

Making A Mark

Share

This page supports Katherine Tyrrell’s ‘Making A Mark’ blog about art for artists and art lovers. Plus Tips! CONTACT ME: Use FB messages.

13/02/2026

The view of Lucian Freud's Studio which forms the end of the long central corridor of the ground floor exhibition space at the National Portrait Gallery where you can see Lucian Freud - Drawing into Painting, which opened yesterday.
I'm going to drip feed some of my photos onto this page over the course of the exhibition. I took rather a lot.

Note the distance between sitter (chair on plinth) and the easel!

12/02/2026

What did you think about this week's LAOTY episode 5 on the HMS Wellington and the paintings of the South Bank by heat artists and wild cards?
My checklist for my next review is filling up with ticks (structure, artists, pics, theme headings) - but I've still got to do the hard bit which is the words about the themes and what do I think of the results.

Plus this morning's jaunt to the NPG to see the Lucian Freud Preview has not helped - mainly because I spent two hours there - and my review will now probably publish TOMORROW MORNING.

I painted it allaprima. On my way back from a walk, I picked a branch from a nearby bush, placed it in a jar and set a green apple beside it. A very simple setup, yet it felt so fresh and alive. I painted this piece with pure joy. This painting has already found its buyer and its forever home 🤍#fruitpainting #buyartonline #australianartist #annaspeirs #annaspeirsart #stillliferealistic #traditionalart #oilpainting #artstudio #artcollector #artgallery #fineartpainting #stilllifepainting 11/02/2026

Never forget a brush has two ends and both are very useful!

I painted it allaprima. On my way back from a walk, I picked a branch from a nearby bush, placed it in a jar and set a green apple beside it. A very simple setup, yet it felt so fresh and alive. I painted this piece with pure joy. This painting has already found its buyer and its forever home 🤍#fruitpainting #buyartonline #australianartist #annaspeirs #annaspeirsart #stillliferealistic #traditionalart #oilpainting #artstudio #artcollector #artgallery #fineartpainting #stilllifepainting

Claim ownership or report listing
Want your public figure to be the top-listed Public Figure in London?
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

About Making A Mark

Katherine Tyrrell’s ‘Making A Mark’ blog about art for artists and art lovers has had 16+ million pageviews and 5.25 million unique visitors since going public in Jan. 2006. It curates INFORMATION for artists and art lovers about prominent artists, art exhibitions, art books, art materials and media, products for artists and websites and blogs for artists. Plus Tips!

On this page I highlight blog posts PLUS interesting art news that I’m not going to write about on my blog!

PLEASE NOTE: My blog is informational NOT commercial.
1) I ONLY promote artists I know and/or have seen and like or found for myself.
2) Do NOT market your art to me via a message to me or a comment on a post on this page. It will be ignored and/or deleted.

CONTACT ME: Use FB messages. If you want to email me please visit my ‘ABOUT’ page on my related website http://www.makingamark.co.uk/about.html.

Website

Address

London