Life In Technicolor
Nicolas Party, 20 Film Festivals, Edinburgh Castle, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and an Arctic Fox...
‘Blue Night Romance’ by Marc Padeu. (Acrylic on canvas, 2019)
Life In Technicolor
Hi, hope the sun’s been shining in your neck of the woods. Doubling down on all things bright and colourful this week. Until next time, Grant
‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Might Not Hold True For Much Longer’ by Njideka Akunyili Crosby (Acrylic and transfers on paper, 2013)
20 Film Festivals In One
We Are One is a 10-day global film festival co-curated by over 20 festivals from across the world including Berlin, Cannes & Venice. All funds raised will benefit COVID-19 relief funds. (May 29th - June 7th)
Nicolas Party - Pastel Playscapes
Added a collection of Nicolas Party works to MoMa. The Swiss king of colour studied and lived in Glasgow for several years and is a real favourite of mine.
Society of Visual Storytelling
Run by three illustrators Will Terry, Lee White, and Jake Parker, SVSLearn comes highly recommended by my sister (namely the Loosening Up in Watercolour class). A 30 day free trial gives access to all 90+ classes and their podcast gets the seal of approval too.
‘Edinburgh Castle, Evening’ by Francis Boag (£150, 30 x 30cm giclee print)
Edinburgh Links
Edinburgh Lockdown Economy - over 500 independent shops & activities.
Women and the Pandemic - Hidden Doors live show (7pm UK, 28th May)
Edinburgh Coronavirus Support - volunteer, health, food, finances & more.
Weekly Offers
39% off Creative Cloud (until 28th May).
Get a .co.uk domain name for £1 from LCN.
1,000 free audiobooks via Open Culture.
Character & World Creation
Australian artist Nathan Jurevicius (of Scarygirl fame) launches a new Domestika course with a 63% off presale offer of €14.90.
How did I not know this before?
We all know Command/Ctrl + V to paste something. But if you hold down a 3rd key, the Shift key, it removes all formatting for a clean paste. (via KK)
Okay, enough technicolor…
