general news items for Andy Beck Artist
With all of the sketches for the 214 fells completed I have at last been able to frame up all of the work in the presentation format that I have used for all of the paintings. As you may well know, the majority of these works were ordered at the…
Well after such a long time last night was rather special with regards to The Wainwrights in Colour project. It was the evening that I framed up the sketches for the very last of the 214 fells for the whole undertaking. Obviously the work on all of the 1500 sketches…
I can’t believe it- only six weeks to go until launch day for The Wainwrights in Colour Book. Orders for the book are coming in on a daily basis, thank you to all of you who have pre-ordered a copy. On Wednesday I took delivery of a pre-production copy, the…
If you follow me on Facebook then you may already have seen some of the press coverage that I have been lucky enough to get for The Wainwrights in Colour and the imminent book launch. From walking magazines, newspapers and other media the various articles have really made the public aware…
Behind the scenes for the last couple of weeks not only have I been busy with press interviews about the book launch but also with other events for the future. I can now reveal that I am honoured and excited to have been invited to be one of the guest…
Someone on social media asked me the other day if I was now going to have some time off after completing the mammoth task of The Wainwrights in Colour. Sadly this will not happen just yet, although all the sketches are done and the book is at the printers there…
Exciting news! After the delays of colour matching and other hiccups I am now really pleased to announce that the book is now on the presses. I had a day up at Elanders in North Shields yesterday and passed off the proofs to begin the process to print the book.…
This is just a short blog post to explain that for reasons beyond my control I have reluctantly had to postpone the date for the book launch. The new date is the first weekend in May 2017 with the official launch evening (ticket only) on Friday the 5th (timings to…
As the launch day for The Wainwrights in Colour book gets ever nearer I am up to me eyes in work regarding finalising the production and promotion of the work and needless to say it is both very stressful and exciting. I cannot thank you all enough for the reaction…
Many many thanks to all of you who over the past week took time to pre-order copies of the forthcoming book The Wainwrights in Colour. This morning I made the draw to pick out a winner of the original sketch of Burnbank fell shown below and the name drawn was…