Hello, and welcome to Our Newsletter Issue #12!
It is a pleasure to have you here.
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Read on for my announcement below!
20 minute Art Battle practice
The Orchard, 2021
Acrylic on Foam Board
I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to compete in the first ever Art Battle London on the 18th of November! The event will take place at the Boston Music Room, and you are invited to attend!
Art Battle is an international painting competition with iterations across multiple cities, where 12 artists are invited to create a complete painting in 20 minutes in front of a live audience. The audience then votes on their favourite pieces and the selected artists progress further into the competition, with successful artists moving into national and international rounds. In addition, all the artwork produced during the event is available for the audience to buy through a silent auction.
I am both really excited and terrified to be taking part in this event! It is going to be an immense challenge considering my paintings normally take between 30-200+ hours, but I'm looking forward to the experience!
If you would like to attend, please reply to this email and I will forward you the ticket link with a friends & family discount.
Above is a slightly wonky picture of my first pass at a 20 minute practice painting. I used acrylic on foam board. I'm not sure if this is the theme I will choose for the event, but it was a fun bit of practice nonetheless!
Looking forward to hopefully seeing you there!
Until then,
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Lots of love,
Arietta xx
p.s. my painting Brothers, which I showed you last week, will be available to view on my website from 3pm BST. Click here to see.