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#FINDHOWARD LOCATION 8 (Saturday 5th September 2015)

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Howard is out and about this weekend painting in aid of The Archie Foundation and their campaign to raise enough funds for the proposed digital art gallery at RACH (Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital).

LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

If you and your family would like to find Howard, with the possibility of winning a £70 Butterworth Gallery voucher and an Archie’s goodie bag then follow the clues below:

  1. World famous Castle on the West Coast of Scotland.

2. Located on its own island where Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh meet, the castle is connected to the mainland by its iconic bridge.

3. “Winter Reflections” print and giftware image by Howard captures the scene perfectly.

When you find him, share a photo on social media with #FINDHOWARD and be entered into a prize draw. He will be at the location above weather permitting on Saturday 5th September, remember to look out for his distinctive red jacket!

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You could also enter the competition running in the Press and Journal’s ‘Your Weekend'(Thursday 3rd September). The prizes include a signed Butterworth Print worth £275. Competition closes Sunday 11pm.

If you enjoy geocaching then collect Howard’s travel bug unique to every location as well as finding the nearest cache to his secret location http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC13YP7_highlanders-home

GOOD LUCK!

FINDHOWARD

#FINDHOWARD 22nd August 2015 Location 7

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Howard is out and about this weekend painting in aid of The Archie Foundation and their campaign to raise enough funds for the proposed digital art gallery at RACH.

LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

If you and your family would like to find Howard, with the possibility of winning a £70 Butterworth Gallery voucher and an Archie’s goodie bag then follow the clues below:

  1.  Home of one of Scotland’s favourite dairy ice creams.
  2. A wind-powered farm four miles from Oldmeldrum.
  3. The arboretum there has a beautiful view of Bennachie

When you find him, share a photo on social media with #FINDHOWARD  and be entered into a prize draw. He will be at the location above from 11am – 2pm weather permitting on Saturday.

You could also enter the competition running in the Press and Journal’s ‘Your Weekend'(Thursday 20th August). The prizes include a signed Butterworth Print worth £275 and a years supply of Mackies once-cream

If you enjoy geocaching then collect Howard’s travel bug unique to every location as well as finding the nearest cache to his secret location http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3D89R

GOOD LUCK!

#FINDHOWARD ‘Paint Along’ in Ballater today August 8th 11-2pm

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Join Howard today in Ballater for a ‘Paint Along’,  as part of the #FINDHOWARD series, Howard is joining forces with Archie Art for some artistic fun in the sun!  So while working on his 6th canvas for The Archie Foundation to raise funds and awareness for the digital art gallery within RACH, Aberdeen’s Childrens Hospital he will be answering questions, giving out goody bags and happy to have a chat to budding artists and enthusiasts young and old. So #FINDHOWARD take along your paints and enjoy a great day out!

#FINDHOWARD 8TH AUGUST 2015 LOCATION 6

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If you and your family wish to go out and about in the fresh air this weekend why not follow our clues to #FINDHOWARD and see Howard painting for yourselves. Share a photo when you find him on social media with #FINDHOWARD and automatically enter a prize draw. He will be at his secret location from ll am (weather permitting).

For those keen to get out and about, there is the adventure of collecting a Howards TravelBug GeoCache code unique to each location.
Want to learn more about geocaching follow this link. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5JB25
Tip : download the areas maps before heading out as Internet connection in the rural areas varies.

The Press and Journal has teamed up with the Archie Foundation and the Butterworth Gallery to give away some fantastic prizes. Howard will be ‘painting in fresh air’ and Press and Journal readers can win some of his artwork and play #FINDHOWARD. In the P&J’s Thursday edition “Your Weekend” it has an extra special prize draw. To win any unframed print from the Butterworth Collection worth up to an amazing £275.All you have to do is simply solve the fortnightly clues to find out where Howard will be painting. Once you have guessed where he will be painting simply enter by phone or text to the P&J’s numbers in “Your Weekend”.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Texts cost £1 plus the usual carrier tariff. Entry to the competition closes at 11 pm on Sunday after the release of clues on the Thursday.
Please note the lines will remain open after 11pm and you will be charged for the call or text, however your entry will not be included in the draw. First correct entry chosen at random will win the prize as stated. Signed print Is unframed. No cash alterative – prizes subject to availability. Employees
of AJL, DCT, Butterworth Gallery and their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Prize will be posted out to the winner.

Clues:
1. Howard has a lithograph print and giftware of this famous Royal Warrant-holding Royal Deeside village.
2.This village is celebrating Victoria Week with it’s Highland Games on Thursday, August 13th.
3.Balmoral Castle is nearby.

LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

#FINDHOWARD 25TH JULY 2015

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Fancy a trip up to the beautiful Banffshire coast today? Howard will be in Portsoy today 25th July 2015, painting from 11am in aid of the Archie Foundation to raise funds for the digital art gallery at RACH(Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital). #FINDHOWARD Can you be the first to find him??

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The nearest Geo Cache Clue to todays ‪#‎FINDHOWARD‬ is a Multi – Cache HH:LEST WE FORGET PORTSOY with an extra clue of head to the harbour for Howards ‪#‎TravelBug‬ Geocaching The Archie Foundation.

Howard has special goodie bags for the first ten people to find him with a special Archie Foundation bag for the first!

We hope the sun will be shining, but remember to look out for Howard’s distinctive red jacket!

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LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

#FINDHOWARD sponsored by The Press and Journal, Mackies Scotland, Hilltrek, Aboyne, The Archie Foundation and The Marcliffe Hotel.

written by H.J.K

#FINDHOWARD SATURDAY 11TH JULY 2015

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A few picture clues taken by Mary Louise Butterworth on location today!

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The Press and Journal has teamed up with the Archie Foundation and the Butterworth Gallery to give away some fantastic prizes.

Mackie’s new chocolate as an addition to the goodie bag prize in ‪#‎FINDHOWARD‬ https://t.co/hx6jn5BzuG

Over the next few months, renowned Scottish landscape artist Howard Butterworth will be ‘painting in fresh air’ and Press and Journal readers can win some of his artwork and play #FINDHOWARD.

Howard turns 70 this year and to celebrate the event he wants to raise money for the Archie Foundation, who are raising funds for an innovative £50,000 digital art gallery within RACH, Aberdeen’s childrens hospital. The 12 paintings from 12 different locations will then be offered for sale at an auction at the Marcliffe Hotel in October to raise more money for the Archie Foundation.

If you and your family wish to go out and about in the fresh air this weekend why not follow our clues to #FINDHOWARD and see Howard painting for yourselves. Share a photo when you find him on social media with #FINDHOWARD and automatically enter a prize draw. He will be at his secret location from ll am this Saturday (weather permitting).

For those keen to get out and about, there is the adventure of collecting a Howards TravelBug GeoCache code unique to each location.

https:/www.geocaching.com/ – the nearest Geo Cache is Minarets, Cathedral & Tower

The “Your Weekend” feature in the Press and Journal has an extra special prize draw. To win any unframed print from the Butterworth Collection worth up to an amazing £275 simply solve the following clues to find out where Howard will be painting this Saturday. Once you have guessed where he will be painting simply enter by phone or text.

HOTLINE: 09012 925 250
Call P&J competition hotline and fallow the instructions.
Calls should cost no more than £1. Calls from mobile or payphones may cost a lot more.
TEXT: PJ followed by a space then your answer, name and
address to 64343.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Texts cost £1 plus the usual carrier tariff. Entry to this competition closes at 11 pm on Sunday 28/6/15 Please note the
lines will remain open after11pm and you will be charged for the call or text, however your entry will not be included in the draw. First correct entry chosen at random will win the prize as stated. Signed print Is unframed. No cash alterative – prizes subject to availability. Employees
of AJL, DCT, Butterworth Gallery and their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Prize will be posted out to the winner.

THE 3 CLUES to #FINDHOWARD
* Howard has a well- loved series of 6 lithograph prints and giftware of this area..
* Aberdeen University students enjoy their study time in this area.
* Kings College is found here.

Go find him! Clues and prizes to be won along the way……

LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

Howard Butterworth is now a trackable cache (Art Bug) all in aid of The Archie Foundation!

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Goecaching is a popular hobby for many in the North East of Scotland and we are lucky to have caches hidden in wonderful locations throughout the area. Geocaching is an outdoor hunt for treasure (a cache) using a set of GPS co-ordinates in conjunction with mobile GPS devices and can be fantastic fun for all the family! More information can be found on their official website https:/www.geocaching.com/

As part of the #FINDHOWARD fundraising campaign for the Archie Foundation and for those who like to get out and about and enjoy geocaching, we have made Howard into a trackable cache; he is a Travel Bug or ‘Art Bug’ as we like to call him and has a unique geocache code.

“What is a Groundspeak Travel Bug?
Simply put, a Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item. This allows you to track your item on Geocaching.com. The item becomes a hitchhiker that is carried from cache to cache (or person to person) in the real world and you can follow its progress online.

What does a Travel Bug do?
It’s really up to the owner of the bug to give it whatever task they desire. Or no task at all. The fun of a Travel Bug is inventing new goals for the Travel Bug to achieve. One Bug’s goal may be to reach a specific country, or travel to 10 countries.

How does a Travel Bug work?
Each Travel Bug has its own unique tracking number stamped on it. This tracking number is used as proof by the user that they found the item. It also doubles as a way for the user to locate the personal web page for the Travel Bug.

Travel Bug Trackables are tracked with the help of users who go online and ‘grab’ them from caches, or receive them from users. The idea is by picking up and dropping off Travel Bug Trackables on the web site you are mirroring the Bug’s real world adventures. Each Travel Bug has its own ‘diary’ that follows its movements.”

The above information about Travel Bugs was taken from the official Geocahing website for more information please go directly to their website.

https:/www.geocaching.com/

So for now, #FINDHOWARD, happy hunting everyone and if you do #FINDHOWARD please let us know!

Donate Here and read more about the Digital Art Gallery at (RACH) Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.

Sponsors:-

Press & Journal

HillTrek Outdoor clothing

Marcliffe at Pitfodels

#FINDHOWARD Saturday 27th June 2015 (11am – 3pm)

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The Press and Journal has teamed up with the Archie Foundation and the Butterworth Gallery to give away some fantastic prizes. Over the next few months, renowned Scottish landscape artist Howard Butterworth will be ‘painting in fresh air’ and Press and Journal readers can win some of his artwork and play #FINDHOWARD.

Howard turns 70 this year and to celebrate the event he wants to raise money for the Archie Foundation, who are raising funds for an innovative £50,000 digital art gallery within RACH, Aberdeen’s childrens hospital. The 12 paintings from 12 different locations will then be offered for sale at an auction at the Marcliffe Hotel in October to raise more money for the Archie Foundation.

FINDHOWARD

If you and your family wish to go out and about in the fresh air this weekend why not follow our clues to #FINDHOWARD and see Howard painting for yourselves. Share a photo when you find him on social media with #FINDHOWARD and automatically enter a prize draw. He will be at his secret location from ll am this Saturday (weather permitting).

For those keen to get out and about, there is the adventure of collecting a Howards TravelBug GeoCache code unique to each location.

https:/www.geocaching.com/
-the nearest Geo Cache is “Birch on the Knoll”

The “Your Weekend” feature in the Press and Journal has an extra special prize draw. To win any unframed print from the Butterworth Collection worth up to an amazing £275 simply solve the following clues to find out where Howard will be painting this Saturday. Once you have guessed where he will be painting simply enter by phone or text.

HOTLINE: 09012 925 250
Call P&J competition hotline and fallow the instructions.
Calls should cost no more than £1. Calls from mobile or payphones may cost a lot more.
TEXT: PJ followed by a space then your answer, name and
address to 64343.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Texts cost £1 plus the usual carrier tariff. Entry to this competition closes at 11 pm on Sunday 28/6/15 Please note the
lines will remain open after11pm and you will be charged for the call or text, however your entry will not be included in the draw. First correct entry chosen at random will win the prize as stated. Signed print Is unframed. No cash alterative – prizes subject to availability. Employees
of AJL, DCT, Butterworth Gallery and their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Prize will be posted out to the winner.

THE 3 CLUES to #FINDHOWARD

•It is a 16th-century pink castle near Banchory
•Howard has well-known prints, cards and giftware featuring this famous castle’s garden entitled “June Borders”
•Go Ape with the family whilst Arting Around in the grounds

Go find him! Clues and prizes to be won along the way……

LEARN MORE & DONATE TO THE “DIGITAL ART GALLERY” FOR ARCHIE FOUNDATION
https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/archiefoundation/findhoward

Art and technology – competition or compatibility?

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In the mid 19th Century an artist painted a picture to depict and remind us of a moment, place or person and being able to afford such a piece was a sign of status.

Today audiences are inundated with images from a variety of places and the ability to use mobile devices gives everybody the opportunity to capture a ‘moment’. This enables many more people to show their creativity beyond the traditional art world.

Howard believes  that “technology isn’t in competition with art, it’s part of it….artists use technology to produce works of art…One can argue that the use of hands in the primitive cave paintings was a technological tool of that time… art and technology are inter-related and the art world has benefitted because of that, as technology improves…the possibilities for art expand too!”

Art has increased in popularity, primarily due to the improved accessibility to a wider audience. The internet has played a huge part in that and technology has given us the ability to reproduce prints of original images by artists, this allows art to be appreciated by more people; something that Howard feels very passionate about. When talking about art and technology, Howard believes that, “Art is in everything; technology doesn’t wipe out art, it just changes it….cavemen had earth and their hands; somebody invented the brush and made it possible to paint fine lines, somebody invented paper, paints now have quicker drying times….I don’t paint from photographs, but to have a digital camera that can record the real colour is majorly helpful when finishing a painting…(and)there will always be a case for original paintings, (the artist) can exaggerate the colour and composition, remove trees and move mountains…using artistic licence to create reality.” “Art is the application of humanity on something…you can appreciate it or not(that’s up to the audience) an artist expresses their personality through what they make!”

Ultimately art in both the traditional and modern formats will transcend through the generations and will  paint the story of this digital era as is the legacy of art.

Written by H.J.K with  quotes from Howard

#FINDHOWARD raising funds for The Archie Foundation Saturday 13th June 2015

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Howard is out and about painting today in Aberdeenshire to raise funds for The Archie Foundation. To #FINDHOWARD  follow the clues below;  the first to #FINDHOWARD, take a photo and share, will have a chance to win a £70 gift voucher to use at The Butterworth Gallery.

1. What’s in the Graveyard. #geocaching #artbug

2.Banchory River Festival 2015

3. St Ternan’s Park 11am – 2pm

Watch Howard Paint Today……

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h769rxWpm_4&feature=youtu.behoward river