Charlotte

The fruits of last night's life drawing session at the Sussex Arts Club.
The model was Charlotte who was wonderful to draw. I'd only drawn her once before when she was dressed as a rabbit (I think it was a rabbit) for the launch party of the art sessions at The Old Market.

They are held every Wednesday at 7.30 til 9.30 (I think). Bit fuzzy this morning.

Digital painting

For a few months now I've been reading Imagine FX and absorbing the advice of all the talented digital artists out there in Pixel-land with a view to having a go myself.
Well I've bitten the bullet (or the Wacom tablet) and had a bash at it.
Here are my first 4 efforts. No doubt I'll look back at these down the line and see all kinds of faults  but right now I'm mildly chuffed with how they turned out. These were all done in Photoshop which is the

programme I know best. More to come, I hope!

Anna and Johanna at the Museum of the Muse

Yesterday afternoon I attended Kate Shields' life drawing event entitled "The Museum of the Muse".

Our two models were partners Johanna and Anna posing in styles reminiscent of the work of Tamara de Lempica whose works was a very Art Deco in style and has a high class decadent look to it which is very difficult to emulate so I didn't try. I have drawn the willowy and elegant Johanna a couple of times before, most notably wielding a full size scythe in Jake Spicer's Grimm's Fairy Tales event and she is an amazing model. Her partner Anna, whom I hadn't drawn before was equally delightful as she reminds me of the young Lee Miller. The room in which the session was held is quite small and I was lucky that there had been a drop out or Kate would have booted me out as I'd not reserved a place and just turned up on spec. It was a fabulous session and I hope some of my drawings reflect that. Thanks to Kate and the lovely models.

Drawings of King Ian

I had a very arty day yesterday.
I'm back in grey old Blighty after three weeks in sunny Palma where I was working in my little flat.
I still can't find any life drawing groups in Mallorca so I was glad to get back to some scribbling at Jake's Thursday lunchtime session. The model was Ian who played the role of the King in Jake's wonderful Grimm's Fairy Tales inspired drawing event a couple of months ago. Here are my best efforts.
On the way there I was shat on by a seagull. In over 25 years in Brighton this has only happened a couple of times and is generally regarded as a good luck token. So fingers crossed!

Last night I attended the Brighton Illustration Group's 6 by 6 event where I was one of the six artists talking about their work and influences. Harry Venning (of Clare in the Community fame) stole the show with is hilarious demonstration of how to become a cartoonist.  And a fabulous fun event it was!

Give us the @*%&$£± money!

On Monday night in a dank dark cellar somewhere in Brighton two innocent bankers were subjected to a long and violent interrogation by a couple of nasty ne'er-do-wells (Steve the Muscle and Matt the Hat) from the East End of London. This sordid scene was being filmed by Paul Spencer to be used as part of a series of filmed inserts to be used in the one man play Ten Men about the 1960's gangster, film star and lover of Princess Margaret- John Bindon which Paul is directing. The other banker (not visible) was Mark Xavier Harrison who also good a good thrashing. Fear not dear Blogger for these arty farty types were not permanently damaged in the fracas.

Sweet Marie

A few drawings from my last life drawing session for 3 weeks. This is my French friend Marie who's been having a rough time lately. Even the young and beautiful have problems.  I'm off to Mallorca for Easter where there are no life drawing classes that I can find. I've done so much lately that a break from it will be good I think.

Here are my drawings from a session last April called "Still Life" organised by the indefatigable Kate Shields. It was themed around famous poses from great artists including (my favourite) Egon Schiele. Kate and the girls did a brilliant job of recreating these poses to live music and the whole thing was MCed by the totally fabulous Rosy Carrick. These are my best efforts from that night.