Hello everyone,
Lots of life drawing to choose from this November!
Marathon
Life Drawing is a two day course taking place on two consecutive
Saturdays at The Thomas Calton Centre in Peckham SE15, on Nov 4th and
11th:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/schools-and-education/adult-learning
The course runs all day from 10am to 4pm on both Saturdays Nov. 4th and November 11th, and is priced very reasonably at only £40 standard, £20 concessions.
You must bring your own paper and whatever mediums you want to use. We provide the drawing boards and easels. There will be a mixture of poses, both short and longer ones, and the opportunity to learn different exercises and techniques. I will be teaching the class on Nov. 4th, and my colleague Rebecca Allen will be teaching it on Nov. 11th, so it's a great opportunity to experience different teaching styles!
You can email me if you have any questions: vox@joart.info
Or phone the centre on 0207358 2100
There is also a £5 registration fee for taking courses at the centre.
The course runs all day from 10am to 4pm on both Saturdays Nov. 4th and November 11th, and is priced very reasonably at only £40 standard, £20 concessions.
You must bring your own paper and whatever mediums you want to use. We provide the drawing boards and easels. There will be a mixture of poses, both short and longer ones, and the opportunity to learn different exercises and techniques. I will be teaching the class on Nov. 4th, and my colleague Rebecca Allen will be teaching it on Nov. 11th, so it's a great opportunity to experience different teaching styles!
You can email me if you have any questions: vox@joart.info
Or phone the centre on 0207358 2100
There is also a £5 registration fee for taking courses at the centre.
My
Monday evening class at the Thomas Calton Centre also has places
available. It runs from 7-9pm on Mondays. There are 11 weeks still left
to run. We try out different mediums and exercises for short and long
poses each week. Come along and enrol! If you want to start this evening,
we are having a special Halloween theme, with hints and tips for
drawing circles and spheres and learning how to tackle "negative
space". There will be pumpkins!
On
Sunday November 19th, from 6-9pm I will be running a very special one
off session in the bar at Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, Islington N1.
Called Five Alive!
There
will be five models, acrobatic and yoga poses, feats of strength,
music, paper and charcoal provided, and drinks available for purchase
from the bar. The cost is £20. For more info and to book tickets go
here:
This
month you will also find me at Union Chapel running my Shrine to the
Seasons session, all day on Wednesday November 8th. Drop in between 11am
and 1pm or 2pm and 6pm to join me in making a contemporary icon wooden
panel, on the theme of winter and the moon. The sessions are free, and
all materials are provided, as well as tea, coffee and biscuits! The
panels will be going on display at the chapel for Christmas, and will
find a permanent home there next year.
And
on Saturday November 25th from 6-9pm, I will be at the Hill Trader's
annual Christmas Market, selling homemade bath salts, cards,
watercolours and oil paintings. Come along to find an unusual Christmas
gift, drink some mulled wine, eat a pie, or just have a look and a
mingle. The Hill Trader cafe is situated on Kitto Road, at the top of
Telegraph Hill, near the lovely Telegraph Hill Park, SE14 5TW.
And
finally, here is a picture of one of my Boudieware Cake Smash Crash
cakes that was on show at Vanya Balogh's Q Park car park exhibition The
Crash, that took place during Frieze week, earlier this month. Thanks to
Vanja Karas for the photo:
And thanks to Sarah Sparkes for this pic. of me with the cakes:
The
cake shapes are cast in plaster from plastic food packaging, and
decorated with broken toys, glass, crockery, beads, edible glitter and
ephemera, discarded, found or salvaged from everyday life. The work was
inspired by Boudieware - a little known eighteenth century craft
technique and form of upcycling, from the North East of England. The
sculptures reference environmental concerns, waste and value,
indulgence, decorative aesthetics and beauty, the links between cooking
and art, our English heritage and lost crafts. They are a development from
my live art interaction "Cake Smash" and my Nippy Maid Vox Chocs work.
Happy Halloween!!!
