Instruments of Medicine

I was very lucky to be allowed to do some sketches in the Gordon Museum at King's College London, recently. I plan to do a series of pieces about the museum in the near future, but thought I'd share a small preview of some of the antique medical instruments I saw there. To the layperson, like myself, the collection is a fascinating array of mysterious implements, diagrams, specimens and language. More to come (when I've been back for more visuals).

Experimenting with Londoners

I've plans to create some patterns incorporating tube passengers. Not sure how it's going to come together, but that's how it should be. Before I can really make some progress, I've got to do a stack of drawings to play with. Here's a little taster of how it's going:

Drawing for Life – 8

Back in the life drawing class again, above The Sparrowhawk pub, London, SE19. I tried my hand with some compressed charcoal. It was a bit tricky, as that medium is great for large scale drawing, but a bit hard to control on an A4 pad of paper. I think next time, if I use it, I'll make sure the sheets of paper are larger. So, I've only included my favourite drawing from the night. In future, I'm going to be more ruthless with my editing. Otherwise this blog is in danger of being a constant parade of naked bodies.  

Drawing for Life - 7

Back at Betty Frankenstien's Drawing Room, after a good  few weeks' absence, I found that I was a bit rusty at the old life drawing. Eventually, the scribbling cogs began to turn smoothly, so I carried on using that technique where I try and keep my pencil on the page as much as possible. I quite like the results (a whiff of Egon Schiele, perhaps?) and the wiggly lines make me think of blood vessels, tendons and the nervous system.

Giraffe for a 2 year old

I thought I'd share a birthday card I knocked up yesterday for a little relative of mine. A sweep of yellow acrylic paint and some permanent ink et voila! One giraffe. I've now started to build a mental list of zoo of animal numbers. I'm sure more will end up escaping in due course. In fact, I should probably take a trip to London Zoo and sketch a load of exotic beasts from life, shouldn't I?