WICKED BEAUTIES: ANNA MAY WONG

PORTRAIT OF ANNA MAY WONG  I DID JUST FOR FUN LAST NIGHT AFTER REALISING I MOSTLY JUST DRAW SPOOKY THINGS/CATS/DOGS RECENTLY AND WANTING TO DRAW SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.... I'VE GOT LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO WITH 'WEIRD NEWS' BUT QUITE FANCY DOING ANOTHER PERSONAL PROJECT OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNUSUALLY BEAUTIFUL/OVERLOOKED WOMEN THAT I THINK ARE ICONIC...WATCH THIS SPACE! 

LIVE PORTRAIT ART (IRISH COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT, COVENTRY)

SOME PORTRAITS I DID YESTERDAY AT AN IRISH COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT IN COVENTRY, ALL FUNDS RAISED FOR BME CANCER COMMUNITIES.

ASIDE FROM LOTS OF GREAT CHARITIES AND ORGANISATONS COMING TOGETHER, THE EVENT AT ST. FINBARR'S SOCIAL CLUB WAS A LOVELY DAY OF IRISH MUSIC AND DANCING, GREAT FOOD AND GREAT COMPANY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE!

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JIGSAW MENSWEAR LAMB ST STORE DISPLAY FOR OLD SPITALFIELD'S PAW PAGEANT

EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT A SELECTION OF MY WORK IS CURRENTLY UP IN THE DISPLAY WINDOW OF JIGSAW MENSWEAR. THE DISPLAY  COINCIDES WITH OLD SPITALFOELD'S MARKET'S ANNUAL PAW PAGEANT, A DOGGY FASHION SHOW TAKING PLACE THIS BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, WHICH RAISES FUNDS FOR BATTERSEA DOGS AND CATS HOME <3

PICTURES OF THE STORE FRONT BELOW AND MORE INFO ON THE PAW PAGEANT AND MY WORK ON THE JIGSAW BLOG

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LIVE ART DEMO AT BEX LIVE EVENT IN NOTTINGHAM

ON SATURDAY I HEADED BACK TO MY HOME TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM TO DO SOME LIVE ART PORTRAIT DEMOS AT THE BEX LIVE EVENT. THE EVENT WAS IN SUPPORT OF BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS, AND COMPRISED OF LOTS OF STALLS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND A FASHION SHOW.

I SET UP A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR PORTRAITS DONE BY ME, WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO MY MUM'S BME CANCER COMMUNITIES CHARITY.

  WARM-UP 'SELFIE' I DID THE NIGHT BEFORE TO GET IN SOME PRACTICE WITH MY NEW COPIC MARKERS.

 

ME AT THE EVENT, DOING A LIVE PORTRAIT OF MY LITTLE SIS  CARA AND HER FABULOUS BOX BRAIDS <3

 

THE FINISHED PIE CE. THIS WAS ONE OF ABOUT 6 I DID THAT DAY BUT MY BATTERY DIED UNFORTUNATELY :( I'LL ENDEAVOR TO GET MORE PHOTOS AT THE NEXT ONE I DO!

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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

Pop Art Cat Poster (Sphynx Cat, A3)

HAPPY 'SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY'!I'M STILL TAKING CHRISTMAS ORDERS FOR PET PORTRAITS BUT I'VE ALSO ADDED A LIMITED RUN OF BARGAIN £10 POSTER PRINTS TO MY ETSY SHOP, MORE INFO HERE.

I'VE ALSO LISTED LINKS TO SOME FANTASTIC FELLOW MANCHESTER ARTIST'S SHOPS ON MY TWITTER. TAKE A LOOK FOR SOME CREATIVE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING INSPIRATION! 

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EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION: FHM

PRETTY BUSY WORKING ON AN ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO WITH PLASTIC ZOO/ SALADHOUSE ANIMATION AT THE MOMENT, BUT LAST MONTH I DID A FEW ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE LATEST ISSUE OF FHM . DIDN'T GET TO ILLUSTRATE ANY TITS OR BUMS UNFORTUNATELY BUT DID GET TO DO A MONTAGE OF LEGENDARY WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPION RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, PLUS EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE PARTY MONSTER, BILL CLINTON. CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE ROUGH FOR ANOTHER LAST MINUTE ONE I WAS ASKED TO DO, WILL POST THIS TOO WHEN IT'S DONE.

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LATE NIGHT DRAWING

FEELING WIDE AWAKE AT 3AM (POSSIBLY FROM ALL THE SCARY THINGS I'VE BEEN WATCHING RECENTLY...), WHAT TO DO BUT DRAW ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF QUEEN TURA? 

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING

BEEN BRUSHING UP ON MY WATERCOLOUR PAINTING TECHNIQUE WHILST BACK HOME IN NOTTS WITH LOTS OF ADVICE PROM MY DAD (HE'S SECRETLY A FANTASTIC ARTIST!) . HERE ARE A COUPLE OF ROUGHS (TOP) AND 2 FINISHED PIECES (MIDDLE AND BOTTOM) I AM WORKING ON OF MY GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT GRANDDAD.

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TURA SATANA

I COULD HAPPILY LOOK AT TURA SATANA ALL DAY BUT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PICTURE OF HER ON THE INTERNET... HERE IS MY CONTRIBUTION, A DRAWING OF TURA LOOKING AT YOU WITH A COMBINATION OF AMUSEMENT AND DISGUST -_-

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SELF PORTRAIT

DID THIS QUICK DRAWING (FROM A PHOTO) OF MYSELF IN A WIG TODAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID SUNDAY LAZINESS... NOW THAT IT'S DONE I'LL PROBABLY JUST GO BACK TO WATCHING BACK TO BACK EPISODES OF 'MY GHOST STORY' ON YOUTUBE -_- 

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PLAYING CATCH UP...

I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON FINISHING THE REDESIGN OF MY PROMOTIONAL STUFF RECENTLY SO MY USUAL 'WEIRD WEEK' PROJECT IS UNFORTUNATELY A BIT DELAYED...THIS WILL BE REMEDIED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK THOUGH. IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S A DRAWING I DID YESTERDAY OF MAX (FROM AN OLD PHOTO).

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FINISHED PAWTRAIT

THIS IS THE FINISHED PAINTING I DID FOR A FRIEND'S MUM, SO MUCH FUN GETTING BACK INTO WATERCOLOURS, HOPE I GET TO DO SOME MORE SOON!

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PAWTRAITS

I AM BRIEFLY RE-LAUNCHING MY DAWG PORTRAIT 

SERVICE IN THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS. HERE IS AN 

UNDER-DRAWING I DID TONIGHT OF A SUPER CUTE 

TERRIER I'M PAINTING FOR MY FRIEND'S MUM'S 

CHRISTMAS PRESENT - I'LL POST THE FINISHED 

PAINTING WHEN I'M DONE.

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LAST POST ON THIS YEAR'S SKETCH-O-MATIC!

JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT A WHOPPING 975 PEOPLE TURNED UP TO HAVE THEIR PORTRAIT DONE FOR YEAR 2 OF 'SKETCH-O-MATIC' AT THE CORNERHOUSE, SURPASSING LAST YEAR'S FIGURE OF 954! I LOVE THE LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND PARTICIPATION THAT THIS INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE EVENT HAS GENERATED. JAMIE ALUN PRICE HAS PUT UP SOME PHOTOS OF SKETCH-O-MATIC SITTERS AND THEIR PORTRAITS HERE. BELOW IS ANOTHER PORTRAIT I DID OF A COUPLE, THE LADY HAD SUPER CUTE DIMPLES! CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

KIM X

SKETCH-O-MATIC

BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT DOWN FOR SKETCH-O-MATIC AT MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE LAST NIGHT, THE QUEUES WERE MASSIVE, SO MUCH FUN! THE EVENT RUNS UNTIL THE 21ST OF OCTOBER, STOP BY AND GET YOUR PORTRAIT DONE, IT'S ONLY £1! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS TAKING PART. HERE IS A LIVE PORTRAIT I DID LAST NIGHT OF MY FRIEND JOE:

KIM X

SKETCH-O-MATIC

I'M BOTH EXCITED AND NERVOUS TO ANNOUNCE THAT I'LL BE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S 'SKETCH-O-MATIC' EVENT AT THE MANCHESTER CORNERHOUSE GALLERIES! A FANTASTIC LIVE DRAWING EVENT, WHICH INVITES THE PUBLIC TO ENTER THE SKETCH-O-MATIC BOOTH, IN WHICH SITS CONCEALED AN ARTIST AND MINI ARTIST'S STUDIO. ONCE INSIDE, THE SITTER CAN HAVE THEIR PORTRAIT DONE BY AN ANONYMOUS ARTIST (FOR A SMALL DONATION OF £1) AND 5 MINS LATER THE DRAWING POPS OUT OF THE BOOTH SLOT, MUCH LIKE A MINI PHOTOBOOTH.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR HALLOWEEN, I'VE DESIGNED AN EC HORROR COMICS-STYLE 'FRAME' FOR THE LIVE PORTRAITS THAT I'LL BE DOING DURING MY SLOT IN THE BOOTH ON FRIDAY (6-7PM), SO MY SITTERS WILL COME AWAY WITH A PORTRAIT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

OBVIOUSLY THE LIVE PORTRAITS WILL BE LESS POLISHED, THEREFORE MORE INTERESTING, I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO TAKE PHOTO'S OF THE RESULTS! 

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PORTRAITS

THIS WEEK I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS, HERE THEY ARE SO FAR...

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED USING WATERCOLOURS AGAIN ACTUALLY, AND NOW THAT THE WEATHER HAS TURNED WHAT'S BETTER THAN STAYING IN AND PAINTING WHILE LISTENING TO A GOOD AUDIO BOOK? BEEN ESPECIALLY ENJOYING RAY BRADBURY AND HP LOVECRAFT CLASSICS - I'VE ALREADY  UNOFFICIALLY STARTED MY COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN!

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