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Posts Tagged ‘birminghamuk’

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Ditzy Diamond

Lions and Tigers and Dr Sketchy, oh my!

15th July 2010 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School has returned once more to Birmingham when, back in May (oops, another slightly late post) the Carnival of Animals arrived at the Victoria. Opened by new comperé Liberty Pink with the song Les Poissons (from Disney’s The Little Mermaid), proceedings continued apace with Dr Sketchy’s Birmingham regular Cherryfox performing Puttin’ on the Ritz as Alice in Wonderland‘s March Hare. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: alice in wonderland, beauties of the blitz, birmingham, birminghamuk, carnival of the animals, cathy simpson, cherry fox, cherryfox, david peckham, ditzy diamond, dr sketchys, elephant, fleur du mal, glorian gray, hare, inflatable, kaa, les poissons, liberty pink, little acorns, march hare, monkey, mysti vine, on a tree by a river, pigeon, poisoning pigeons in the park, puttin' on the ritz, ringmaster, snake, squirrel, teach me tiger, the jungle book, the lion sleeps tonight, the little mermaid, the mikado, the victoria, the white stripes, tiger, tigress, tit-willow, tom lehrer, trust in me
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Sitting

Still life at Bodies Revealed

28th February 2010 | by Alex
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Another late one, but back at the end of October I went along to the press launch of the Bodies Revealed exhibition at the Custard Factory in Birmingham. This show, taking it’s lead from (but not connected with) the Body Worlds exhibitions of Dr Gunther von Hagens, features chemically preserved corpses which have been partially dissected to reveal muscle, organs, bone and tissue for educational study. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birminghamuk, bodies revealed, controversy, custard factory, life drawing
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Meg La Mania

Dr Sketchy’s V: The Final Frontier

31st July 2009 | by Alex
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Meg La Mania

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, or last Saturday to be precise, the anti-art burlesque life-drawing class known as Dr Sketchy’s beamed back down to Birmingham. And boldly going where no life-drawing class has gone before, the theme this time was X-Files. Hosted, as ever, by the Decadent Gent, this time regenerated into the form of the Fourth Doctor, we were treated to a selection of broadly Sci-Fi related routines, starting with Candee Handful‘s Rouge Red the Murderous Mare, featuring Crazy Horses by the Osmonds, a persuing policeman and, er, a horse’s head. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birminghamuk, candee handful, chantilly belles, cyberman, dr sketchys, elephant, frankenstein, life drawing, meg la mania, miss rose thorne, scarlet fever, sci-fi
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WxWM2 - The dead badger on a stick...

Out and About (part 2)

2nd July 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Phew! It’s been a busy time for me recently. Over the course of the last month or so I’ve been out and about doing ‘live drawing’ at various events in the Birmingham area, so this post is an attempt to do a brief, illustrated summary of what I’ve been up to. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: #mdot, barcamp, bcu, birmingham, birmingham city university, birmingham it's not shit, birminghamuk, bounder, caricature, dave harte, digbeth, drawnalism, fazeley, fazeley digital, fazeley studios, flickr, graphiquillan, jeecamp, jon bounds, jon hickman, karl binder, kyle mcrea, life drawing, live cartooning, matt buck, moseley, moseley bar camp, movie, my dad's on twitter, paul bradshaw, premiere, rhubarb radio, shona mcquillan, spotted dog, sxsw, sxswi, sxswm, the cross, tormented, unconference, wxwm, wxwm2
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learntodrawcaricatures1

10 Years of Learning to Draw

2nd March 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

It occured to me the other day that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of my book Learn to Draw Caricatures (which is still available and was recently reissued with a new cover). Around the time it came out, I did a couple of interviews in the local media. In January of 1999, shortly after the book was published I appeared on the Central TV arts programme called Premieré, which was a nerve-racking experience. Looking back now, it’s clear I’ve the perfect face for radio (but sadly, not the voice), although that sunset was lovely. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birmingham post, birminghamuk, book, caricature, interview, learn to draw caricatures, premiere, tv, video
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mettv

Out and about…

23rd February 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

mettv

There’s been a bit of a dearth of new posts here recently, so I thought I’d add a quick round-up. Basically, I’ve been a bit all over the place recently… Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: bbc, birmingham, birminghamuk, bloghorn, cartoon festival, eggheads, matt buck, menzies campbell, pco, professional cartoonists' organisation, royston robertson, shrewsbury, st andrews, twestival, twitter, union debating society
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