'Drawing Brighton'

Another of Oli, from today #lifedrawing

A great final session last night, and a full house of artists arrived to sketch our last sitter, David Bramwell.

We’ve had some wonderful and varied work being created at these sessions, and I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at the blog if you’ve not been able to make any of the sessions.

If you did attend any of these events, please do feel free to email me scans/photos of your work, as it is fantastic to look back at the work we’ve made.

More pictures to come, but for now, here’s some of my sketches from the past 6 weeks…

I’ve no immediate plans to do a 3rd series of Drawing Brighton, but there’ll be updates if and when it happens, right here.

For now, if you’d like to keep an eye on my own work, which regularly features the wonderful people of Brighton, then please do look at my website.

I hold regular life drawing and art events in Brighton both by myself, and with Artists, Models, iNK, as well as Sussex County Arts Club.

The final week of Drawing Brighton is upon us, and we have a wonderful Brightonian coming to sit for us- David Bramwell, a ‘one man cottage industry’.

Writer, speaker and co-creator of the now infamous ‘Cheeky Guide to Brighton’, as well as host of Brighton’s Catalyst Club, he devotes a lot of energy and time to recognising and celebrating people and communities around us in this curious and colourful city.

If you’d like to come along to this final session, you can book a space online here:

kateshields.eventbrite.co.uk/

David can next be seen hosting this years’ TEDxBrighton event. Click here for his website, and news about his many fascinating projects.

For our penultimate session, the wonderful Billie Rae sat for us at Drawing Brighton.

A modern-day Ziegfeld girl, with her fantastic custom-made outfits and ostrich feather fans, she was an absolute pleasure to draw.

Drawing by me.

To see Billie in action, have a look at her website for upcoming performance dates.

Check back soon for news about our final sitter for this series…

Coming this Wednesday evening, it’s week 5 of Drawing Brighton, and we have the bewitching Brighton burlesque and fire performer, Billie Rae.

It’s our penultimate week, so do make sure you book yourself a place to draw this unique Brighton performer!

Click here for tickets: kateshields.eventbrite.co.uk/

To find out more about Billie, visit her website: www.billierae.co.uk

Photo by Neil Kendell

Another wonderful Drawing Brighton session- last night we had poet Rosy Carrick sitting for us.

Here’s some photos, and a couple of my drawings, with more to come.

Stay tuned for who we will have sitting next week, for the penultimate Drawing Brighton..!

Spaces are filling up for tomorrow’s session where we’ll have the wonderful poet, Rosy Carrick sitting for us for week 4 of Drawing Brighton, at the Artist Residence Hotel.

Do reserve yourself a place by clicking here: kateshields.eventbrite.co.uk/

See you there!

This Wednesday, for week 4, our sitter will be the inspiring and beautiful poet, Rosy Carrick. She runs and comperes the regular and popular Brighton poetry evening Hammer & Tongue, as well as performing around the country at various spoken word festivals and events.

To reserve a place to draw Rosy at the Artist Residence Hotel, click here: kateshields.eventbrite.co.uk

In the meantime, you can read more about her poetry and PHD adventures on her website:
www.rosycarrick.co.uk/

Photo by Ashley Clark

A wonderful session last night (and this time, with photos!) with our sitter for week 3: artist, screen printer & My Transsexual Summer contributor, Fox.

Some really great and varied work was produced- here’s some examples:

Thanks to all who came along to draw, and to Fox for sitting for us!

You can follow Fox’s creative work here, and his blog about all things trans here.

Next week’s sitter will be announced very soon…!

TOMORROW: Sitting for week 3 of Drawing Brighton is artist, screen printer and My Transsexual Summer contributor, Raphael Fox Fisher.

Fox recently sat for a portrait as part of my ‘Friends and other animals’ series, and I’m looking forward to drawing him again- do come along and join us at the Artist Residence Hotel, tomorrow from 7.

You can reserve a place by clicking here: kateshields.eventbrite.co.uk

'Drawing Brighton'

DRAWING BRIGHTON- Final week

DRAWING BRIGHTON- Week 5: Billie Rae

DRAWING BRIGHTON- Week 3: Raphael Fox Fisher