Exposition of Cabaret, Vintage fashion and Burlesque! One day event in Bath.

Even though I really didn't have time, I popped in to an amazing event that is held once a year in my town Bath. Namely the 'Exposition of Cabaret, Vintage fashion and Burlesque!' in the glorious Spiegeltent.

I did some quick watercolour and pencil doodles while I was there, all of them from a great distance, so I couldn't really see the faces, but hey~ All in good fun.









Here's a photo of my headdress for the event.



And a more full body one.



And here's a terrible sketch of the photobooth :P

Reason for silence: I'm off to Sweden tomorrow!

But before I go, here are some silhouettes:







And here's a doodle of El in Giraffe yesterday:



Will be updating from Sweden, but not sure how good quality the scans will be. We'll see!

Kylie and Andy's BBQ party!

You know you've been at a good party when there was an 80 year old orchestra violinist playing improv by the BBQ.

Here are some sketches I did that night:

George Bayntun: Third visit combined with scans of all visits.

Here are some better scans of all drawings and paintings from the bookbinders:

George Bayntun: Second visit.

Did pretty much only painting on location this time, mapping out process in the sewing room and the bindery. Will write on these images later to actually explain the different stages :P

The scanner was very brutal with these images. I'll try to scan them properly a bit later when the text has been added.


This is the process in the bindery. From trimming, to book-covers.


Here's the process in the sewing room. The books go between the sewing room and the bindery through this process, so I really should've done a painting of one single book going through the entire workshop, but hey! I didn't. Might be something for the future :P


Just a quick doodle of the sewing threads.

George Bayntun: First visit.

I feel really lucky to have been granted access to one of the last family owned bookbinding workshop in the UK, namely George Bayntun!

Here are some of my sketches from my first day in the bindery:













I will be returning on Thursday for some more drawing and painting, so Skal may have to be put aside this week.

Dogs from the shelter: Chess, the three legged collie.

This is the adorable collie Chess who came to Bath Cats and Dogs Home after her owners couldn't afford the vet-bills.
She was involved in a car accident and had to have one of her hind legs amputated.
Chess is available for adoption, so for more info, Click here!

On site quick sketching: Bath Cats and Dogs Home.

Here are some sketches from the dog shelter. As you'll notice by the quality, they're not particularly brilliant, but having a dog sit still for you to sketch it is... easier said than done :P

I did get some treats to feed them from one of the carers (thank you!).


Amy the husky cross (I think). Very docile and quiet in her kennel. Only managed to get her nose before she moved to the back of her room.


Hah :D Rory the terrier sitting outside on a tyre.


Jimmy the staffie was actually the dog who sat still the longest for me. What a sweetie!
And below him are the ears of Luther.


Oops. This one was done later, not at site. But anyway, it's Sandy (Sandie?). She was so playful!


Oh, and this is... A bunny. As you can see. :P


A badly sketched Shadow. She moved so much :D

Dogs from the shelter!

Just warming up my sketching-hand by drawing some of the dogs from the shelter (referenced from photos):