Live Art Round Up

After a fair amount of time away from the live art scene, I've found myself getting back into the act of drawing and drinking in a pub for all to see! It’s great to be doing it again and always nice to get positive feedback while working on a piece. I've taken to using pencils and chalks to achieve the finished work as its pretty quick to use. Saves me the hassle of washing out my paint brushes in the gents toilets of a busy bar! Win!

Oct 31st 2012 The Forum, Sheffield

 Nov 30th 2012 The Forum, Sheffield

 Dec 17th 2012 SOYO, Sheffield

Feb 4th 2013 SOYO, Sheffield

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SOYO Live Art 28/02/2011

Photo by Mickelmas Youngus

Nice to get back into the live art, can't believe it was July last year since I'd done it last! Had some really nice comments on this piece, mainly concerned with how much I can get done in the 3 hours. It's great to see a piece through in such a short time, especially when canvas work (often done as part of a set) can take months from inception to exhibition. Great atmosphere at SOYO too, a well deserved winner of Best Bar Night at the recent Exposed Awards.

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Tramlines @ SOYO - Live Art 25/07/2010

Epic day at Tramlines@SOYO on Sunday! This time I was working on a 6ft by 4ft board and had the whole day to work on it. Took me the whole day (about 7hrs) to finish it and by the end I was feeling various aches and pains from kneeling down to work on the lower half. Another successful use of pastels and letting the natural colour of the MDF show through for the skin tones. Great atmosphere working with the other artists as part of Stars In Stripes and a great soundtrack of the bands playing throughout the day.

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SOYO Live Art 12/07/2010

Great night at SOYO last night as quite a few people were showing interest in what I was doing. I think having the previous weeks work (Peter Cushing) on display next to where I was working seems to draw peoples attention. All in all I managed to sell this piece while I was working on it and potentially have another few jobs lined up as well! As my friend pointed out, the biggest surprise of the night was just how many Trek fans are lurking out there! Resistance is futile!

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SOYO Live Art 28/06/2010

When I was first asked to do some live art I was initially worried that my style wouldn't fit the restraints of the event. Time was the largest restraint for me, my canvas work can take me up to two weeks rather than the 3hours allowed by an evening of live art, and this affected my choice of subject matter. The three previous sessions had included generic likenesses in a slight cartoon style because I thought a true realistic likeness would be a bit risky to try and complete in the time. With that said I thought it was time to give it a go and attempt a Star Wars piece featuring the unique features of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin. I was really pleased with how this turned out, just need to push the shading a bit more in the future but it was a successful test that opens the door to other more specific character likenesses at upcoming live art events.

As always, big thanks to Matt @ SOYO
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SOYO Live Art 14/06/2010

Another fun night at SOYO! Finished this piece in about 2 1/2 hours. I really wanted to recapture the bold composition and colour of the first She-Ra live art piece I did a few weeks back so I went with another forward facing female portrait. This weeks inspiration (probably the loosest reference to a movie I've done so far) was Carrie. This was also the first time I'd used some grey tone pastels for some of the shading on the face - its a great quick way of putting down some smooth shade.

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SOYO Live Art 31/05/2010

Another great experience at SOYO working along side Beards! Went for a simpler design than the previous week and it didn't take nearly as long to complete (under 2 hours I think). I think it's lacking the colour of last week to make it really stand out though but its all still learning to see what works under the restraints of the night. Got a few ideas for future work so I best get sketching!

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SOYO Live Art

Fantastic experience last night at SOYO! My first experience with producing a finished piece during one night - I was really pleased with the outcome and it was great to work alongside Beards Illustration. Big thanks to Matt @ Soyo for inviting me to take part. I was inspired by all my planning for the upcoming Child's Play exhibition at The Forum.

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SOYO Live ~ Design Competition!

My entry for the SOYO Live competition to design a poster for their Monday nights. Enjoyed the SIC design so much I wanted to continue the theme here with another skull. Just found out that there will be some online voting to pick the winner via Facebook soon so I'll post a link when its up.

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