"In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt." ~ Pablo Picasso
22 August 2015
At the beginning of August I put together an interactive art forest for WWF at Camp Bestival music festival in Dorset.
Workshops included, mural painting on the teem of "Why we love forests", animal mask painting, decoupage a frame for the mural, letter writing to your MP, and more!
At 20meters, the site was almost too long to capture in a photo!
The animated fire pit kept everyone warm.
The interactive mural was a big hit and the result can be seen at WWF HQ. Deadly 60 TV star Steve Backshall contributed to it with his trademark skull and a signature.
Last Saturday in St Agnes was The Sundowner. An annual summer village gathering to raise money for Cancer Research with a bar, a buffet, activities and a huge charity auction.
This year they asked me to come along with some paints and capture the atmosphere of the event on canvas and then include the painting in the auction at the end of the evening.
I used a mixture of spray paint, acrylic and watercolour to create a scene of the vibrant evening and painted and chatted with everybody who was interested in what I was doing.
I have been experimenting with this mixture of media lately and it is very challenging but the results can be satisfying, at times.
The painting went up for auction almost before the paint had dried and raised a very respectable £360. Which was a relief after a bottle of Sloe Gin, famously the star of the show, had just sold for £160!
Thanks to Jill Vasey and the other organisers for giving me such a great challenge, way out of my comfort zone, and a massive thanks to the couple who bought the painting as a gift for their friend.
If you're in Scotland over the next few days, get to Falkirk and check out A Scotchman Comes Home, an exhibition dedicated to the homecoming journey of Scottish-born environmental legend John Muir at the Meadowbank Library, Polmont on Fri 3rd, Sat 4th, Mon 6th, Tues 7th July at 10:00am.
A few weeks ago Unrivalled Legacy were having a stand at the BodyPower Expo at Birmingham NEC Centre.
Unrivalled Legacy is a great fitness and bodybuilding label based right here in St Agnes, Cornwall.
To stand out agahey got me in to paint the stand with strong lines and powerful
Big lad inne!
Strong lines and images associated with power.
The lightning bolt is a great symbol of energy.
Create Your Own Legacy! and Be Unrivalled are the companies tag lines.
The Unrivalled Legacy team at the stall in Birmingham.
Smallworld May 2015
This awesome conscientious wind and solar powered festival takes place in Kent twice a year, in May and August. It is put together by the people who bring the Smallworld Solar Stage to larger festivals like Glastonbury, Buddhafield, and Secret Garden Party.
This May at Smallworld I did some spray paint art workshops and painted a few other things (if they stayed still long enough).
I completed this sketch on top of the Space Needle tower and included it in their interactive wall of images. The word "Seattle" and the Space Needle tower are hidden in the sketch:
At the beginning of August I put together an interactive art forest for WWF at Camp Bestival music festival in Dorset.
