tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86135532353249243292024-03-05T06:52:29.583-08:00Sam's Scribble PadSam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-74837663166025146102015-01-11T13:52:00.004-08:002015-01-11T13:54:06.641-08:00Snickety snick!Hello all! Having had one of our mates teach him the rudiments with a plastic lightsaber, my son has taken to fencing. Whenever we've had a spare Saturday we've taken him down to White Eagles Fencing club in Bristol, which is (without wanting to be too effusive as they may be about to read this!) a really nice club.<br />
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This week I finally got round to taking my sketchbook too. I was quite pleased with the results, enhanced you'll agree by the paisley tablecloth.<br />
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You'll perhaps note that quite a lot of these poses look quite sedate..this is because I've yet to work out a way to draw quick enough to capture what's going on when they really get into it. Ambition for next visit is to work on lunges! </div>
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But then on Sunday that lovely relaxed feeling came upon me, thanks almost entirely to<a href="http://www.thegentlegood.com/" target="_blank"> The Gentle Good </a> and a nice burst of early afternoon sun, and I got a Sunday scribble on. Here be what I did...<span id="goog_1017577191"></span><br />
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So here are the Gentle Good..dammit their music was beautiful, and that combined with the fact I was sat in the Walled Garden on lovely day with my favourite people by my side was kinda heady...I'll confess to nearly blubbing.<br />
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Added to the list of new favourite musicians. And then I saw<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fMkoR-Oenc" target="_blank"> one my all time favourite musicians</a> stood by the front of the stage (least I'm pretty sure). I was so excited I did a crap drawing of him...<br />
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Then I turned around for a quick sketch of festival peeps doing the Sunday afternoon thing. I should just say hats off for the fact that where you'd normally expect a sea of them I hardly saw<i> anyone </i>holding up a phone during any of the gigs I saw. There is hope for us yet...:)<br />
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Then off we went though Einstein's Garden...which, quite aside from the fact that they asked me to work with them was probably my favourite area of the festival - I learnt so much from people who really love what they're talking about. Here's a guy from Dig For Daiphyses, who I spent lots of time talking to ...no wait a minute I could have structured that sentence better couldn't I...</div>
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I can't mention Einstein's Garden without mentioning Poco Drom - they played every day around the same time as I was doing the SketchCrawl and were ace. I will now need some form of hypnotherapy I think though to stop me singing about monkeys living in my shoe .</div>
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Then to Green Man Rising to draw a mystery band - only in that I failed to write down who they were. Let me know if this was you!<br />
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Now the main stage to have my brains blown out by <a href="http://annacalvi.com/" target="_blank">Anna Calvi</a>. Really failed to capture the fury of that performance...bloody amazing. I would imagine quite a few people were suspiciously non-commital when talking about it with their significant others too...</div>
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One final pic, which I actually did first thing on Saturday morning when the little buggers woke me up unnaturally early. I went for a walk around a near deserted festival site with my sprogs - this is them drawing in my daughter's favourite spot under the tree by the pond by the Green Man Rising stage.</div>
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No-one likes a festival bore so I'll stop going on about it except to say thanks to everyone who made that festival happen as it was one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. I hope to be back next year, with a mission to scribble as many bands as I can and colour them in. In the meantime if you were (or weren't) on one of my SketchCrawls I'd love to see what you drew over the weekend - please tweet them to me @samchurch_ink and or @EinsteinsGarden #sketchcrawl</div>
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<span id="goog_1017577190"></span>Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-70924601245625427682014-08-18T16:26:00.001-07:002014-08-18T16:26:52.598-07:00Green Man 14 SketchCrawlThis year I was super chuffed to be invited to lead a 1 hour SketchCrawl (like a pub crawl but with no pubs and drawing instead of beer!) each day at the Green Man Festival...specifically round the fascinating and beautiful area of Einstein's Garden. It would have been churlish to say no. <br />
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Hats firmly off to everyone who joined me, to the Einstein's Garden team , well, to Green Man as a whole. You're all lovely, and I had one of the best weekends I can remember - thank you!<br />
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<br />Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-77089224608134526472014-07-14T04:43:00.000-07:002014-07-15T16:27:41.975-07:00Edinburgh SketchCrawl/PubCrawl!Sat 12th of July was the 44th WorldWide SketchCrawl - you can find out a bit more about them <a href="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/sketchawhat/" target="_blank">here</a> ...and I was raring to go. <br />
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Unfortunately (well it's all relative..) I wasn't in Bristol to join any likeminded folks...rather I was in Edinburgh punishing my liver with some very good friends on a stag weekend.</div>
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As you can perhaps imagine, much as I would have loved to sketch all day in this amazing city, I felt that a stag weekend was neither the time or the place. So what I DID do as a compromise was get up early whilst my friends were asleep (and I should have been) and get a sneaky sketch in around the nearby streets. I'll apologise now for the quality of the drawings and the lack of bagpipers in them (they made me want to hide in a bin!!)<br />
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Both days things got off to a slow start after the night before. I plonked myself in a cafe in the hopes that tea would make me feel human again... In truth the <i>very first</i> drawing I did was a moody self portrait; the cafe had mirrored walls so that I could see myself minging into infinity. I was later forced to eat this picture to save it falling into the clutches of the enemy...</div>
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Also had some strange songs on the brain. On Sunday I woke up rather alarmingly to 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' by Phil Collins, which had segued into 'Superfreakin' by Rick James come about 8.15. Coinciding with this found lots of these Sphynxes lining the roofs around St Giles' Cathedral. I am not sure quite what the thinking behind big boobed lady-lions is...<br />
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I've gobbed off about<a href="http://uk.movember.com/"> Movember </a>very recently, but I'll do it again...last year they raised (if memory serves) £92 million worldwide to raise awareness and fund research into Prostate and Testicular Cancer, and are now focussing their attentions on mental health as well...can't be bad. So I was proud to boot on down to London (along with regular partner in crime Lauren Tobia) to be one for the artists doing live Gallery of Mo portraits for their launch night. <br />
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Before I go on, I have to confess to robbing many of these photos from <a href="http://on.fb.me/19kVRK4" target="_blank">GAllery of Mo's facebook page - check them all HERE! </a> The rest come from <a href="http://www.laurentobia.com/blog.html" target="_blank">Lauren Tobia - click here!</a> YOU CAN GET A MOTRAIT DONE OR OFFER YOUR ARTISTIC SERVICES HERE: <a href="http://www.galleryofmo.co.uk/">http://www.galleryofmo.co.uk/</a><br />
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So back to it - There were a lot of VERY talented artists working peddle to the metal, but still (and quite rightly!) the queues were mahoosive. So armed with pocket sketchbooks me and Lauren decided to entertain the waiting punters with speedy be-tached mug shots. As you can see I also entertained them by looking like Bez with a sketchbook.<br />
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The Gallery of Mo crew did an ace job of running it all in the face of big crowds and deafening metal (thanks to house band Obey). <br />
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I have slight unfinished business, in that I didn't get to do any 'big' pics. Bring on November 30th then - Bristol's Movember Gala night!<br />
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-25168623201199615562013-08-28T05:09:00.000-07:002013-08-28T05:09:31.498-07:00Wild Place...Picked this up today at the zoo so am having fun colouring...<br />
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...you will notice a slght Smurfette motif, but actually I had more of a 'Boy from Mars' (mildly disturbing series included on kids educational program 'Words and Pictures' in early 80s) theme in mind.<br />
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It also really reminded me I should tell you about the stuff I did for <a href="http://www.wildplace.org.uk/">Wild Place Project</a>, which is Bristol Zoo's new (only opened in July) conservation park..it's not every day you get asked to design mascots for a major tourist attraction! You can see my handywork all over their website and leaflet (and colouring sheets), but more importantly...<br />
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-66912783195725830252013-08-24T04:33:00.000-07:002013-08-24T04:33:08.220-07:00Movember is nearly upon us.....well sort of... this year has been ranting by! Got my email invite to join in the Gallery of Mo fun this year, and will definitely be getting involved (they mentioned live events too which is intriguing...). You should too! <br />
<a href="http://artists.galleryofmo.co.uk/">Here's a link to their site explaining how it works</a>, although here're a few examples of my stuff from last year making it fairly self explanitory!!<br />
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-22814164962262043282013-08-20T04:33:00.000-07:002013-08-20T04:33:26.024-07:00Your miserable and most unworthy scribe goes to Durham!What a day I had yesterday!! I was very honoured to be asked up to the Palace Green Library in Durham to do a workshop as part of their<a href="http://www.lindisfarnegospels.com/lindisfarne-gospels-durham-exhibition"> Lindisfarne Gospels</a> exhibition (which is <i>amazing</i> by the way, as is its region wide programme of events - well worth checking out!).<br />
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When I arrived in Durham it was clear that this exhibition is a very big deal - there are signs and banners for it everywhere, and the town, which I'm getting to know and love more with each visit, has a really nice buzz about it.<br />
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Anyway, here's what I did - a live drawn Lindisfarne Gospels timeline, taking you through the background of why it was made, who made it and how, and the ripping yarn of how it came to settle in Durham for hundreds of years...<br />
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Now, I say 'here's what I did'...but it should read 'here's what we did'. The whole point of it was that large parts of it would be filled in by kids, parents, grandparents (and exhibition staff!) who popped in, and they really didn't let me down!<br />
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I also brought quill pens, reed pens and silverpoint for kids to try out, but as you can imagine didn't have much time for photogramaphising, so you'll have to imagine the chaos that entailed.<br />
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Oooh and another thing - I got a brief ten minutes to look around the exhibition itself, and I'll say again, it is absolutely fantastic. I got the history bug doing the 'Discover The Lindisfarne Gospels' book, and I learnt so much more in just a few minutes wandering round. I saw the big book itself which was amazing, but my fave bit was seeing St Cuthbert's pocket bible, which was taken from his coffin when he was exhumed and (I think!) is the oldest book in England (Europe? The world? Calling all experts!!) to have survived with it's original leather binding intact....kinda lovely. Click here for some more <a href="http://www.lindisfarnegospels.com/must-see-objects-0#">'must see's</a> . A top exhibition, staffed by people who love the subject, which has some kind of intrigue at most turns...I thoroughly recommend it.<br />
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<br />Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-32893772250719101532013-07-01T06:08:00.000-07:002013-07-01T06:08:59.627-07:00Wot I did this Spring...Ohmygoshkit's July and I haven't blogged anything for a ages (as some of my mates have politely pointed out!). So where have I been? Well I've been working innit, and over the next few days I'll fill you in on what I've been doing.<br />
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First up, today is the launch of the very exciting <a href="http://lindisfarnegospels.com/lindisfarne-gospels-durham-exhibition">Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition</a>, whereby for 3 months this beautiful Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscript returns (on loan from the lovely folks at the British Library) to its one time home in Durham. It isn't understating things to say that this is one of the most beautiful and important books in this country's history, so I was very honoured when I was asked by Durham University to co-write and illustrate a kids book about it.<br />
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I'll be going up to Durham at some point in August to do some live drawing (not to be confused with life drawing!) and workshops - I can't wait! I thoroughly recommend a trip to Durham, as this exhibition will be fascinating...but also because I love the place. <br />
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-42707021005866753752013-02-06T13:58:00.005-08:002013-02-06T13:58:59.430-08:00Website Website Website!Erm yeah...hi guys...I've got a website! Go check <a href="http://www.samchurchillustration.com/">www.samchurchillustration.com</a> - it does exactly what it says on the tin. In the meantime here a photo; a pencil that makes me chuckle....<br />
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-91282689983821276972013-01-21T02:23:00.000-08:002013-01-21T02:23:21.729-08:00Brillustration take Marksbury Road!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On Saturday morning a crack squad of <a href="http://brillustrationbristol.blogspot.co.uk/">Brillustrators</a> turned up at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bristol.gov.uk/LibraryViewer?XSL=library&LibraryId=27">Marksbury Road Library</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to set up our 'Brillustration Saturday Scribble'..but conditions was icy, so it was anyones guess as to whether anyone would come. </span><br />
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Found this whilst clearing up my desktop... jiggered if I can remember what I did it for, but I kinda like it. If you squint it could be Santa getting toys ready (big complaints from my kids if a model ship's heading their way!), but works equally well as a representation of my psyche!Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-53266128876638158682012-11-22T05:20:00.000-08:002012-11-21T05:22:33.948-08:00The wizard....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And another one. I would like to look like this when I grow up.</div>
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Another dedication, this time for the younger, girlier demographic...I'm afraid I tried drawing cute and princessy but it wasn't quite me....</div>
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Another picture for the lovely people at Ashton Gate School library!</div>
<br />Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-7298310509418158932012-11-18T05:53:00.000-08:002012-11-18T05:53:12.783-08:00Movember field report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A quick field sketch of a guy who walked past me in the bar earlier - rocking a quality mo, but he didn't seem to have quite settled into it yet and was looking slightly defensive. Not that I am one to talk - I alas am prevented from growing a full on mo by a rare genetic condition that causes my moustache to grow ginger whilst the rest of my hair is dull brown...makes me look like an 80 a day roll-up smoker, and stops my other half from talking to me.Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-82026302693272590142012-11-16T15:49:00.000-08:002012-11-20T02:02:23.849-08:00This week oi av been drawing mostly....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...little monochrome pictures for dedication pages for library books at my kids' school. I'll post more through next week..Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-70421404109519567902012-10-14T15:20:00.001-07:002012-10-14T15:20:57.424-07:00Gallery of MoJust for a giggle, and to raise money for cheridee, I have signed up to be an artist on the<a href="http://www.galleryofmo.co.uk/"> Gallery of Mo </a>website. It's very simple - you donate some money and I (or one of the many other talented peeps involved...including the ever glamorous Dave Smith and Lauren Tobia) draw you with a rather charming tash. Ah ye will...<div>
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Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-89597627719111957652012-09-17T02:14:00.003-07:002012-09-17T02:14:59.301-07:00Brillustration do Waterstones in Bristol<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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..In the meantime I thoroughly recommend popping over to see more detailed pics of the whole thing on the <a href="http://brillustrationbristol.blogspot.co.uk/">Brillustration</a> blog<br />
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Big thanks to all at Waterstones Bristol for bravely giving us free reign, and to the Brillustrators for being ace..especially the ones who (hem hem) whose photos of the day I've perloined..... MWOOHAHAAAH!<br />
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I quite like this one, although if anything it's a bit wishy washy - loyal readers'll know I kinda like the spontaneousdrawquicklywithapenandforgodssakedontthinkaboutit approach, but on this occasion well...I didn't have the minerals.</div>
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... and been informed that I will shortly be receiving copies of a book about (hem hem) plop that I did the cover for some time back for the nice folks at A&C Black....<br />
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To round it off I have just completed a surreal Department Store scene (aren't all Dept Store scenes surreal..just slightly?) for an American kids' magazine - more when it's published, but rest assured there will be bears...<br />
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And finally apologies to all those waiting for their latest slice of pen nerdery. I have all the ingredients in place for my ink making jaunt, except perhaps all the oak galls. They are in my local oak tree in abundance, but I was having pangs of guilt about boiling them up before the tenants had left..wasps that is, I don't have lodgers... There will be an update soon!<br />
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<br />Sam Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17909856444606339864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613553235324924329.post-63590720770210914792012-06-30T01:54:00.002-07:002012-06-30T01:54:55.510-07:00Idling...Yesterday I decided to take a day off. <br />
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Due to recent storms there are still a lot of branches lying about. By far the most interesting at a glance is a huge branch from a willow tree, which twists and curls like smoke - I've been meaning to draw it for ages. Not sure this is a spectator sport, but what the hey - I thoroughly enjoyed myself doing these!</div>
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My local park has some lovely trees in it, so I plan to do some more sketching there, although the next chance I get I may have to do some work overcoming my greatest artistic bete noire - the horse.</div>
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