session14

Yesterday's quickdraw sketch club was on the subject of The Roaring 20s! Queue the hot jazz music and tap dancing flappers in rah-rah skirts doing the Charleston! Boop boop be doop!

Anna Lindenberger starts us off with a beautifully drawn image taken from two different sources- Marion Cotillard from the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris and some of the men from Peaky Blinders. Greta stuff, Anna!

Julia Xandru dazzles us with some elegant ladies and a moustachioed gentleman in black and white followed by a very colourful piece of more elegant ladies and the same gentleman lurking about looking suspicious! Love the butterflies, Jools!

Our first of two newcomers to the group is Andrea Salzman who is a friend of Anna's originally from Rumania (like Jools) now living in Uzbekistan with her American husband and daughter Vivian. She has given us a very lively flapper in full fling with a great sense of movement! Glad to have you aboard, Andrea!

Annalisa Renee has painted this vibrant image of cows in front of a roaring bonfire! Ah, "roaring!" I get it now!  (apart from the cows!)

Anne Alderson has done a lovely, lively watercolour of two cuties doing The Charleston (or is it the Black Bottom?)

Emily Woolf (who chose this subject) has done this gorgeous rendering of a painting by Tamara de Lempika. She used oil pastels for the first time and found it difficult but the result is stunning! Nice one, Emily!

Off-line from Morocco Somaya Sdour has drawn an image from the film City Lights by Charlie Chaplin. I saw this film at the Bristol Comedy Festival a few years ago in a packed cinema with a live orchestra. We laughed, we cried! A fabulous experience and a lovely drawing. Thanks Somaya!

Talking of films, here are my efforts taken from two famous and very influential silent films of the 20s- Nosferatu (the first ever vampire movie!) and Metropolis with the iconic robot woman! Both great films that have been copied endlessly. Nosferatu is still genuinely creepy!

Sophie Birritta has drawn a wonderful combination of jazz, music, old car, old gramophone and very stylish looking dancers. I can almost hear it! Fab!

Here are two great drawings by our second newcomer to the group- Vivian Salzman who obviously has a natural talent . I want to see more of your work, Vivian! Didn't get much of a chance to chat during the session but you're very good. I hope you enjoyed it and will do more!

The sketch gang! Don't buy a second-hand car from any of this mob!
Andrea has chosen the subject for Sunday which is right up my boulevard- Native Americans!
I hope to see you all then!
Paul
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