Session 36- CHARACTERS!

The last one of the Wednesday sessions was on the subject of CHARACTERS! There were only three live sketchers for the hour on Zoom which is one of the reasons that I'm moving the session to Sundays from the 20th September. Anyway, our fun boy (and girls) three had a jolly time drawing characters and the sketchers who couldn't make the live session sent me some fabulous drawings later! So without further YABBA DABBA DOO let's have a look!

Our first live sketcher is Anna Lindenburger from her massive mansion in Uzbekistan and Anna gave us a rather personal character- her old dog from her childhood. Anna says, "His name is Ebik. He is a riesenschnauzer. He was my superhero because he was always protecting me and wanted to drive my sleigh in winter." I presume this was in Siberia where Anna is from. He makes a great character. I love the one of him leaping! Also, Anna did a sketch of a Batman character- Talia al Ghul the daughter of one of Batman's enemies- R'as al Ghul. Lovely!

Our second live sketcher is Annalisa Renee who has chosen herself as a character in this delicate self-portrait along with a rather dodgy looking geezer who seems to have designs on you, Annalisa, judging by that lascivious glance he is sending your way! Unless you fancy the swarthy, whiskery type I suggest you beat a hasty retreat! TAXI!

Next up is the brilliant Julia Xandru who couldn't join us live as she was out with friends (GRRRR- traitor!) but she sent me these lovely sketches later. That's Shrek on the left but she didn't tell me who that is on the right. One of them looks like Kevin Spacey. Am I right, Jools?

From Morocco one of our regular talented twins- Khawla Sdour sent me this beautifully drawn but rather sinister image of Bugs Bunny!
Memories of Ramadan perhaps!

Anne Alderson, who hasn't posted with us for ages, has sent me this delicate drawing which is also very sinister.
It reminds me of that scene in Roman Holiday where Gregory Peck puts his hand into The Mouth of Truth.
Good to have you back, Anne.

I wanted to draw some cartoon characters of my own design so I asked for suggestions and these are what transpired during the hour. I coloured them all up this morning in Photoshop. My favourite is the love-sick rhino!

Then we have a whole bunch of character designs from Vivian Salzman also in Uzbekistan. She's got a natural talent for character design at the tender age of 16. These are great! Well done, Viv!

THE FUN BOY AND GIRLS THREE!
THE NEXT SUBJECT ON SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER WILL BE-
THE 60s!
Have a fab and groovy time until we meet again, gang!
Peace and Love!
Cemmo
xxx

Session 35- CITY LIFE!

Yesterday's quick draw sketch session was on the subject of City Life! Some of our regular scribblers were busy doing other more important (surely not!) things so the live session was reduced to three- me, Alan and Annalisa with a blank screen! But despite this we came up with a fabulous range of images mainly thanks to Alan Bartlett who was on prolific good form and has sent me 7 sketches! So let's have a look at those first-

The first of Alan Bartlett's 7 pictures on city life is Jack the Ripper! I presume this was city life in London in 1888!

Then break dancing in New York!

Sex for sale in the city!

Sex is always for sale in the city!

Roller skating in Paris!

Tango dancing in Buenos Aries!

and finally my favourite- Snow in Venice! Well done, sir!

Next stop on our flying visit to cities of the world is Rome's famous Trevi fountain as drawn at dawn by Annalisa Renee!
Your colours are so gorgeous, Annalisa, that I didn't even think of Anita Edberg once! Well maybe just once!

Next we have our two regular contributors from Morocca- Khawla and Somaya Sdour.

Khawla has drawn a  lovely serene scene from her days in Palma. The cat is looking very relaxed!

The from Somaya a beautifully drawn street scene somewhere in Mallorca. It also looks very tranquil until you spot the black car with frosted windows! It it a kidnapper waiting for the girl? Is it a sinister government agent spying on someone? Or is it just a parked car? Only Somaya knows!

And lastly but finally from me is a bunch of punks from London in the 70s or they could be retro-plunks from today making money from posing with American tourists if there any anymore!
So that's it for this week! Next Wednesday the subject is- CHARACTERS! Then I might change the day to Sunday.

Stay safe! Stay sunny! Stay sexy!
love
Paul
xxx

We have a late entry from sketching regular Julia Xandru who was actually boxing while we were live! She's a girl of many talents including art!