Had a bit of a dip over the weekend and wasn’t feeling great on Monday either but was hugely cheered that evening by my first Zoom drawing club. Five of us “got together”, drew and chatted for about 2 hours. It worked really well and like my physical club sessions it was peer-to-peer sharing rather than a workshop. For so many artists this seems to fill a gap – they don’t need workshops – just time occasionally to work in a shared space before going back to solo time.
Drawing by Rosie James
Otherwise more ink drawings in my Family Stories series and a few gelli plate prints as well as updating the website.
I am also posting on Instagram using the hashtags #covid19artistsathome and have joined Matthew Burrows’s #artistsupportpledgeinitative It’s a simple concept, you post images of your work you are willing to sell for no more than £200 each (not including shipping). Every time you reach £1,000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist’s work for £200. This creates a small but dynamic market where all can contribute whatever their level of success. This is a culture dependanct on the honesty and generosity of our artistic communities at every level. So, make a pledge and post your work with the #artistsupportpledge.
