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Inside the Sketchbook of Xanthe Burdett
Xanthe Burdett is a London-based artist who works primarily as a painter, but her work, which is concerned with nature and the body, also extends to drawing and installation. Here, she shares her sketchbook practice, how she translates her drawings and composition ideas using Renaissance methods, and some of her tricks for approaching a fresh new sketchbook when you find yourself feeling precious about the blank page. Inside the Sketchbook of Xanthe Burdett I usually have a few sketchbooks on the go at once. I’ll use them to scribble something down very roughly as a new idea for a painting arrives. Or do a series of compositional drafts when I’m working things out. I prefer smaller sketchbooks – usually A5 – that can be chucked in a bag and taken into the woods to sketch trees or to museums to draw from tapestries and paintings. I like to move pretty freely within a book, I’ll often return to older pages and layer them with new drawings and ideas. For a few years, I made my own sketchbooks. I do a lot of community facilitation work alongside painting which meant that I had piles and piles of …
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Inside the Sketchbook of Unga from Broken Fingaz
Unga is a London-based mixed media artist, and founding member of Broken Fingaz, who for 20 years have been producing monumental-scale murals, sculpture, painting, installation, and animation. Here, Unga shares how the materials he uses allow for the immediacy of his sketchbook practice, as well as some fascinating insights into his process, and Broken Fingaz’s perspective on collectivism in creativity. Inside the Sketchbook of Unga from Broken Fingaz I like to use small sketchbooks because they fit in my pouch and I take them everywhere. I go through them very quickly, so I don’t like fancy sketchbooks that make you think too much before you start to draw. The cheaper, the better. The only thing is the paper needs to be not completely white – I like it a bit off-white. I try to finish a sketchbook in a week, just drawing quickly and not thinking too much. Usually, in very small sketchbooks, I’ll just draw with a pen. Rotring Tikky Graphic Pens are great because the black looks really black. But, they are easier for my kids to destroy, so lately I moved back to the Pilot V7 or V5, as they have a metal …
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Beware “The Five Poisons”!
As a tribute to this “most wonderful time of the year” artists Lauren YS and Makoto Chi have created twenty-eight works (and a mural) for their new “Five Poisons” exhibition. We’ve interviewed the artists about the work. Click image above to read it, or else.
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Have No Fear, It’s Just a “Mild Apocolypse”: An Interview with Bub
With a mix of dark humor and an impressive skill at creating inviting, yet dangerous worlds, the artist known as Bub has caught our eye. Click above to read our new interview with the artist and his new body of work, before it’s too late.
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