The Drawing Circus

I just found this in a magazine I bought last week and wanted to show you where I had gotten my influences for my life drawing experience.

The Drawing Circus: The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Drawing Circus and Magpie Magazine present an evening of live music and life drawing with performances from Mary Hampton, Collectress and Julie Fossaert.

Step into a surreal garden, pick up a pencil and draw enchanted scenes of human figures transforming into plants and birds. Be immersed in a symbolic dream world and lulled by enticingly sweet sounds.

Mary Hampton: “Her bizarre flights of fancy are the dreams of children”
Collectress: “Possessed Bronte Sisters teasing an unsuspecting dinner party”
Julie Fossaert: “French folkstress forming sounds from the cosmic belly”

 
Somehow their work has made me aware that the human figure can be represented in many ways and by the look of their work it reminds me of being pulled into a scene of Shakespeare's Midsummers Nights Dream. The way they present the women in their work its like they are trying to show a charade of actions of what's happening in the picture. You can see this by also looking at the background features that are shown behind the figures, in hope that they can overwhelm the audience into having an open mind and see what the piece can bring out of the person.These artists illustrated expression and literature of Romanticism into their life drawing work and  shown points of view that immersed themselves in both of 'a night of unparalleled creative wonderment' as they put it. The event is part of The Big Draw and also aims to raise awareness for the publication of a new anthology celebrating the work of contemporary women artists published by Magpie Magazine.