PANDORA MUNFORD
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ELLEN KNOWLES
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YU-LING SUNG
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ZUZANA SCOBAKOVA
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HELENA GARCIA HUANG
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KIM WILLSHIRE
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ALEX MOORE (GAA)
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SPARK CHEN
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LOUISE WEIR (TUTOR)
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MARTIN URSELL (TUTOR)
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MIKA CHETVERTNOY
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STEPHANIE SCHWEIGERT
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ROBIN RICHARDSON
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SUSAN LIGHT (DRAWING TUTOR)
Each year the Illustration BA travel to another city to spend several days sketching, exploring and taking in a new environment. This year’s destination Amsterdam; below is just a small sample of the work produced by our students and staff on the trip;
MEGAN WILSON
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YOUSAF HUSSAIN
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MARTIN URSELL (TUTOR)
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JESS MACADAM
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PAULINA KSIAZKIEWICZ
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AMY SCOTT
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JOANA CARVALHO
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ALDOUS EVELEIGH (Drawing Tutor)
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SAUDAH MUKADAM
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ELISSE VAHI
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MARIANNA FERNANDES
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WILSON SO
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NAIMA RAMANAN
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MERT GOKBERK
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VALERIYA KORBINA
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ALEX MOORE (GAA)
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BEN HENDY (GAA)
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Earlier this year Senior Lecturer MARTIN URSELL and Life Drawing tutor ALDOUS EVELEIGH accompanied Middlesex’s Science and Technology faculty on their annual trip to Mauritius. During this the students work with the Durrell Foundation on their pink pigeon conservation program. Through reportage Martin and Aldous (along with fellow sketchbook-er and senior lecturer Peter Thomas) documented the work of the Durrell team in saving the critically endangered animals of Mauritius and further, how they worked with the university’s Natural Sciences students. Below are a small selection from the drawings they brought back- if would like to read about the trip in more detail click this link to Martin, Peter and Aldous’ blog.
To cut to the punchline, this led to my meeting Lee Durrell and being invited by her to attend an award ceremony, and afternoon of discussion at the Natural History Museum,
ALDOUS EVELEIGH (Drawing Tutor)
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MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor | Illustration MA course leader)
Keeping sketchbooks and drawing from observation is a key part of being an illustrator and a practice kept by many of our students, staff and graduates- even when on holiday. Here’s a look at some of what they produced over the summer break;
MATT INGRAM
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SALOME PAPADPOULLOS
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EMMA BLOCK
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ALDOUS EVELEIGH (Drawing Tutor)
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SHAZLEEN KHAN
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BEN HENDY (Graduate Academic Assistant)
Website | Twitter | Blog | Instagram
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ALEX MOORE (Graduate Academic Assistant)
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WIKTORIA RADKIEWICZ
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NICOLE COWAN
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SUMMER DU PLESSIS
Porfolio | Instagram | Twitter | Website
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JAMES OSES
Website | Etsy | Instagram | Twitter |Facebook
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MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor | Illustration MA course leader)
Illustrators and Printmakers of today is the latest exhibition to take place at Margate’s LOVELYS GALLERY. Curated by graduate HANNAH CLARK the show features work by many of Middlesex’s staff and graduates;
MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor)
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HANNAH CLARK
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BEN HENDY (GAA)
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SUMMER DU PLESSIS
Portfolio | Instagram | Twitter | Website
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NICOLE COWAN
Tumblr | Twitter | Instagram | Website
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ALEX FOSTER
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“Showcasing the art that we see everyday in magazines, books and adverts, Lovelys will be displaying a wide variety of local and international illustrators and printmakers; from traditional techniques to the modern art of digital media.”
This week sees the release of ‘Keeping Sketchbooks’, the latest book by 2nd year tutor MARTIN URSELL. Following up on ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN’S BOOKS, this new title features interviews with nineteen different illustrators and artists, offering a detailed look into the often private world of sketchbooks and explores the variety of different ways they can be used.
The book includes pages from the sketchbooks and profiles on a number of Middlesex graduates and staff including;
ALDOUS EVELEIGH (Drawing Tutor)
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ANDREW BAKER (1st year tutor)
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BEN HENDY (Graduate Academic Assistant)
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ALEX MOORE (Graduate Academic Assistant)
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DANIEL HASKETT (print tutor)
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JO WILSON (print technician)
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PAUL BARRITT (animation tutor)
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MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor)
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PETER THOMAS
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JAMES OSES
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PHIL CARTER (professor)
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There are also numerous others included in the book including the likes of renowned illustrator John Vernon Lord who has been working in the field for over 50 years and has illustrated titles including Aesop’s Fables, The Folio Society’s Myths and Legends of the British Isles and The Hunting of the Snark;
JOHN VERNON LORD
The book’s launch coincides with a sold out night of talks at THE HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION where three of the contributors (industry veteran JOHN VERNON LORD, PHIL CARTER of the award winning design and branding agency Carter Wong and hand surgeon DONALD SAMMUT) will go into depth about their unique sketchbook practices. As well as having a chance to buy a signed copy of KEEPING SKETCHBOOKS, limited numbers of ZOOTIME- a collection of Martin’s reportage zoo sketches created especially for the event- will be available with the book.
Learn more about KEEPING SKETCHBOOKS and its contributors in this short video made to accompany the launch;
The DRAWN CHORUS COLLECTIVE are a group of Middlesex Illustration graduates who have been working together on a variety of exhibitions and publications since 2013. Their latest project, EASY AS is a fully illustrated 64 page ABC book featuring illustrations by The Chorus plus a number of guest artists.
Showcasing an eclectic mix of styles the book takes an illustrative romp through the alphabet by way of animals, darkness, zeppelins, mysteries and much, much more.
EILEEN KAI HING KWAN
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NADINE SCHERER
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MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor)
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BEN HENDY (Graduate Academic Assistant)
Website | Twitter | Blog | Instagram
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LEFKI SAVVIDOU
Website | Instagram | Facebook
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ALEX MOORE (Graduate Academic Assistant)
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MICHAEL O’BRIEN
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AMY JOHNSON
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DANIEL DUNCAN
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NICOLE COWAN
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ZANNA ALLEN
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Cover by ALEX MOORE
Easy As is available now from the collective’s ONLINE STORE. Learn more about the book on the Collective’s website and in this video for their Kickstarter campaign which was successfully funded last year;
Find the Drawn Chorus online;
This year the Illustration cohort went to Edinburgh for our annual drawing trip. Although this was a shorter outing than usual, it was certainly one of our most productive! Here’s just some of the sketches produced by students and staff on the course while we were away;
MATT INGRAM
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NICOLE COWAN
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ANNIE ROYAL
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DANIEL HASKETT (print tutor)
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MIA OLSNES TØRRESDAL
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HELEN GREEN
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MARTIN URSELL (2nd year tutor)
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WIKTORIA RADKIEWICZ
JACK SINNOTT
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BEN HENDY (GAA)
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ROBB HICKS
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SHAZLEEN KHAN
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ALDOUS EVELEIGH (drawing tutor)
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KRISTY LEUNG
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ROBYN FORMAN
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SUMMER DU PLESSIS
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ALEX MOORE (GAA)
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MAGDA KACALAK
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CHARLIE JOHNSTON
The Drawn Chorus is a collective of illustrators largely composed of graduates from Middlesex’s Illustration BA. Working together since 2013 the group has organised three large-scale exhibitions; Curiouser and Curiouser, The Greatest Show on Earth and AHOY!. Recently they branched into the world of self-publishing with Tales from the Deep. Featuring a narrative and plot outlines by FRED CAMPBELL, the book is a 100 page graphic novel anthology collecting ten sea stories penned, drawn and paper cut by members of the collective plus guest artists including 2nd year tutor MARTIN URSELL.
Check out the rest of the post for more art from the book!
FRED CAMPBELL
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ABIGAIL MOULDER
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NADINE SHERER
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EILEEN KAI HING KWAN
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FRED CAMPBELL
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MARTIN URSELL
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CATHY KWAN
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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LEFKI SAVVIDOU
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Big Cartel | Twitter
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ZANNA ALLEN
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ALEX MOORE
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DANIEL DUNCAN
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Copies of Tales from the Deep are available from the DRAWN CHORUS SHOP. Reviews for the book can be read on the Forbidden Planet blog, Music City Comics and Down the Tubes.
See more work by the Drawn Chorus Collective on their WEBSITE, FACEBOOK and TWITTER.
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