Sketch back Sunday 2nd one

 Its sketch back Sunday. Every Sunday I will be posting sketches I drew in my past. There is a lot of them. My Art school days started at 16 years old in the mid 1980's and since then I always carried a sketch book. In the photo here is artist Nicola Lane she had come over from Dublin to Norwich to visit me. We were at secondary school together in Dublin. I have a lot of writing I also found while recently tidying up my studio with the sketches and that was the started of Sketch back Sunday. I am posting them on facebook too. Drawn in pencil on paper in 1987. I sent the picture via email to Nicola Lane who I have recently got back in contact with and she said she remembers the shoes I had drawn and she bought them in London when she was over then and I had drawn them perfectly. The picture has had a battering as my art has moved around peoples sheds while I was away at college and abroad for a few decades.

This is a photo of Alexandra Dansak a musician and biker. He had found me a house to rent with my college friend Holly Lerski on Adelaide street in Norwich. This is Alex playing the electric guitar round at that house. Done in Pen and paper in 1987. Even Back then I was not into the painting still life's exclusively for the rich and more into drawing of life itself for everyone as an inclusive thing.

A pen drawing of Mousehold heath in Norwich which was the first time I had made an effort to concertedly go out and draw for drawings sake. Drawn in 1989

The same view in crayon it was mesmerising seeing so much and not knowing where to start. I just drew what jumped out at me.

Drum for justice posters!

You can pick up posters for Norwich Rising, Drum for Justice at Feet on the Ground, next to Head in the Clouds in Pottergate, Norwich. 

Feet on the ground have an amazing range of masks, pick out and buy one that would be perfect to wear to Drum for Justice on the 14th February. 

Drum for Justice poster kindly printed by County hall, Norwich.

Feet on the ground shop on Pottergate sells marvellous masks and shoes.

Norwich Pride 2013 Part 2

This year large groups of people made a real effort to dress up.

Women picnicking and enjoying Pride.

Rainbow faces and t-shirt

Trade Union banner

Free hugs 

The giant flag from Exeter going starting to walk through the park.

Dean Simmons from the Pride team.

Police protecting the crowd.

Lady in white representing the new same sex marriage law changes in the UK.

The Town crier and Michele Savage.

People listening to the speakers.

Rain bow ties 

Happy people

People listening to music on the band stand

Rainbow fairy

Simon and the Unions.

Vicars and bears.

Rainbow girl on skates

Unions and anti-racists

Glitter tattoos

Picnics party

Rainbow hats and umbrellas

Umbrellas'

People having fun

Norwich Pride 2013 Part 1

Pride without Prejudice at St. Margaret's church of art. Vince Laws made some work about the new Russian anti gay laws.

The exhibition was on for two weeks and was open to any artists to exhibit their work.

Norwich castle flying the flag. 

Chapelfield gardens the picnic before the parade

1000's of people turned up to be in the parade. They recon it could have been 5000 people but I thought there could have been more then that figure.

Everyone was looking very colourful

People hung out with there close friends and made new ones

 Socialist worker were there and Unions and all the groups that support LGBT community.

 Norwich Pride welcomed the multi-cultural side of Norwich especially ginger Japanese girls.

The crowd all listened to the Signer on stage that signed all the speakers from Mayors to musicians

Everyone was there that supported the LGBT community including there families and friends, workmates, bosses and businesses.

The police were also present and they are very strong about anyone being abusing in the LGBT community by members of the public. Abuse can be reported to the police and the person will be prosecuted. Everyone was on good behaviour on the day and having lots of fun

Rainbow flags were adorned by people in the parade

Some people wore there normal clothes in the parade.

The mobile library was there supporting pride.

Rainbow feather bowers were worn. Parrots wondered where there feathers had gone.

The parade started in the park amongst the trees.

The parade starts moving.

The Mayor and Sheriff hide out at the band stand.

Musicians played

Stalls

  

Norwich pride stall

Pride live mobile trolley

Everyone starts to carry the giant rainbow flag. 

Poppy in her dress.

Young ones joined the parade.

All lined up and ready to go

The little flag, flag hat, flag dress and giant flag.

Pink lady and bicycle.

Puppets.

Stuard's helping the parade go the right way.

Fairies

People waving from the flats above.

Stuard's in pink fluro jackets