Hooting Miss Owl: REVIEW: Jake Spicer's Drawing Circus

On Tuesday night I attended Jake Spicer's Drawing Circus, a monthly life drawing class at The Old Market Place. This isn't your normal class where you have a nude model in the centre of the room, but per-planned tableaux and costumed models, creatively put together to bring a wonderfully inspirational night for creatives of Brighton.

Our theme for the night was Old Orleans. We had 3 sets and 5 models narrating the myths, legends and folk tales of this mystical city and the collaborative organiser of the evening, Suki Price, thought out each pose for the models well, along with a themed playlist consisting of Hot 8 Brass Band and Louis Armstrong. Perfect drawing music!

It was an intense evening containing lots of 3min and 15min poses with 3 intervals in between, giving you plenty of chances for drinks at the bar. There was a good mixture of attendees, everyone from the young to the old, from beginners to the experienced. This is not a taught class but somewhere people can come together and simply make some marks on paper with their chosen weapon, may it be pencil, charcoal or inks. The £5 price tag is an extremely good price for what you get and I will certainly be returning. I've always wanted to be good at fashion illustration and life drawing certainly gives you good practice in drawing the human form.

If you want to find out more information about the Drawing Circus please check out their website for their class timetable. There's also weekly taught classes at Jake Spicer's studio at New England House and their Facebook page is very good at keeping you informed on up and coming events. So instead of just going down to your local boozer, head down to TOM bar and pick up a pencil and see what kind of marks you can make. It's incredibly satisfying.

See you there!

AKA Hooting Miss Owl