On Tuesday 8 April we will visit the Victoria and Albert Museum, and more particularly, the Cast Courts. These are filled with wonderful and accurate plaster casts of gorgeous historic sculptures and fragments (large, in some cases) of carved architecture. The red Cast Court has a nice combination of dark statuary against light sculpture, and the pinky red walls are very pleasing. There are a number of large parts of carvings from European cathedrals, and one would never get so close up with the real thing. The Green Cast Court has smaller items, including Michelangelo’s David (who is not small). There are many opportunities for artists to practise their nudes and the models will not move. The Cast Courts are relatively unvisited, so do provide a peaceful drawing opportunity. Many of the exhibits may not be known to everyone, and it is a fabulous experience to sit so close to very beautiful sculpture work. More details here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/cast-collection?srsltid=AfmBOooRDPaJnxScIT6XjwzMHVzkEr2xkoLxN2ZKwfIC0JfnAqG5uGsj
The V and A only permit dry materials to be used. Crayons, charcoal, conte (sanguine is nice), dry pens, markers, there are a lot of possibilities. You may want to bring pre-prepared paper, or coloured paper. Stools are available, but need to be looked for and then hung onto, as there is much demand for them.
Meet at 11am actually in the red Cast Court. The nearest underground is South Kensington, Piccadilly and District and Circle lines.
Meanwhile the market manager for Brixton Village has asked that we allow them to share our images on their social media. If you don't want your picture included please let me (janetat48ock@hotmail.com) know by next Sunday 6th April, otherwise we will respond positively to Brixton Village. How nice that they liked the images.
