It was a particularly dreary grey and wet day when nine sketchers made their way to Alexandra Palace, to the East Court which has been renovated fairly recently, to include a kind of giant mosaic floor. This end of Ally Pally leads into the Skating Rink, and staff kindly allowed us to go in and sketch the skaters at no charge. This proved an irresistible attraction, but also the most monumental challenge for us all as we don't very often draw people in motion, and it was very difficult to catch the rapid and circular movements of some very beautiful skaters. Also it was cold around the ice rink! Some of us preferred to concentrate on more static individuals, including in collage. One person created her skaters in absentia. A good experience, nevertheless, and we have discovered that spectators can go into the ice arena upon payment of £2, so artists could go back and work at their speed drawing again. The discussion at lunch revealed various other venues where we could draw moving figures, so we will be pursuing this challenge again.
It was a great relief to move on to sketch the East Hall, which stayed still, and some people found other subjects of interest in the Hall - the cafe, and one of the vintage cameras on display.
Enjoy our images!
As we had no December sketching day, we are going to have a second January outing, and this will be on Tuesday January 31st, when we will visit the Wallace Collection. Details to follow, but please put the date in your diary.
Sculptural Image above by Gill Steiner
Two images above by Sue Lees
Five images above by Alison Sandifer
Image above by Tricia Sharpe
Image above by Tricia Sharpe
Image above by Peter Hassell
Image above by Sue Lees
Image of a BBC TV Camera c 1970 by Peter Hassell
Image above by Sara Meidan
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