Drawing Circus Photo-set: The Phoenix Studio 2018 (Patreon)

Our first event at the  Phoneix studio in the summer of 2018 was a risk, as all outdoor drawing events are. We discovered in the intermittent showers of our 2010 Midsummer Nights Dream drawing event that no matter how tenacious the models remain in the face of inclement weather, paper does not hold up so well. 

The weekend began with a sunny first day; the  Janet Mayer of J'Adore La Vie/Drawing Cabaret Couture fame stood in for Naomi on aerial hoop as well played out a version of the Rise and Fall of the Drawing Circus across the meadow and marquees surrounding the main studio building. As Esme posed as a deer in the long grass, ominous storm clouds loomed and we were pushed indoors for a lively finale that had all of the bustle of a circus tent. As a nostalgic note, the theatre sign used in the background of this main photograph was originally painted for the music video of Jennifer Left's Diggory - a fact I'd forgotten before writing the introduction these photos. 

All pictures by Mary Martin. 

Jake 

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