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November 2011 - It's finished! After two months of blood, sweat and sketching, my drawing of
The Natural History Museum London is complete.
I'm very pleased with how it's come out and that I've managed to squeeze in so many details without losing the scale of the building.
The central theme for the drawing is the varied flora and fauna of the museum, with allusions to terrible monsters lurking out of sight in the basement store rooms and passageways.
As with my other drawings, I've included stories from the news of the past few months, with crashed satellites, protest camps and wayward asteroids.
I am hoping that the picture will make it into an exhibition next year, so watch this space! In the meantime you can see it
here
and, of course, enquiries from buyers are always more than welcome – you can contact me at
david@davidfletcherart.co.uk or via twitter @cgfletch1.
October 2011 - It's begun! I'm about an eighth of the way through drawing the Natural History Museum. I've gathered
lots of reference photos from every nook and cranny of the NHM, I've grilled the Museum guides for info on what lies beneath and I'm reading
China Mieville's "Kraken". I even managed to sneak into an unlit side passage off the main hall to get some photos of the backstage areas
of the museum.
The picture is going to contain giant squid and other unimagineable horrors escaping from the bowels of the basement.
If anyone has suggestions for scenes to include in the drawing, then please contact me. Ideas are more than welcome!
In other news I recently met up with Stephen Walter after finding out he has been commissioned by Transport For London to draw a
large map of underground London. He was kind enough to give me an early preview of the drawing and, despite the monumental task he has
set himself, it's looking incredible.
June 2011 - The Summer Exhibition is now open! I attended the non member's vanishing day and strolled up Piccadilly to the sound of steel drums.
Given that my drawing is about the destruction of two well known-London cathedrals, I found the traditional church service a little strange but it was fun being involved in all the history of the event.
Afterwards, we enjoyed drinks and a preview of the exhibition where everyone scampered off to find their artwork.
I've been back twice since then and each time I spot something new that I wouldn't mind owning myself. As always, my favourite room is the architecture room as I love the amount of attention and detail that's put into the models.
Soon (with any luck) the renovation of my house will be near enough complete, so I can get back to my drawing board and start a new drawing.
May 2011 - I'm very excited that my drawing "St Pauls v Westminster Cathedral" has been selected for this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
A link to the RA website is below.
The exhibition is on from 7th June to 15th August.
More of my drawings of London can be seen here.
April 2011 - I'm currently planning locations and ideas for my next drawing. I have a secret list of landmarks I'd like to use but next up is likely to be the Natural History Museum, London.
As I'd love to gather some reference photographs of their basement and behind the scenes areas I've contacted their Customer Service department but so far they've only replied that it would be a security risk.
If anyone has any further ideas for how I could gain permission to visit the unseen parts of this fantastic building then please let me know.
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Pickled nasties at the Natural History Museum, London.
Vanishing Day and the Small Weston Room.
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