Ilga Leimanis
On We Go...London
In June 2007, I began a collaborative drawing and painting project with Amsterdam-based artist Doreen Wittenbols. This project is loosely based on Phyllis Pearsall, the artist and business woman who single-handedly mapped out London and published the first "A-Z Atlas and Guide to London and Suburbs" in 1936. Pearsall encountered difficulty finding the addresses of her clients for portrait commissions, and decided to solve the problem herself, using her commissions' income to fund the map making.
After spending an initial week together with Doreen in London, sketching in Dulwich Park and Battersea Park, this long-term project has inspired us to start informal drawing groups in our respective cities with some of our students, friends and acquaintances.
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Dates and locations:
17 June 2008
Queen Mary's Gardens, The Regentıs Park.
8 May 2008
In the heart
of the City, Leadenhall Market's Victorian arcades, cobbled walkways and glass roof are perfect
for practicing perspective and measuring techniques or zooming in on architectural details.
20 April 2008
The Silver
galleries set the V&A Museum's breathtaking silver collections in their artistic, social, historical and
geographical context.
29 March 2008
The first
Amsterdam drawing group date in beautiful Vondel Park.
13 January 2008
The Architecture
gallery at the V&A Museum. "Featuring highlights from the world-class collections of drawings, models,
photographs and architectural fragments of the V&A and the RIBA."
7 December 2007
Louise Bourgeois' Spider
outside the Tate Modern; sketching from the top floors and galleries.
15 November 2007
British Museum in the Nereid Monument room.
19 October 2007
The first London group
date was outside the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, moving to the
Victoria & Albert Museum when it got dark and cold.
13 and 15 June 2007
Beautiful
Battersea Park.
11 June 2007
First day
out with Doreen in Dulwich Park and a visit to Phyllis Pearsall's house.