Edward Picot’s blog (incorporating Dr Hairy)

Part of the Sense of Place exhibition at St Dunstan’s Church in Cranbrook until 6th September.

2026-08-15 Life Drawing at the Hastings Contemporary Gallery

Tutor Alice Hesketh, model Judith (who had a bad back, so all the poses were short).

Edited by Nicholas Royle, published by Salt Publishing.

A brief review of Alison Espach’s 2024 best seller.

Tutor Alice Hesketh, model Chris.

A review of Carson McCullers’s first novel, first published in 1940 and written when she was only 23.

Tutor Lance Richardson, model Kim Frezel. Lance was getting us to draw negative space at first – so the spaces round the outside of the figure rather than the figure itself – then to distort and stretch the negative space; and then to draw in some squares and oblongs and use them as the negative spaces, so that the figure had to be fitted round the outside of them. And then a “normal” life drawing to finish with.

Review of the Eisner nominated book by Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk, published by Abram ComicArts.

Tutor Laura Ribbons, model Peter.

Comic book review: A Garden of Spheres, a fantasy graphic novel by Linnea Sterte, published by Peow2.