A very damp, grey day, but our local sketching group had permission to use Swindon's old Town Hall building which now serves as a dance/drama studio. Unfortunately, we weren't able to sketch any of the activities taking place - lots of youngsters milling about coming and going from their various classes within the building. We were restricted to the foyer and the first floor landing, with most of us taking in the architectural and stained glass window details, although one or two took advantage of the framed photos of ballet dancers to try out some figure studies.
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Watercolour, pen and oil crayon on Hahnemuhle grey paper -
I've only hinted at the complexity of the stained glass window |
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| Watercolour marker and oil pastels |
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Marble statue of Charlotte Corday -
by 19th Century sculptor Mich' Ioretti |
This beautiful and unusually posed statue greets you in the entrance hall. I'm afraid my photo is very out of focus, and my brief pencil sketch doesn't do her justice.
During the French Revolution, Charlotte was executed at the age of 25 for the assassination of the Jacobin leader, Jean-Paul Marat. She believed she could save thousands of lives by ridding France of the more radical and violent faction of the Revolution.
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