LIVE DRAWING


ADDING VALUE AND INTEREST TO EVENTS

CONFERENCES - MEETINGS - PUBLIC APPEARANCES
PERFORMANCES - REHEARSALS - SPEECHES - PARTIES

"What a delight ... to have Ian Long’s witty, original and artistic drawings on our website, complementing our author biographies and blogs."

Rosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network

Your event is a one-off, unique and unrepeatable.

It deserves distinctive and original mementos which enhance its individuality and provide vivid memories of the guests, venue and activities.

Live drawing can provide them.

Live drawing is a great way to add value to an occasion, making it memorable, heightening its profile and lengthening its impact. Since I work very quickly, I can create numerous images of any given event.

Not only does an artist's presence add interest to an occasion, the artworks that I can create at events have many further uses:

  • On websites and blogs
  • As mementos for attendees in the form of fine art prints
  • As a way of marketing subsequent events via posters, brochures and leaflets
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JOHN HEALY - the GRASS ARENA author reading his work at HOUSMANS BOOKSHOP, Kings Cross
With live drawing, I can capture:

  • The visual essence of an event, its venue and audience
  • The character and personality of a speaker or performer
  • The essence of what is being said, by quoting from a speaker's interview or presentation

Please contact me to find out more about the ways in which I can enhance your event and provide the record of it that you want.
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Gala concert by Norwegian master-musician ÅNON EGELAND, at SUTTON HOUSE, Hackney

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A cameraman at this year's LONDON SCREENWRITERS' FESTIVAL
Some major venues and events where I have taken my live drawing skills:

The London Screenwriters' Festival
The British Film Institute
Cass Business School
Tampere International Film Festival
The British Library
Europe House
Housmans Bookshop
Sutton House

As well as numerous speeches, meetings, musical concerts, parties and other gatherings ...
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A flight case - one of the unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll - backstage at a wild night with BISHI BHATTACHARYA, playing at KOKO, Camden Town

Live drawing can capture and express all the elements of an event in a much more memorable and personal way than photography:

  • Leaving out irrelevant details
  • Focusing on what is important
  • Bringing a crucial vein of humour to the proceedings.
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A party guest, VAUXHALL.