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| rehearsing the Liebeslieder © Teresa Newham |
The visitors leafing through my sketchbooks at #HertsOpenStudios were so encouraging that I determined to do some more sketching as soon as possible - but with such a busy schedule ahead of PBGS' production of A Little Night Music, I wasn't sure there would be time.
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| random rehearsal sketches © Teresa Newham |
The answer was to take my sketchbooks and pens along to rehearsals; as I only had a small part in the show, I spent a lot of time sitting out of the way, especially during the band call. That's why so many of the drawings I did were of somebody's back view.
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| bass player at the band call © Teresa Newham |
That didn't matter too much, as the sketches were not intended to be portraits - just practice for the way people hold themselves and how the light falls on them. Besides, I didn't want to upset anybody by producing a dodgy likeness . . .
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| at the band call © Teresa Newham |
I made some sketches during the tech rehearsal by slipping quietly into the auditorium and trying to capture any character I thought might be sitting or standing still on stage for any length of time - as it was a fast-paced production that didn't happen much, and I had to rely on my memory to get things right.
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| random sketch during the tech rehearsal © Teresa Newham |
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| play within a play at the tech © Teresa Newham |
Very clever to be able to capture these images, especially from memory. They've turned out really well!
ReplyDeleteThanks, they were great fun to do!
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