Graphic Recording in Portugal, UK and France

Ok, busy couple of weeks, firstly travelling to Portugal for 3 days to work for an international human resources company.

Then returned to work with Merton CIL in London for a disability consultation, before flying off to France for a day's work there.

Heading south..

Beautiful still morning on Portugal's south coast:

Graphic Recording, The Dragon School, Oxford

This was for a march on the 24th September, aimed at educating and motivating children to be more engaged with the subject of climate change. It included a personal appearance by Professor Ian Goldin of The Oxford Martin School.

The children dressed up as animals to highlight the threat of extinction, carried globes and banners, and basically had a great time, while also learning about the current threats to the planet.

I was there to illustrate the complex area of causes, effects and solutions to climate change, and to absorb the atmosphere and capture the speeches at the end, and this was all outside in one of the parks.

By coincidence, on that same day Gaia Vince was awarded the Royal Society's Science Book of the year award for her book 'Adventures in the Anthropocene' :

https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/book-prizes/winton-book-prize/adventures-anthropocene/

Graphic Recording in London

Last week I was working with Helen Cooke from My Plus Consulting recording the thoughts and ideas that came up in the 'Graduate Recruiters Disability Cafe Club'

http://www.myplusconsulting.com/index.php

We were on the 9th floor of this law firm's office next to the mayor's office at More London. 

It rained all day, but the moody lighting has its charms! The Thames looked very dramatic. Better get used to it now that autumn is here...

Visual Minutes - The Movie

When people ask me to explain 'what I do', well, sometimes words get in the way!

So here's a short, hand-drawn film, explaining how live visuals can help your event, and to give the flavour of what I can add:

And here are some of the organisations I've had the pleasure to draw for, both 'live' and away from the crowds as an illustrator:

For more work please look at my newly improved site, courtesy of Gary Purcell:

http://www.sandrahowgate.com/index.php/graphic-facilitation

New Screen Prints

These ladies have a passion for plants:

These are limited edition, two colour, handmade screen prints on 270gsm Mohawk Superfine White Eggshell acid free paper.

Phew, that's a mouthful!

If you'd like to buy a print I've started selling some via Big Cartel:

https://sandrahowgate.bigcartel.com

If you're a printmaker and are looking for a good quality paper, Mohawk Superfine is really excellent, and G.F. Smith supply it in the UK.

Graphic recording in Vienna, Toulouse and London

So I've had the joy of doing a little bit more travelling for work and also just staying local.

Most recently I went to work for Scribing Magic for a company based in Toulouse, what a beautiful 'rose' City! Prior to that the good people at Erste Bank needed graphic recording for a conference in Vienna, and before that I had a really interesting afternoon recording a discussion at the Goldsmiths' Centre in London.

The only hitch is I can't show you any pictures as it's all covered by non-disclosure agreements!

So instead of traveller's photos, here is a recent screen print by me as well as the images drying in the racks. This one is called 'Suzanne' in reference to Leonard Cohen's song.

Hoi Züri! Hello Zurich!

I was back in Zurich for more graphic recording work earlier this week.

The work is confidential, but Zurich is a beautiful place, so this is a pictorial ode to my mother's native city.