Drawing at the National Army Museum, Chelsea
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Drawing at the National Army Museum
Join us for a day of drawing and cartooning at the National Army Museum. Meet from 11am but you can join in at any time during the day. Please note my mobile will be off between 2 and 2.30 for the free talk.
Bringing along usual 'clean' art materials.
The museum is very well arranged over four floors, with life size recreations of scenes from battle zones over the ages. There is an art gallery on the top floor and a café as you enter.
There are also folding stools to carry round so ideal for sitting to sketch!
Meet in the Base Café at 11.00am
The National Army museum is easy to find. From Sloane Sq tube, just cross over road in front of you, then take a left down Lower Sloane St,turn right into Hospital Road, walk past the Royal Chelsea Hospital and you’ll find it on the left. The Base Cafe is just inside the entrance. Admission is free but we would appreciate a donation of £1 toward meet-up running costs.
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Lunch 12.30ish
We have tables reserved for drinks/lunch at a good pub in road opposite the museum, The Pheonix, 23 Smith Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 4EE at 12.45. Or you can just grab a bite in the Base Cafe.
Then back to the museum to explore the four floors and enjoy some drawing or photography and a free talk for our group at 2pm which takes place in the art gallery on top floor. (30 mins)
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Free Talk - From Hastings to Helmand
A thousand years in thirty minutes! Find out how the Army evolved from its medieval origins all the way through to the modern day, using images, kit, equipment and weaponry from the Museum’s extensive handling collection.
There is also a special free exhibition that may be of interest...
Draw Your Weapons: The Art of Commando Comics Scenes of action and adventure fill the walls in this colourful and vibrant exhibition.
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Launched in partnership with leading publisher, DC Thomson, this explosive display showcases key artwork and illustrations that draw on the 50 years of the 'Commando' series.
'Draw Your Weapons: The Art of Commando Comics' examines the history of the war comic from its initial conception, its heroic subject matter and its continuing popularity.
Central to the exhibition is the true-life inspiration behind the comics, the British Army Commandos. There are original artefacts, photographs and filmed interviews with two Second World War British Army Commandos. Londoners Freddie Walker and Stan Scott both served in No. 3 Commando and they provide vivid and insightful accounts of their missions in Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland and Germany.
Free War Horse Exhibition.
There is also a special exhibition worth seeing on the ground floor about the production of War Horse, based on the book by Michael Morpurgo which transferred to the West End from the National Theatre.