Chris Plumley

Photo of Darla, the dog. She's a good girl.

Photo of Pepe, the dog. He's a good boy.

I've got these two beauties looking after me this week... Darla and Pepe.

Picture of the front of the Concertgebouw building, in Amsterdam.

Image of work by Lily van der Stokker at the Stedelijk, Amsterdam.

Painting by Thérèse Schwatrze, "Young Italian Woman with'Puck' the dog", at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Almond Blossom", at the van Gogh museum, Amsterdam.

A fine weekend in Amsterdam with visits to the Van Gogh museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk and two concerts at the Concertgebouw.

Royal Academy of Arts Saturday #SketchClub
Life Drawing with Marcus Cornish

Pencil drawing of a boxer mix dog, Huey.

Huey the dog. He's a good boy!

Pencil drawing of a standing model at a life drawing session hosted by Soho Life Drawing.

I found this pose really difficult, particularly with the angles. Pencil drawing of the model at a life drawing session hosted by Soho Life Drawing.

Several overlapping pencil drawings of the model at a life drawing session hosted by Soho Life Drawing.

Drawings of the model, kneeling and standing, at a life drawing session hosted by Soho Life Drawing. Standing drawing is fine using a Conté Pierre Noire pencil, which was then 'smudged' using an eraser.

Another enjoyable Life Drawing session last night at Soho Life Drawing.
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Think I'll read this once a week forever.

Patricia Routledge, I love you.

Ilumina Ilumina Colour is a Rhythm

Wonderful concert from Ilumina at @wigmore-hall.org.uk tonight. Such a varied programme of music that fit beautifully together, with fantastic performances throughout.
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Hello! 🙋

Pencil drawing of a man laid on the floor, face down but arms in the 'press up' position, from a perspective stood behind the bottom of the feet.

Pencil drawing of a woman stood side on but with the legs and torso facing slightly towards the viewer, but the shoulders and head turning away from the viewer

Quick sketches from photos in the book 'Art Models 9' (M & D Johnson).
I've been unable to get to any art classes/life drawing sessions for a while and I'm missing it. Sketches in my A6 pad after work instead.

In June 2025 Starmer's Govt published a policy paper called 'Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan'.
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You are going to lose everything to corporate-governed deregulated free zones, 86 in total.
Please sign the petition
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Walter Scott, co-founding vocalist of The Whispers, dies at 81 (June 26, 2025) They took a “slow and steady” path to stardom, but once they reached it, The Whispers became one of the most beloved soul music vocal groups of all time. Tonight we mourn the passing o...

Walter Scott, co-founding vocalist of The Whispers, dies at 81 soultracks.com/walter-scott...

Pencil drawing of a Huntaway breed dog called Darla, laid on a bed, feet off the end, peeking around the corner of the door towards the viewer.

A quick pencil sketch of my friend's Huntaway dog, Darla, playing with a stick in a stream and wearing a little jacket over her back.

A couple of sketches of Darla, my friend's wonderful dog... peeking around the corner of the bedroom, and playing with a stick in a stream.

The book "You Look Like a Thing and I Love You" by @janelleshane.com is perhaps the introductory precursor to this. A wonderful book.

Ah, great! That's good to hear. I'm going to the local Picturehouse with a friend to see it on Wednesday.

#RASketchClub more sketches from Contemporary Life Drawing with Elinor Stanley

#RASketchClub my sketches from the first part of Contemporary Life Drawing with Elinor Stanley
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A Church of England version of Conclave where they're trying to decide what biscuits to get.

A lovely way to start the day 👍
The rabbits seem totally unconcerned by your presence! Or did you sneak in like a ninja?

If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.

You’re in organized crime.

St Mary's Walthamstow and garage-turned-home win prestigious architectural award St Mary’s Walthamstow, and a new-build courtyard house called Catching Sun, also in Walthamstow, were both given The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) London Awards yesterday

St Mary's Walthamstow and garage-turned-home win prestigious architectural award

St Mary’s Walthamstow, and a new-build courtyard house called Catching Sun, also in Walthamstow, were both given The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) London Awards yesterday
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6MS at the BBE Store
11 May
15:00 - 21:00
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Pencil drawing, portrait (head and shoulders) of a woman looking towards the camera.

Practicing some portrait drawing ✏️
In case she ever sees this, apologies to Zoe Tehrani... I drew this from a screenshot from one of her wonderful hiking Instagram posts.
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Pencil drawing of a seascape, sunlight across the water, silhouetted coastline with cranes.

Pencil drawing of interesting sky across water, trying to capture contrast.

Pencil drawing, across beach with cliffs in background.

Warm up, using different pencil and rubber techniques to get different effects for sky, water, beach.

#RASketchClub
Drawing seascapes with Adebanji Alade, the Addictive Sketcher.

National Gallery rehang review – ‘A momentous retelling of the story of art’ t is one of the world’s greatest museums and this revamp starts with a thrilling embrace from Leonardo, unfolding to Titian, Van Eyck, Monet and more – all bolstered by cool new architecture and light...

Look forward to visiting the National Gallery again; sounds great!

Looking forward to this. With the most extensive retrospective of her photography yet staged in the UK, Tate Britain celebrates Lee Miller as one of the 20th century's most urgent artistic voices. 2 Oct 2025 – 15 Feb 2026. bit.ly/42awkqB #Photography

Anna Ancher, self portrait painting, 1877–78 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Anna_Ancher%2C_self-portrait%2C_c._1877%E2%80%9378.jpg

Excited to see that Dulwich Picture Gallery has an exhibition of Anna Ancher planned for later this year. I had once thought of travelling to the Skagen to see more if this wonderful art, but it's a long way. This brings it closer.
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YouTube video by Larry & Paul #BrokenNews: "Shut Up. Everything Is Fine" Say Billionaires

🚨 STATEMENT: “Shut up. Everything is fine.” The message to you from billionaires.

👇🏻 The #BrokenNews team have the details…

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

If you live in Britain you have an interest in the future of the BBC - whatever views you hold over the partiality of the BBC News department & it's choice of guests over the last decade, having a national broadcaster supports the arts & creativity.

Have your say:
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The UK exports £360bn of goods to the EU, on which we now struggle with big non tariff barriers, compared to £60bn to the US. Imagine looking at this sh1tshow and thinking it vindicates Brexit in any way.