Drawing the Frontline

Our online series of live War Art Talks will take place on Zoom.

Hosted by Company of Makers co-founder Rachel, with special guest, professional Artist, Pete Codling who'll share his insights into this fascinating aspect of art.

Talk 6 of 10: Drawn to Remember

The sketches on scrap paper from prisoners of war, the caricatures of friends and enemies, the letters and drawings from your children, are all pictures worth a thousand words. Drawn to share and remember, but also to help make memories, and to make sense of them. Drawn also, to kill time, the other enemy. Drawn to document daily life, and to share a normality with the outside world. Perhaps they are sentimental or profound, the dark and scary and the light hearted and funny. From cartoon to propaganda poster, from doodle to master piece, drawing pictures is also about time. Not just the content but the time it takes to create and in terms of art history, the time in which it was drawn. Do you remember the last drawing you did? Can remember why you did it? Let me show you how to transcend time through drawing. Let me show you some drawings you wont forget.

Let's look at some of these amazing artists and ask...

"How does war affect art and vice versa?"

These are 'live talks'!

So please: Be ready and be on time

All Veterans welcome: Join us for this session or the whole series of 10

What to expect:

- Duration each session: 45 minutes

- 30 mins Pete's talk, 15 mins Q&A

- This is a 'one-way' webinar: You'll see and hear Pete, we won't see or hear you

- You'll need to be ready on Zoom prior to the start of the session

Quick fire Q&A:

- Your unique opportunity to ask Pete questions

- Via Zoom Q&A

- Questions: Type them into the chat box during Pete's talk, Rachel will collate them

- Answers: At the end, Rachel will ask Pete as many of questions as we have time for

- Please note: This is for questions about today's art talk only

Tips for joining 'on the day':

Stand-by: We will start and finish on time, these are 'live' talks, not recordings

Zoom: Each individual session will have its own Zoom link

15 minutes prior: Join Zoom to ensure your Zoom link and technology works

Volume: Ensure sound is switched on your device and volume turned up

Waiting room: We'll know when you've joined the session and are waiting to be let in

Using technology: Please familiarise yourself with how to access a Zoom webinar and use the chat box function before the session starts, there won't be time to answer questions about this during our live talks

Here's a link if you need some help using Zoom: Joining and participating in a Zoom webinar

If you have any questions regarding any of the above please get in touch.

See you on Zoom and stay safe!

Steve and Rachel

Co-founders, Company of Makers