marklongillustration.co.uk

marklongillustration.co.uk has been refurbished with some new work.

pythagoras

A few of us have become obsessed with making images from shapes recently...

Hopes and Fears

Andy, Paul and James all feature in the show HOPES AND FEARS at CENTRESPACE in BRISTOL...Paul and James both made the trip to the south west to create a giant live drawing...we were joined by Lisa Hassle (www.inkygoodness.com) and Seb Burnett (www.spabbyland.blogspot.com)...Andy also popped down with his red paint pen...the show runs til thursday (27/11/08)

The Victoria Pub

The Victoria Pub in Birmingham (behind the Alexandra Theatre) has been taken over by the owners of the Island Bar...it's had a massive facelift and part of that was us getting in there and painting some RAMPAGE on the walls...

Mark does Google

Mark was asked to doodle some images on the theme of european cities at the google offices in london.

see more of marks stuff at www.marklongillustration.co.uk

Fecal Face

David Shillinglaw has teamed up with fecal face and produced another blog on his hometown of London

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1298&Itemid=63

BIGGER THAN BARRY - RAINBOW WAREHOUSE

We were down at the Rainbow Warehouse in Birmingham doing some art for the lads of Bigger Than Barry...we had a little room with a barber shaving peoples heads so we decided to turn it into a BARBER SHOP...cheers to all those who came to support us!

BIGGER THAN BARRY BARBER SHOP

We've got our own little room at the Rainbow Warehouse for Bigger than Barry's BIG FEED this Saturday...come and see us turn it into a barber shop...you can even get your hair cut!

Quick Peek

Here's a quick peek at the Urban Outfitters show in Bristol
Opens tommorow (Thursday 26th Sept')

Urban Outfitters Bristol

After a successful stint at the Urban Outfitters store in Brum, we've been invited to exhibit more work at the store in Bristol...the show and the new store open this thursday (26/09/08)...time to be confirmed...the show is called BLACK AND WHITE


Joanne Conlon


Oda Valle


James Bourne

Bristol Festival

Andy Council and a host of other well known Bristol street artists will be doing some live painting at the Bristol Festival, Harbourside from Sept 21 - 22, 2008.

USA

Gareth is in the USA at the moment, visiting a show with his work in Vegas...you can follow his progress in his blog:

http://oneheckofatrip.blogspot.com/

Charity Auction

Andy Council's Shaolin Dragon painting is now up for auction. Please go to the Graffle site and put in a bid! The whole thing works like a mini eBay but the amount you bid is the actual amount it doesn't automatically up the value. Also bidding stops on 13th September 2008 at 12:00 (24 hr clock GMT)

All the money raised will be donated to chlidrens charities.

Shambola Festival

Last week, Log, from the Outcrowd Collective and Studio 4 Gallery invited a few of us to paint some boards with him and some other birmingham artists...I managed to get to the festival where there were some other artists painting there own boards in the middle of the festival

ROWDY - Bristol
BEAT 13 - London
Newso - Birmingham

Urban Outfitters Mural

Here's our mural on the theme of animals...you can see it at Urban Outfitters, Birmingham til...it should be up for some time, but the exhibition will be coming down in a few weeks

After Party

After the Urban Outfitters show, we scooped everyone up and took them to the Island Bar where the BIG BANG put on a secret gig...was a tip top performance...thanks again to them for playing on the night and all the dj's




Lots of beer and fun...cheers to all who came

Urban Outfitters

Last Thursday (7/8/08) we showed a new collection of work at Urban Outfitters, Birmingham. The show is still up and will be running until the end of the month. Thanks for everyone who came, and a big thanks to Ellie and Scott for helping us to make it happen...and thanks to the Island Bar for supplying lots of beer!




Aswell as the exhibition, we also painted a mural which is at the back of the shop near the fitting rooms...lots of animals

WWF THEM LOT STAR

URBAN OUTFITTERS EXHIBITION

Themlot will be displaying some work and live drawing at Urban Outfitters in early August,
come along for the party, and the afterparty.

GRAFIK MAGAZINE

THEMLOT's Jo was invited by YCN to help create visuals for Grafik's stand at this year's New Designers event in London.

The illustrations will feature in the next issue of Grafik...more info here

SUMMER!

Put these dates in your imaginary diary! July 29th >>> We will be selling bits and bob and little treats at the FUSED Ltd Edition Art Market at the Custard Factory...and August 7th >>> we have a show at Urban Outfitters in Birmingham which will also include a HUUUUUUGGGGGEEEEEE mural...be there or be on Crimewatch UK

Sample Exhibition at theprintspace

Sample Exhibition at theprintspace 17th July to 10th August 2008:
THEMLOT member joel peers will be showing some work as part of a group show.
Printspace gallery at 74 kingsland road. its not too far from old street tube station and its on for a couple of weeks.
, so if your in london anytime soon come by - or better yet come for the opening night and nock back a few bottles of loud-mouth-soup.