First Thursday

^{On the first Thursday of every month over 170 galleries and museums in east London are open till 9pm with free events, talks, exhibitions private views and not forgetting free booze.
So me and a few of my friends decided to get together and visit the late night open galleries hoping for inspiring upcoming artwork and a few cheeky free drinks too.}

^{I googled it before hand and printed out a map from the website of where we should visit but you can also take the free art bus if your just a bit lazy.}

^{Starting off at Beach London on Cheshire Street because I love this gallery and there were two artists I wanted to see Crispin Finn the design printmaking duo and  French one of my favourite artist and illustrator s at the moment.}

^{Crispin Finn are a married design duo they hand print and produce everything in there trade mark colours of red, white and blue, with prints in galleries such as the V&A, The Design museum, Junk Skull and Beach London.
They first exhibited ‘PACK RAT’ in November 2011 and Beach has showcased their artwork and print products ever since.
The work is simple but really effective always sticking with three signature colours usually replicating the classic 1950 American style look. My boyfriend has this hand printed print by them.}

^{French - Richard ‘Funeral French’ Sayer an amazing illustrator and artist originally from Albersotch but now mainly based in south London. He started skating along with drawing at a young age and says his first board influences his work more now then when he was younger.” No one makes crazy graphics anymore.””Graphics should be rough, dirty and gnarly.” I like the raw darkness, the gore and the crazy detail.” And that is clear, as his work is that. He currently does drawing and etching by people like Doré and Goya and has exhibited widely worldwide, and done commercial work for Carhartt, and his own company Witchcraft Skateboards. I have a poster on my wall of his work and he influences my work a lot.}