HELP THE PINCH! ART SALE

HELP THE PINCH

A5 watercolour/ink drawings sale!

Some of them have fingerprints, some are a bit smudged, but all of them are hand-picked from my personal collection.

I don't often sell my incidental artwork - usually I either throw it away if it's not great, or keep it in a drawer for myself.

ANYWAY!

Potus Pinch, one of the two lovely cats in this household, is in danger of losing his owly yellow eyes - he's gone to the specialist vet now and we need to raise a couple of grand to cover the bills.

He's a big inspiration - I learned how to draw a cat nose from his particularly regal snout.

He's also a kind, cuddly, handsome midnight-black beast, and we love him very much - if you like my cat drawings, now would be a great time to get one. 

Free shipping!

ADDITIONALLY: Discount code PINCH will give you 10% off not just on these but any other item in the shop.

All proceeds from my shop will go to cover the bills for as long as necessary.

Thank you!

BUY HERE

CAT SKETCH REPORT: 50/50 PARLIAMENT DEBATE, WESTMINSTER

Yesterday I went to Westminster for a debate at the House of Commons. The event was to mark the anniversary of Nancy Astor, the first women MP, taking her seat in the Common's 96 years ago.

The room was packed. The seat next to me was shared by two people, and there was a small standing crowd by the door. It was a diverse crowd, including some very eloquent minors.

This is the issue:

Of the 650 seats in the House of Commons 459 are occupied by men and 191 women.
There are 32 million women in the UK,
51% of the population. They are a diverse majority.
But the House of Commons is 71% male.

Here's the Petition for you to sign if you agree that this is a bad situation and must change sooner rather than later.

And here are my sketches! Enjoy. And click to see them big.

The Panel (can't see them all here, they had to run in and out to cast votes and debate elsewhere):

Maria Miller MP, Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Jess Phillips MP, Angela Crawley MP, Caroline Lucas MP, Baroness Smith of Newnham, Callum McCaig MP, Wes Streeting MP, Ben Howlett MP and Sophie Walker, Leader of the Women's Equality Party.

"There are some awfully, awfully average men in here". Callum McCaig on Whitehall.

Ellan asked Maria Miller if her boss would introduce a quota for his party.

No, he won't.

Baroness Smith of Newnham and Ben Howlett.

Jess Phillips.

Caroline Lucas.

Sophie Walker from the Women's Equality Party.

Many good questions asked.

The last question came from a child, to great applause, and was answered by every member of the panel (in the case of Maria Miller with s shrug - the rest gave firm estimates).