Life Drawing Workshop

Join us for a relaxed and beginner-friendly life drawing session every Thursday!


Ann Mackowski
Ann Mackowski
3k

2 hours Class size 1 to 60 (public classes), 1 to 50

£13 - £15 (£13 per One Hour Only, £15 per Both Sessions)
Join us Thursday nights in the heart of London for relaxed and friendly life drawing with Soho Life Drawing! Featuring a different model each week, Soho Life Drawing offers a great space to relax and unwind in the historic Westminster Quaker Meeting House just a stone's throw from Trafalgar Square. The first hour is guided, and all materials are provided on site--so no worries if you've never tried life drawing before--you'll be in great hands!
Our members come from literally all walks of life and from all skill levels, so don't be afraid to drop by if you're an absolute beginner. At this life drawing class, you are guaranteed to find a non-judgmental place to explore your artistic abilities. Just drop-in!
We begin each session with short, gestural poses and move up to longer sustained poses. Our models are personally vetted professionals, and some of the best in the business. Our guided class is a great way to get into the swing of things and learn how artists use short and long poses in life drawing to build up to a finished work. The following class allows members to continue to expand their drawing abilities with longer poses, and for beginners to get more one-on-one attention (should they wish) and more time for input at the end of the class.
All supplies (A3 clipboards, graded pencils, sharpeners, rubbers, pastels, graphite etc...) are free to borrow with the exception of paper, which is 15p/sheet (A3). A4 notebooks are available for £3.50 and A3 notebooks for £4.50.
We also provide tea and biscuits during the break to keep your energy up! We break for 10 minutes after the first hour.
Knowledge required
None!
 
What you'll get
Your finished life drawings to take home, and your choice of dry media to borrow
 
What to bring
Cash and spare change for paper
 
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea or hen do.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

"Meeting Room", Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 8 Hop Gardens, London UK, WC2N4EH

This venue is within walking distance of Leicester Square, Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Embankment and Piccadilly Circus tube stations

Life Drawing Workshop location
More about this class

This class is new, and is covered by ClassBento's money-back guarantee.

Your teacher
Ann Mackowski
Ann Mackowski

3k
female Women-owned
construction 5+ years in business

I started Soho Life Drawing in 2018 after working professionally as an artist for several years when I realised that there was a lack of accessible and affordable creative outlets for non-artist adults in London. Since then I've run hundreds of classes both at my weekly drop-in class in Leicester Square; for corporations and animation studios including Buzzfeed, Liberty London, and Sharkmob; and universities such as the University of the Arts London. Privately, I teach professional artists who come to me for technical training.
As an artist, I've been exhibited internationally in both solo and group shows and have won several residencies--the most recent being Espronceda's 2020 Open Call. I was a shortlisted contestant on 2016's Sky Landscape Artist of the Year. I exhibit regularly with the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours on Pall Mall, as well as with the Society of Women Artists. While I've focussed on teaching in recent years, I still do some commissioned work and exhibit with galleries representing me. I have a Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
I love teaching art because I believe anyone can do it with the right training! In particular, I'm passionate about breaking down the internal barriers people not trained in art have about being creative. Creativity is important for so many reasons, beyond the finished product, and it's my goal to make my classes both extremely accessible and very affordable so that people from all walks of life have a chance to join.

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