#LifeDrawingClass

6th June - Life Drawing Challenge of Perspective (Two Life Models on a Ladder)

Come to a life drawing session designed to challenge the task of drawing a perspective of bodies. Using fantastic high ceilings of The Underdog Gallery, we will position a ladder for two models to give you an opportunity to try a new visual perspective! Yes, two nude models on a ladder in the middle of an art gallery! Date: Tuesday 6th of June Time: 7pm-9:30pm Admission on the door: £15 We will be exploring ladders' decorative possibilities and the chances they offer to

9th May - Life Drawing Tribute to Alphonse Mucha

Underdog Gallery present a life drawing session dedicated to MayDay maidens, spring sprites and beflowered beauties of Alphonse Mucha. Mucha needs no introduction - he produced a flurry of paintings, posters and illustrations in what was termed initially The Mucha Style but became known as Art Nouveau. In contrast with contemporary poster makers he used pale pastel colours. Poses and costumes will be inspired by Mucha's beautiful young women in flowing, vaguely Neoclassic

23rd May - Tarot Card Life Drawing: Evoke Archetypes II

After an extremely successful first instalment of Tarot themed life drawing in April, we consulted the cards and were told to continue with the rest of the deck.. so here comes Evoke Archetypes II including The Lovers - Death - The Devil. The lineup of the cards comes directly from the three-card spread by Gene Serene, who returns as our spiritual and musical host of the session providing her original soundtrack, research and insights of Evoking Archetypes for our London aud

25th April - Modigliani's Naked Ambition

Inspired by Modigliani's portraits of women, you will have a chance to draw two models in their full sensuality. Amadeo Modigliani has a reputation of a tragic hero - a talented, ambitious and handsome womaniser who was consumed by alcohol and drugs - who painted a large number of modern luminous but almost primal portraits of women. With this session Art Model Collective will recreate Modigliani's naked ambition, with a set that will bring to life some of his more remar

11th April: TAROT Card Life Drawing: Evoke Archetypes

Many artists, such as Salvador Dali, have drawn their own decks of Tarot Cards, and here is your chance to join the gang! Multiple models (Carla, Manko, Dana Fox) will bring you the powerful archetypes of Major Arcana, posing for the audience of artists in classical Tarot poses and costumes. Fool! High Priestess! Magician! Empress? Devil? .... This session is a continuation of Art Model Collective's collaboration with Gene Serene earlier this year in Berlin. Gene Serene is a

28th March: Charcoal Masterclass

Art Model Collective are inviting Frank Gambino to host our first TUTORED workshop! Frank has been a loyal supporter of Art Model Collective from the day one, and constantly wowed them with his work. Many of us wonder: how does Frank manage to use humble tool of a charcoal to quickly create expressive sculptural drawings that look three-dimensional? Frank assures us that, with a few quick tips, anyone can achieve these incredible results. This is your chance to try out t

14th March: Life Drawing - Surrealist Italian Cinema

Inspired by Surrealist Italian cinema, expect amazing costumes based on fierce-out-of this-planet female characters! Three models - Maya, Manko and Carla - will steal Fellini's and Garrone’s visual references to create three impossible women looking amazingly neurotic and disturbingly erotic. Art Model Collective have invited Maya Petrovna as a guest of honour and a designer of this exclusive event. Prepare for a colourful tableaux vivant filled with dreams and nightmares

28th Feb: Life Drawing Tribute to Egon Schiele

Art Model Collective will inspire you with interactive and twisted poses based on Schiele's still-schocking art. Having recently held a popular golden session inspired by Gustav Klimt, next Tuesday evening two models will pay tribute another of our favourite artist, and Klimt's dark and controversial protege, Egon Schiele. Carla and Manko's poses, inspired by Schiele's striking and still-shocking images, will reflect his "singular way of looking at the body, a mass of angula

14th Feb: Bloody Valentine - Life Drawing

This Valentine's day we have a perfect life drawing session for you. Two models, Carla and Manko, will bring their broken hearted romance to the stage. Expect interactive, dramatic poses and a dark soundtrack... Carla says: "Let us be inconveniently romantic this time for the sake of the tragedy that real passionate love will always be! Let your heart bleed redness endlessly in romantic despair and make love with the idea of being first seduced then betrayed. Love triangl

24th Jan: AMC Life Drawing does KLIMT

AMC Life Drawing does KLIMT Art Model Collective recently been focusing on costumed events with short dynamic poses and so for, variety's sake, we decided to go back to basics with a NUDE LONG POSE session on the evening of Tuesday Jan 24th. With carefully selected styling and luxurious gold backdrop, we will be paying tribute to everyone's favourite artist, Gustav KLIMT! So please join us for a relaxed untutored session with two models and at least 1 hour long pose. We'll