Special Events
As well as our weekly life drawing clubs, we have hosted dozens of special life drawing events across the UK in the last 15 years. There is nothing more rewarding than working closely with life models and venues to bring our sketchers a visual feast and a really memorable session (especially when we get the chance to draw outside!) We have taken All The Young Nudes to Jupiter Artland, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, The Loading Bay Skatepark, SWG3, The Flying Duck, Stereo, The Maritime Museum, Glasgow University Debating Chamber, The Savings Bank, Case Arts, Whitespace, The Lighthouse, The Caves, The Bongo Club, Studio 24, Park Lane Market, The Glad Cafe and lots more… Where there is space, and somewhere to plug in a heater and a speaker, we can host a life drawing session. We also host Life Drawing Hen parties and Stag Dos at our home base, The Bantaskin Street Barn. We’ve hosting private parties and events for marketing agencies, charities and other companies on the side too. It’s a deliciously creative challenge to host these custom sessions and we would love to hear from you if you would like us to come to your space for your special occasion. Anything goes!
Life Drawing at Jupiter Artland in Edinburgh, Scotland featuring Neuro Trash • July 2018
The Scottish Maritime Museum • Irvine | August 2018
An event that was magical beyond words! We were lucky enough to get access to the museum to host a life drawing session here. Our two willing life models posed in the ships, up the masts and even got a spot of drawing done. The session featured live band DLU, who played traditional Scottish music as we scribbled amongst the boats. It was wonderful to be able to explore the exhibition then find a nice quiet spot to draw both boats and nudes. Thank you to everyone at the museum!
Alphonse Mucha February 2017
We were asked to host an evening of life drawing in amongst the delightful art deco, and graphic work of Mucha at Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow. We brought in 10 life models, who we dressed and themed in the style of Mucha’s models. The costumes were kindly provided by The Citizens’ Theatre in Glasgow. The models posed in and around the art works and we had live piano music to accompany our 100 sketchers. A fire alarm half way through the session kept everyone on their toes, especially the models who were only partially clothed!
The Nevis Ensemble • Park Lane Market 2018
This roaming orchestra were in touch with us on their trip towards the summit of Ben Nevis! They were touring and stopping along the way, aiming to play their final session at the top! This was a brilliant session, with two life models posing outside (in summertime, phew) at the awesome Park Lane Market in Glasgow. It made for an unforgettable experience and brilliant combination of all things creative…
Nudes & Birds August 2017 Edinburgh Fringe
During the Edinburgh Festival in 2017, we worked with The Pheonix Falconry who brought along handsome Pilgrim, the American Bald Eagle to pose alongside Hayley at Whitespace Agency. It was an absolutely fantastic experience to observe the bird and to try and capture his amazing little facial expressions. And all the fur… Kudos to our model who did a brilliant job posing for this session.
