Mindful Life Drawing (seasonally)

Come and join us for this drop-in session of relaxation life drawing with mindfulness at the Draw studio, suitable for all levels of experience.

7-9 pm - the first Tuesday of each month

Tuesday 3rd Oct

Tuesday 7th Nov

Tuesday 5th Dec

Tuesday 9th Jan (only week that it won't be on the 1st Tuesday due to the new year)

Tuesday 6th Feb

Tuesday 5th March

Tuesday 2nd April

Tuesday 7th May (inline with the Fringe festival)

About this event

Enjoy a mindful practice whilst learning to draw, or develop your practice with a mixture of short and long dynamic poses from our model of the month. These weekly drop-in session have a mindful approach. If you are interested in incorporating mediation too then try out the weekend and sunday courses coming up.

These sessions are led by Artist and Wellbeing Practitioner Emily Rose from Letgo Studio, and provide an inspiring, creative, relaxing space to unwind mid-week.

Novice, newcomer and old hands from all walks of life are welcomed to a relaxed and inspiring environment to draw freely at your own pace. Develop new techniques or relax in the moment and the mark-making. Forget about everything else for a couple of hours because you deserve it.

We will be drawing from an unclothed model holding a range of poses from 1min - 30 minutes long - exploring drawing techniques and tools with mindful principles.

We’ll have music playing during the session and a short tea break halfway through for hot drinks, biscuits and the chance to reflect and discuss. The session is open to all abilities & levels of experience and

Emily will be on hand to offer any help you need; as this is a drop-in session, you can book ahead or arrive on the day and pay by card.

What you need to bring

You can turn up empty-handed but we encourage you to bring your own materials – some basic drawing materials will be available for free and paper can be purchased in the studio.

Easels, padded backed chairs, drawing boards and small tables are all provided on a first come-first served basis.

Getting to the studio

Approach New England House from the New England Street side of the building and walk up to the locked blue double doors next to the sign for the ‘Building Manager’s Office’.

Wait to be let in or call the number on the door for entry - the studio is on level 5, Unit 1 South, just knock and walk in. There is parking at London Road car park, Elder Place & Trafalgar St car parks; Brighton station is a 5 minute walk from the studio.

Discounts

The discounted rate is available for anybody on low income, students or Patreon supporters.

Sign up to the Draw Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/DrawBrighton) from just £3.60 per month to get access to the discount, online life drawing course, live online classes and personal feedback from our tutors.

Whether you are a Patreon supporter or not, you can post your drawings on the Draw community Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/256930114319361/)

and you are welcome to tag us with @draw_brighton and #drawbrighton on Instagram

and also @theletgostudio #theletgostudio

Safety & accessibility

For the wellbeing of everybody in the class please don’t come to the class if you are ill with contagious symptoms. If you have any accessibility needs, please do let us know beforehand and we will do everything we can to make sure you can enjoy the life classes here. The building has a wheelchair ramp at the North side of the New England Street entrance and lifts up to level 5 with gender-neutral toilets & accessible toilets on floors 4 & 6 accessed by lift. We keep the studio a safe environment by providing:

• Monitored ventilation (aiming for <900ppm CO2)
• Air purification with HEPA filters
• Sick pay for our freelance life models
• If you have covid, flu or bad cold symptoms we ask you not to attend - you will receive a refund as well as our appreciation!

Looking forward to drawing with you :)

Host or Publisher Emily Rose @ Letgo Studio