Saturday Life Drawing

Life drawing is fun and non-competitive with the Bunya House crew – we’re a friendly and inclusive group. And life drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to…

Life Drawing Refresh

Yes, life drawing is challenging, and it’s a fantastic challenge. Working on proportions, getting a sense of a likeness, translating all that confusing information onto your page…while creating a sense of your own style and finesse? Come along to this session! It’s a limbering up for those who’ve done some life drawing, and a great…

Drawing Heads and Faces

Do you avoid drawing a face in your life drawings for fear of ‘spoiling’ the drawing? Would you like to learn how to draw faces and heads with greater confidence? Wherever you are in your drawing journey, I will support you to stretch some more. These sessions are always warm, engaging and rewarding. I provide…

Dynamic proportions

Learn how to capture the whole figure dynamically! Proportions are a challenge for all of us, but they get easier with practice and knowledge! In this session I’ll teach you tips and techniques to help you on the pathway to mastering your anatomical proportions and capturing the dynamics of the pose. These sessions are always…

Drawing Hands and Feet

Do you avoid drawing hands and feet in your life drawings for fear of ‘spoiling’ the drawing? Our hands and feet each contain nearly 30 bones and over a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments. What amazing structures they are! No wonder they are hard to draw. Would you like to learn an approach to drawing…

Life drawing for beginners #3

Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s the next session for those who would like to…

Life drawing for beginners August

Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s the next session for those who would like to…

Life drawing for beginners

Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s a session for those who would like to draw…But…!…

Costumed life drawing with Tinkerbell!

Catching a fairy is hard work, but drawing one is another story… Fairies are vain and love to see themselves reflected in dew drops. On April fools’ day, let’s see if we can coax this fey little trickster into posing for us. This costumed life drawing session is from a series of Saturday classes for…

Costumed life drawing with an Assassin!

Edward from Assassin’s Creed takes no prisoners. This is a costumed life drawing session for young people aged 12 – 17, together with an adult…(gran, mum, dad, aunty, uncle, big sis, etc). The session is from a series of Saturday classes for young people and their favourite adults. It’s a chance to do something creative…

Kindling the creative fire #2

A sense trail home to the creative self Come and warm up your imagination and stoke the fires of your creative practice! This workshop is part of a series designed for people who want to get back into making and creating. There are many responsibilities that compete with creativity, and once you stop, it can…

Costumed life drawing with a wicked witch

The wickedest witch of West End is coming to Bunya House! This is a costumed life drawing session for young people aged 12 – 17, together with an adult…(gran, mum, dad, aunty, uncle, big sis, etc). The session is from a series of Saturday classes for young people and their favourite adults. It’s a chance…

Costumed life drawing with a cheeky Sprite

Wombsha, the mysterious forest sprite is coming to Bunya House! This is a costumed life drawing session for young people aged 12 – 17, together with an adult…(gran, mum, dad, aunty, uncle, big sis, etc). The session is from a series of Saturday classes for young people and their favourite adults. It’s a chance to…

Saturday tutored life drawing

Join me for a deep dive into the wonderful world of life drawing! This session is for people who see themselves as beginners to intermediate-level drawers… Life drawing has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be very beneficial for cognitive health as we age, and there is no mystery as to why. It’s not…

Drawing Faces for 8-12 year olds

This session follows on from the recent ‘Drawing Faces’ workshop for adults. This time it has been adapted for young people aged 8-12 years. I love children’s art and am keen to work with them… Not to override their beautiful approach, but to work with it, and encourage them to look, see and draw with…