Making a mark
What a fantastic evening! Finishing School was bursting with eager artists at our second lesson: life drawing. Louise Reade managed to calm us down, suppress the giggles and get us to focus on making that first mark and loosening up our personal interpretations of the human body, helped by our superb model Steven Wheeler. It’s clear that Finishing School is home to quite a bit of talent. It was also great for those of us who have limited drawing ability as Louise had a real knack of coaxing something ‘interesting’ out of everybody through the group drawing tasks.
I’ve added a few of our creations here, more photos and news can be found on our Facebook group. I’ve also asked Fiona nicely if she could make another slideshow of images from our Flickr page.
Thanks to everyone for putting up with the heat – we promise to keep the doors open at all future events that don’t include a naked model… Thanks also to the staff at the William IV for allowing us to bring together what could have been a rather dangerous combination of nudity, red wine and sharp pencils in a controlled environment! If Finishing School has inspired you, Broken Arted answers many of the questions posed during the class (including what to do with the rude bits).
Keep an eye on our events page for clues to our next Finishing School event in August. Whether it’s flower arranging, car maintenance or French lessons, we look forward to seeing you there.
