Life Drawing Intensive
Workshop in Sydney
Create drawings that are
Dynamic, Alive and Emotive
with Art of Flow
Join our Weekend workshop...
Come together in-person and create
We are very excited to announce that we will be offering one in-person Life Drawing Intensive workshop this year.
It will be held at FLOW STUDIOS in Camperdown, in Sydney's inner west over two consecutive weekends.
The workshop will centre around Life Drawing with feeling... DRAWING LIFE!
Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists.
WHEN
4 x Mornings
Life Drawing Intensive
Saturday + Sunday
16th + 17th May
23rd + 24th May
10am - 1.30pm each day
WHERE
FLOW STUDIOS
57 Denison St,
Camperdown
Sydney
The workshop will be a very small and intimate group... limited to 8 participants
THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE FILMED
Art of Flow will be professionally filming the workshop, to create a digital online Drawing Life Intensive course.
Please note that a videographer will be moving around the space and participants may be filmed while taking part. By participating in the workshop, you are giving permission for this footage to be used to create our online course.
Our vision is for the digital course to convey the feeling of us drawing, dancing and experiencing the energy of connection together in the warehouse.
As a thank you, all participants will be given access to the completed online course.
If you have any questions about this, please email: learn@artofflow.art
About the Workshop
Drawing Life - An Intensive over 4 mornings
This workshop is a series of 6 main exercises in Life Drawing - Learning to draw the figure with energy and aliveness!
This program is suitable for absolute beginners as well as more experienced artists.
Each day begins with exploring free flowing, energetic, fast and fun exercises with an artist model.
Afterwards we move into longer poses and exercises which are especially designed to enhance new ways of seeing and to develop eye to hand coordination.
Dynamic gesture drawing will help us capture the essence, energy and movement of the figure.
Slowing down and drawing with sensitivity to light and shadow will give the drawings presence and form.
This workshop is focused on Life Drawing, working with progresso, pastel and charcoal on paper (please note - there is no painting).
There will be space for freedom, self-expression and trusting your own process.
This Drawing Life workshop is dedicated to my art teacher, who was also my friend and mentor, Stephen Wesley Gorton.
'Drawing Power' is a program developed by Steve who gave me his blessing to carry on his legacy by sharing these classes inspired by his teachings.
Explore... Enjoy... Discover... Create…
Art of Flow was born out of a desire to share & connect with others who are on a path of creative discovery... to help spark and encourage beautiful ways to explore art in a joyful space...
At this workshop we will connect with our soul's desire... dance, draw from the heart, be inspired by artist models and be immersed in a nurturing creative space.
Hi! I’m Gabbi.
I’ve been drawing, painting and exploring art my whole life… and am passionate about sharing creativity.
My foundational art education in the late 80's and early 90's was predominantly in life drawing and anatomy... The experience of drawing living, breathing and expressive human beings had a profound effect on me and paved the way for the course of my life.
Life Drawing feels like my art home.
Over 30 years ago, I began teaching life drawing through the lens of a personal emotional response... This deep and spiritual personal experience has always been something that I have felt the need to share with others...
I believe that Life Drawing is a gateway... it opens up the possibility to enter FLOW STATE... and connect with a creative force. Something far more surprising than 'just' drawing can happen... enlivening and enriching our lives.
I especially love drawing dancers and the opportunity to collaborate and respond to the expression of energy and movement.
Yes, life drawing is about SEEING and observing... BUT even more valuable than that... it is all about the FEELING.
Through my workshops I aim to encourage you to trust your intuition and uncover your unique way of expressing.
WHAT'S INCLUDED...
All quality art materials will be supplied:
- Paper
- Progressos
- Charcoal + Pastels
- Artist models
- Easels and chairs
- Delicious morning tea
- Loving & supportive guidance
You may be surprised to discover how easy & natural drawing the figure will feel.
Using music and dynamic drawing exercises, it is possible to make an instant connection, bypassing your analytical brain and moving into creative flow.
These moments of 'flow' or being 'in the zone' are where the magic happens and drawings emerge without effort.
Being in these peak states enhance a sense of wellbeing and joy that filters into your daily life.
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique."
Martha Graham
Hear from our previous participants:
"Gabbi's energy and love of drawing/creating as well as guiding students is infectious and shines through. Her guidance is suggestive and gentle".
Valerie
"Thank you for such an inspiring and amazing two days. It was all so welcoming and inclusive. The support and teaching was fantastic. Loved every minute of it. It was the most friendly and accepting art workshop I’ve ever attended."
Tina D
"I loved my weekend, so joyous and uplifting. What did I like? Everything. Loved that it was a challenge and pushed me out of my comfort zone and I'm sure that the skills I learnt will, with practice, be great for my art."
Lauren C
"Wow!! Our Workshop was incredible in every way possible!! I arrived with an open heart, mind, body and soul..
Thank you so much for your mentorship, the way you constructed the Workshop, the choice of incredible models, passing on your extensive experience in life drawing, your passion, your love. I have now had the opportunity to look at the drawings l have taken home with me and reflected deeply on the learnings you have passed on to me...OMG!!! l am celebrating with so much joy, observing my progress, the flow l felt and can see, loving my imperfections, my breakthroughs, valuing each and every drawing."
Alexis M
Please email learn@artofflow with any questions.
"Seeing is very important - without a PASSION for it and the accomplishment of LOVING IT one hasn't even started. But seeing alone isn't enough. You have to FEEL what you are looking at. FEEL what it means. FEEL what it is doing. And draw it in a FEELING way. Particularly the living figure - it is not merely a form for us to describe. It is a living thing and it is incumbent on the artist to feel the LIFE within it that gives it FORM, even if the ACTION is a subtle as a thought. Now we are going to see BEYOND THE FORM, THE OUTER SHELL, TO DRAW THE ACTION of the pose. So instead of using a DESCRIPTIVE line you will be using an EXPRESSIVE LINE."
Stephen Wesley Gorton
(My art teacher, friend & mentor)
