THE RED WAVE: Period Positivity through Performance and Art

Join London Drawing Group for this unique and extremely special all-day life drawing class "The Red Wave: Period Positivity through Performace and Art".

As well as working directly from the model, this one-off class includes a full performance by Burlesque Idol winner 2017, Bonnie Knockers and 10% of the profit made from your tickets will go to Amika George's Free Period campaign. 

Encouraging fun and experimentation, Frances Stanfield will guide you through observational and practical drawing techniques using fun applications of poses and processes to help you capture human expressions and gestures. Working with red ink, charcoal, pastels and a mystery drawing tool - you will have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of mediums alongside tutored tasks to help you go with the flow and relax into your drawing!

We are very lucky to have Bonnie Knockers as our life model for the day, a “Neoburlesque lass with ‘that period act’: serving curve, verve & plenty of nerve.” Crowned Burlesque Idol 2017, Bonnie will be kicking the class off by performing her "Period Drama" piece, just for us! 

We're giving 10% of the profit made for "The Red Wave" class to Amika George's Free Period campaign - a Period Poverty fighting cause which aims to make sure that no girl in the UK is living in period poverty. She is urging the UK Government to make a statutory pledge to end period poverty by providing free menstrual products to all girls in the UK on Free School Meals.

 Open to EVERYONE, menstruators and non-mentruators alike. This period positive class is our small way of helping to unmask and "break the cycle of secrecy, fear and misinformation about menstruation that leads to negative consequences like period poverty." - www.periodpositive.com 

We welcome beginners, advanced artists and everyone in-between! Teaching is hands on and friendly and we provide Materials; charcoal, paper and drawing boards but please feel free to bring sketchbooks/ your own paper or any other mediums you fancy!

PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINS EARLY in order to allow time for setting up.

Our life drawing classes are about promoting the enjoyment of art making and are open to all levels. Each class will focus on a specific aspect of the human form or technique, which we hope will help you create ever more compelling and considered work.

Lewisham Arthouse is a fully accessible venue.

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LONDON DRAWING GROUP