Join us for 5 sessions of life drawing:

Thursdays 5.30 to 7.30pm – 12, 19, 26 October, 2, 9 November 2023

$125.00 for 5 sessions or $30 individually

Anthea da Silva will be in the Gallery to guide us through this series of life drawing.

These special sessions cater to beginners, intermediates and the emerging artists. Offering two hours of creative time with a live model holding a dynamic range of short and longer poses each week. These classes will develop life-long skills in observational drawing.

Your workshop fee includes all materials, gentle tuition and light refreshments for the five sessions. The Gallery will supply an easel, drawing boards, paper and some drawing materials, but you are welcome to bring your own dry materials if you desire.

Anthea da Silva

Anthea da Silva is an artist whose portraiture and figurative works are inspired by a passion for Life Drawing, or ‘Yoga for Artists’. She’s facilitated Life Drawing sessions in Art Galleries, Wineries, Museums, Universities & Gyms in regional NSW, WA & Victoria for many years, and brings a combination of immersive and experimental techniques that also reflect her studies in anatomy, physiology and whole-brain learning. Anthea’s careers span Occupational Therapy, tertiary arts education and Gallery Programming & Curating and she’s presented workshops in prisons, hospitals, boardrooms and in remote outback communities. In March 2020, Anthea was awarded the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra with her portrait of Dr Elizabeth Cameron-Dalman, OAM. She has twice been a finalist in the Portia Geach Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.

Book your spot for all five sessions click the link below Contact the Gallery directly to make bookings for individual sessions.