Friday, 20 April 2012

"Is that a tree? Or are you just pleased to see me?"




Although I am a fan of art, I don’t consider myself a proficient artist, especially at drawing. So when a friend suggested going to a life drawing class I was a little apprehensive.  After a little encouragement we decided to go to a class at Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft, Bristol. Cafe Kino is a not-for-profit vegetarian and vegan cafe with a ‘community events space’ on it’s lower ground.

The life drawing class are un-tutored which allows for the classes to be a very reasonable £5 per session. Sessions are 2 hours long consisting of various poses for different amounts of time, the longest being the last pose which is for 50 minutes. Participants are invited to bring their own equipment although pencils, charcoals and pastels are available to use and paper can be bought at cost price.

There was a mixed crowd of different ages and an even mix of male and female, lots of people seemed to be on their own with a few couples in the mix. My friend and I were most worried about getting into a fit of giggles, however as the robbed female revealed her ‘lady garden’ the seriousness of the rest of the class was apparently contagious.  As the ‘poses’ past I started to feel a little more confident, although I wouldn’t go as far as saying - ‘practice makes perfect’.  The two hours flew past and we left the class feeling happy and relaxed.

Cafe Kino run weekly life drawing classes every Monday between 6pm and 8pm, if you are tempted, I urge you to go, I loved it. 

Is that a tree?

Not quite to scale!

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