Drop-In Sessions at Xchanges

We offer Life Drawing, Portrait Drawing, and Sculpture Figure Studies in our gallery. Our sessions include Wednesday and Friday daytime sessions and a Monday evening Life Drawing sessions.

These are non-instructed sessions; all experience levels are welcome. It's a great place to meet other artists and hone your figurative skills in a supportive and creative environment.

Drop-in sessions are held in the gallery. Drawing boards, donkeys, sculpture stands and coffee provided. Participants provide their own materials.

For more information on individual sessions, call the contact number for each session below. For general information, call Xchanges at 250-382-0442.

NEW: Classical Portrait Drawing Class with Noah Layne:
held on Thursdays, February 2nd to March 1st, 2012.
Please register by January 26th.
(...see details further down this webpage)

Life Drawing/Painting:

Monday evenings, 7:00–9:00 p.m.

Male & Female models. Gestures to 20-minute poses.
Drop in $10.00 ($8.00 for members) per 2-hour session.
For more information, please call Simeon
at 778-430-4647.

Long Pose Painting/Drawing and Portrait Groups: held on alternate Wednesdays

Portraiture:

10 a.m.–noon
members of the session group take turns modeling
$5.00 per 2-hr. session.

Long Pose:

10 a.m.–noon, longer if there is demand
with Male & Female models
$5.50 per hour.

For information on Portraiture or Long Pose, please call Sandra Levy at 250-658-3346, before 8 p.m.

Classical Portrait Drawing Class with Noah Layne:
held on Thursdays, February 2nd to March 1st, 2012.
Please register by January 26th.

Cost: $180 includes model fees.

For more info and to register for the class visit www.noahlayne.com

Noah will show you classical techniques for drawing a realistic portrait. Noah will teach the use of plumb lines, comparative measurement, and tilt angle to find correct proportions. This is a great opportunity to study academic drawing in Victoria!

Award-winning artist Noah Layne has shown his work in shows and galleries across North America, and been short-listed for Canada's National Portrait Competition “The Kingston Prize” as well as being a Hudson River Fellow in New York.

Sculpture:
Figure Studies in Clay

Sessions are regularly held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month.

10:00am–2:30 pm (with 1/2 hour lunch break);
Female and male models; one four-hour pose;
$20.00 per session.
For more information please call Derek at 250-727-2428.