Event

Life Drawing with Early Masterworks: Portraiture

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Location

Community Studio

Enjoy another exciting life drawing event all around themes of our Drawing Biennial 2026!

Join EarlyMasterworks at Drawing Room to celebrate Drawing Biennial 2026, which features over 300 newly commissioned drawings by renowned worldwide artists, for a themed, untutored live sketching session focused on portraiture, where expression, character, and storytelling are highlighted. This is not about precise proportions or technical precision, but about feeling, presence, and transforming what you see into something personal and meaningful.

Portraiture has a powerful way of revealing emotion, identity, and narrative. In this session, you will explore how subtle shifts in expression, gaze, and posture can influence your drawing. Lines may become soft, bold, fragmented, or fluid as you respond to the face in front of you. This is an opportunity to explore drawing as a way of seeing and understanding people.

About Early Masterworks (EM) Life Drawing:

We create a welcoming and warm environment for all backgrounds, demographics, and skill levels at this creative social life drawing event to meet, drink, draw, and create! We do not instruct; instead, we invite participants to share. We believe that art connects people, and sharings improve creativity! We host weekly themed untutored gatherings at a variety of one-of-a-kind places in London. You may have also heard of us because of the work we have done with the National GalleryOpen House Festival LondonSOHO HOUSEUrbanism/Architecture Bi-City Biennale (UABB)The European Biennial of Contemporary Art and more.

Ticket:

– £8 (Concession),

– £15 (Ticket with all Art Supplies)

-£20 (Ticket with all Art Supplies & 1 Drink)

  • We have light snacks and drinks.
  • We do not have a dinner menu.
  • Eventbrite Ticket fees are on top of this price – Sorry 🙁
  • Concession tickets are only for

Government allowance/Pension recipients of any kind

Southwark residents

Full-time Students

Over 60s/Under 25s

Drawing Biennial 2026/Tannery Artists

Drawing Members

For further information about this event and/or to address any access needs, please contact [email protected] / 020 4547 6200

Concession tickets are limited to 6 per event as Drawing Room is a charity and rely on funds such as these to make our programme possible!

*Proof of eligibility will be required on entry to the events.