Private Parties at the Berlin Drawing Room

Looking for a creative way to start off you Hen/ Stag Party weekend in Berlin? Look no further!

Hen Party Life Drawing

Life Drawing Parties at the Berlin Drawing Room are a fun and creative way to celebrate with your friends! With the added bonus that you get to take your drawings back home with you.

We have hosted many great Bachelor/ Bachelorette Parties at the Berlin Drawing Room. Usually the format is charcoal drawing from a live nude model. Male or female - your choice. Our models are highly skilled and experienced, most of them are professional dancers or performers.

We start off with a warm up exercise to loosen everybody up.  Then we move on to short gesture poses.  At the end there might be one or two longer poses (10-15 min).  We will stick to a fast paced format that keeps the energy level high. Workshops usually last 2 hours.

The focus here is on having fun and participating in a unique event, not on creating masterpieces. These workshops are perfect for total beginners as well as the more experienced.

lot's of short poses: gesture drawings!

* The Berlin Drawing Room can accommodate groups up to 12 people. If your group is much bigger, it is possible to rent a larger space nearby for the event. At additional cost.
* All materials and the model are included.
* Prosecco can be arranged at a reasonable extra cost.
* CONTACT me for a personalized quote. This will depend on the number of participants and the length of the workshop. Typically a workshop starts at around 280 Euro.

Bachelorette Party

... with a little prosecco!

Bachelor Party

Bridesmaids sifting through their drawings

the bride is the one wearing the veil!

Life Drawing in August 2014

Join us for Open Life Drawing at the Berlin Drawing Room!

Wednesday, August 6, 6-9 pm

               Focus: Charcoal and contour lines

Sunday, August 10, 4-7 pm

               Focus: Ink and watercolor

Wednesday, August 13, 6-9 pm

                Focus: Longer poses

Price:  45 Euro for all three classes, 20 Euro per class.
Materials:  Bring a drawing pad, pencils, and any other drawing utensils you like.  Some special materials will be provided or available for purchase. See below for details.
RSVP:  contact

ink with watercolor background

Format:  Draw from a live nude model! The typical format we use for life drawing, or Aktzeichnen, goes like this.  We start out with a warm up drawing excercise, such as blind contour drawing. Then we do a series of gesture drawings from short expressive poses - always interesting because our models are typically dancers and performers! We end the session with a few longer 20 minute poses.  I will suggest themes to focus on such as "the exploratory line" or "negative space".  There is a break so you can mingle, get a coffee, or at least some fresh air.

These open life drawing sessions are well suited for absolute beginners as well as more advanced participants. Whether you want to learn new techniques, or just draw from a model with a nice group of people in a beautiful space, you are welcome. 

Focus: This year I have decided to spice things up with a special focus for each session. You can choose to participate in the focus, or not. I know that for some of you, you just want to draw from a model and you have your own technique in mind, and you are very welcome to pursue this and ignore me.  

• Charcoal and Contour Lines:  For the first class we focus on long flowing contour lines with charcoal! Emphasis will be on quality and economy of line, as well as the various effects one can achieve with the modest medium of charcoal.  Materials: Bring sketch books, drawing pads, pencils, erasers, etc... Some paper and charcoal are provided. 
• Ink and Watercolor: We will experiment with ink and watercolor as drawing mediums.  This technique is different from creating a finished painting.  We will "draw" with the paint brush and use color more graphically. Watercolor may provide a soft colorful background for a an ink painting, or the drips and pools of color may blend into the drawing.  (see example above)  Materials:  Bring watercolor paper, brushes, water based mediums such as watercolor or ink, a cup for water, a palette, paper towels.  I will have some ink and watercolor to use, and some watercolor paper and brushes for purchase. If you don't have all the materials, don't worry!  I have materials to share, and other people usually like to share what they bring. A little bit of my red ink for your blue? So just bring what you have.
• Longer Poses: The special focus here effects the format of the class itself. Instead of the many shorter gestural poses we normally start out with, we will spend almost the entire class time with longer 20 minute poses. We will have a few short poses to warm up at the start, but then we go straight to the 20 minute poses. You can use these longer poses to create more finished works or experiment further with some of the materials we used in the first two classes. This could also be an opportunity to make more detailed studies or hands, feet or a portrait.  Materials: Anything you like! 

Life Drawing in August 2013

Current dates: HERE  This is an old post! :)
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Join us for Life Drawing with a nude model at the new Berlin Drawing Room!
Come check out our brand new renovated classroom! The Berlin Drawing Room never looked lovelier!

Thursday 6-9 pm : August 1, 8, 15.  2013
50 Euro for all 3 classes
- or- 20 Euro for individual classes

I kindly request that you sign up in advance so that I have an estimate of how many people are coming. This helps me with booking the model and arranging the classroom.  Sign up by sending me a message at miraob@gmail.com

Freshly renovated Berlin Drawing Room

Draw from a live nude model! We start out with a warm up drawing excercise, such as blind contour drawing. Then we do a series of short gestural poses - always interesting because our models are typically dancers and performers! We end the session with a few longer 20 minute poses.  The instructor will suggest themes to focus on such as "the exploratory line" or "negative space".  Personal instruction and critique will be geared to the level of each participant. These classes are suitable for beginners as well as the more advanced who want to practice drawing from a model.

What to bring: sketch-book/ paper minimum A3 size, some pencils, any other drawings materials you want to use such as charcoal, conte crayons, ....

Gesture Drawings: 1 minute poses