August 29th 2010 - Hippie/Raver Chick

Update: A photo and some artwork from Shannon's session as a Space Cowgirl!

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This Sunday, Shannon Rumpke will beam your drawing practice to planet Intergalactic Cowgirl!....Its sure to be a fun ride!

Shannon is a Louisville native, hippie/raver chick, with a dynamic - but easy going - personality. Her look is quirky and dichotomous...for instance, she is playing with a Space Cowgirl Pin-Up theme at the moment. Her athletic, petite frame works really well for pin-up style poses; and is small but curvy! She loves yoga, and has the physical strength to hold poses for the duration.

August 22nd 2010 - Exotic Dancer

Update: Photos from Ami and Elijah Bishop's set.

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This Sunday, exotic dancer Ami Burton will sizzle your drawing practice with her fun and provocative poses!

For the past three years, Ami has worked as an exotic dancer. Her work as a dancer has helped her to become very limber, allowing her to cultivate moves that are animated, twisted, and yoga-inspired.

August 15th 2010 - Acrobatic Contortionist

This Sunday, acrobatic contortionist Andrew Goedicke will razzle-dazzle your drawing practice with his Cirque du Soleil- style!
 
For the past 13 years, Andrew has trained in various circus arts including: aerial silks, hand balancing, gymnastics, trapeze,contortion, and dance. He currently preparing for an audition in Montreal for the National Circus School (closely affiliated with Cirque du Soleil). Along with this experience, he has a degree in fine art and is a licensed teacher. An artist himself, Andrew works in various mediums, preferably mixed media.

August 8th 2010 - Art Model as Bond Girl

Update: Photos from this past Sunday.
Our model Sarah in the one long pose (about 35 minutes)



I took some poorly lit photos of the other artists work at the end during our "show and tell". Although the artwork is not well represented by these grainy images - it is exciting to get other artists work on the blog!
First our guest moderator, Neil Callander:


And then some nice work from the other artists (please email if you want your work credited) whose names I did not get.

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This Sunday, Sarah McCollum will model a la Bond-Girl, Ursula Andress! Enjoy a day at the beach...Bond-style!


Sarah is an experienced art model from the Louisville area. She is also an avid artist herself - writing and illustrating her own comics, designing and creating jewelry and clothing, as well as costuming and makeup artistry work for various theatrical productions.

Just for fun here is a link to a search for "Bond Girls" on The Drawing Club's excellent blog - their blog is an inspiration for this one and the photos and art there may help get your imagination going!

This week is Shark Week on Discovery network - on the Lexington KY Comic Creators Group blog we are having a drawing challenge based on this theme. Please feel free to contribute to the CCG online collective if you like!

2010/08/01 - Acrobatic Contortionist

Update: Some photos and artwork from last Sunday. Artists please send in your artwork! Email me if you need help - we will set up a Flickr group where you can upload your own images.

Potter Coe, photos:

Thirty Second Poses:

Twenty minute pose:




Here's some artwork

Jonathan Gilpin

One minute poses:

Five minute poses:

Twenty minute pose:

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This Sunday, STRETCH your drawing skills with Bethan Kannapell, an Acrobatic Contortionist and circus production director !


Bethan has performed and directed circus productions around the country and is a member of the Circus Performance Group at Warren Wilson College. She recently directed her own circus production with 35 performers about a journey across the world told through folklore. See one of her recent performances here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5SCC4vazgs

2010 Proof on Main Show

Work from numerous artist attendees from the past several months of Cabaret Life Drawing is now on display at Proof on Main, the bar section of 21c's restaurant. These are mounted informally, akin to salon style, displayed in four groupings on the walls around the Seventh Street side seating area and entrance from Main Street.

Artists please email me and I will include your names if you want credit for your work appearing in the show and on this blog.

Thanks to 21c and Skylar for hosting the Cabaret Life Drawing  and for giving us all a venue to display the art from those sessions! Here are some more photos of the show.

2010/07/25 - Actor and Art Model

Update: Here are some photos and some artwork from last Sunday.
Mathew brought only a few props: rope and rifle, along with a minimal costume: hat, bandanna, and vest - but really pulled off the cowboy attitude!


Artists work:
Jonathan Gilpin
"I was amazed and surprised how convincingly Matthew was able to create the illusion!"

Thirty-second poses


One-minute poses


Two-minute pose


Twenty-minute poses

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This Sunday, Saddle-Up and Giddy-Up your drawing practice with Model and Performer, 'Matthew'!

Matthew is a favorite life drawing model for many artists in the Louisville area. He has regularly modeled for life drawing classes at the Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center, I.U. Southeast, the Jewish Community Center, the Kentucky Watercolor Society and for many private artists and groups. He previously modeled extensively for the Louisville Visual Art Association at the now-defunct Artopia facility and at the water tower, and he has also appeared as a model at Jefferson Community College. Matthew studied theater at I.U. Southeast, and continues to perform on stage whenever possible. He most recently appeared as Dexter Jackson in "Two Beers and a Hook Shot" at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.