Feedback from You!

The New York Figure Drawing Group AKA The Summer Sketch Group, has been going strong for years before social media, but with the advent of social media, we've really been able to reach a lot of people in New York and around the world! Draw-mania!, our monthly draw-a-thon and variety show has become a vacation destination for artists from around the world (Brazil, Canada, Australia, Austria,Germany and France, to name a few).

One thing that makes us unique from other figure drawing groups is that we are willing to offer different kinds of events based on member suggestions. This year, based on member suggestions, we've added a long-pose class and brought back basic drawing classes with instruction, as well as workshops and special events.

What would you like to get from this group? I've set up a poll on our Meetup site to get some general feedback, and if you have a minute, please use it to let me know what you think! And if you'd like to email me with more specific questions or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you!
http://www.meetup.com/FigureSketching-NYC/polls/1225879/

Video from our first Art Sail of 2015

Our next Draw-mania! Art Sail will be July 26th. 2015, and you can find out more about it here:
http://www.meetup.com/FigureSketching-NYC/events/223571674/

But if you'd like to see a little live-action feedback first, have a look at our video:

DRAW-MANIA! moves to Thursdays!

First off, my apologies for not updating the blog more often. Not to sound corny, but with all the stuff we've had going on this year, I just wasn't able to devote the time to it.

"So, Jeff, what's been going on with the group?"

 

Out top story is that after several years offering Draw-mania! on the last Monday of each month, we've moved up to the THIRD THURSDAY of each month. This should make it a little easier for a lot of people who just couldn't free up Monday night.

 

Otherwise, it's still the same exciting Draw-mania! you've relied on for your creative needs. We'll still have a bunch of outstanding Figure models, both male and female, some familiar faces and some new ones. We still have Mike Ogletree for our DJ, offering an eclectic mix of tunes spanning all genres. We'll still be presenting live performances from some of the newest talent in New York City. And we're still in NYC's coolest rock and roll tiki bar! and the price is still the same--a mere $15 smackers for the whole kaboodle!

And did I mention the tiki drinks? If you haven't been to Otto's yet, you might not know they offer some of the best tiki cocktails and affordable beers! Imbibing is optional, of course, but if you are buying, they're there for you!

If you haven't been yet, COME! Our first Thursday event will be September 18th., 2014. 8pm.

Welcome To NY Figure Drawing

Life drawing, ie., drawing the nude figure from a live model

Some of you may already know me! I've been running a life drawing group in the summers here in Manhattan, on and off, for something like ten years. A few years ago, I brought the group to Meetup.com. That helped reach a lot of new people, and it helped to streamline the process of scheduling the sessions. The meetup site interface isn't really a great place for interacting, however. there's a lot more I want to share, and a blog seemed like a better place to offer suggestions and to get feedback. I'm going to try to keep this site filled with new and useful content, including information on:

Materials and techniques
Beginner's suggestions
Info on my group and all the others in NYC that I know about
Info on running a sketch group
Info for models and artists
And of course a little blog-worthy pontification
Art (of course)

Is there something else that you would you like to see on this site? Let me know!

--Jeff