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Interactive Performance/Workshop with Ali Katmiri
Sat, Aug 29, 1:00 PMThe workshop invites visitors to take up the practice for themselves. Working in silence with colour and canvas, each person becomes both the artist and the audience of their own work. Nothing needs to be got right and no experience is needed. The point is to find out what happens when feeling passes straight into colour, without stopping to explain itself. Your creation will then be displayed as part of the artists solo show at the London Art Bar!

Private View: Ali Katmiri @ London Art Bar
Sat, Aug 29, 5:00 PMWe are so excited to announce our first solo show at the LAB will be by the amazing **Ali Katmiri!** And we would love for you to join us for the private view on **Saturday 29th August from 6pm!** Ali Katmiri paints and photographs to reach the seeing and the feeling that come before language. The work comes from a daily practice he built for himself. In it he is both the artist and the audience. In one part he works as a performer-painter, in the other as a performer-photographer. Institutions choreograph the eye. They teach people where to look and what is worth looking at. In the photographs Katmiri uses abstraction to strip those distractions away and reach the layer of the world a child sees. That same direction of attention disciplines emotion. In the paintings he uses colour and canvas to put feeling outside the body directly, with no words and no explanation. He is not making meaning. He is opening a channel where emotion passes straight into colour and shape. Both halves of the practice ask the same question from two sides. How we look, and how we feel about what we are shown. **Tilt Your Head and A Subtle Turn / Colors Can See** is Ali Katmiris first solo exhibition. It brings together paintings and photographs from a daily practice he built for himself, one in which he is both the artist and the audience. Institutions choreograph the eye, teaching people where to look and what is worth looking at, and that same direction of attention disciplines what they feel. The photographs use abstraction to strip those distractions away. The paintings use colour and canvas to put emotion outside the body directly, with no words and no explanation. Both reach for the seeing and the feeling that come before language. The exhibition includes a workshop in which visitors take up the practice for themselves.

Life Drawing. Caroline Models. £14.00.
Wed, Sep 2, 6:00 PMDynamic model Caroline returns! Link to Caroline's Instagram [@caroline_spang](https://www.instagram.com/caroline_spang/) Unfortunately, due to increasing costs, I have had to raise the price per session to £14.00. I might add this is the first increase since 2020. The session is held in the TRA Community Hall, Ground Floor, Simla House, Weston Street, SE1 3RL. All abilities are welcome to draw and meet likeminded people. Two hours of active dynamic poses from 2 to 25 minutes. £14.00 for the session. The group is run on a drop-in basis. Pay on the night. Cash or card. Artists are advised to bring their own materials although a small amount will be available for emergency use. I think that is everything but message me if you have any queries. Kind regards, Cliff

Life Drawing. Lorenzo Models. £14.00.
Wed, Sep 9, 6:00 PMLorenzo returns! Link to Lorenzo's Instagram [@anewlifemodel](https://www.instagram.com/anewlifemodel/) The session is held in the TRA Community Hall, Ground Floor, Simla House, Weston Street, SE1 3RL. All abilities are welcome to draw and meet likeminded people. Two hours of active dynamic poses from 2 to 25 minutes. £14.00 for the session. The group is run on a drop-in basis. Pay on the night. Cash or card. Artists are advised to bring their own materials although a small amount will be available for emergency use. I think that is everything but message me if you have any queries. Kind regards, Cliff

Saturday Secret Sketch Life Drawing Salons
Sat, Aug 29, 10:00 AM**A gem of a life drawing session in our secret hideaway - a good vibes intimate sit down drawing session with wonderful models and lighting** Vaulty Towers really is a very special venue with a wonderful atmosphere- walk through the main bar with its glittery décor and down the little staircase into the twinkly hideaway downstairs where the life drawing magic happens! As with all our drop in classes – expect professional tutors and models in an inspiring and unique space. With poses from 30 seconds to one hour – there is something for everyone. This is a general life drawing class with tuition for beginners and advice for those who are more experienced, all designed to encourage you to develop your own style and approach. **Please don’t come to class if you feel ill- you can rebook to another date- just email info@londondrawing.com** **Classes can be booked ahead via tickets below** Secret Sketch is a sit down sketch class- drawing boards provided Materials available to buy, or bring your own- Paper 20p per sheet, charcoal 25p per stick Every Saturday 11-1pm £15/ £10 students and under 25's **Or you can drop in and pay cash or paypal on the door** **PayPal link:** **[PayPal.Me](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LondonDrawing)** Or buy tickets here: [BUY TICKETS HERE](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-secret-sketch-weekly-drop-in-life-drawing-waterloo-tickets-426760932437)

SUNDAY SECRET SKETCH LIFE DRAWING SALONS: 1-3pm
Sun, Aug 30, 12:00 PM**A gem of a life drawing session in our secret hideaway - a good vibes intimate sit down drawing session with wonderful models and lighting** Vaulty Towers really is a very special venue with a wonderful atmosphere- walk through the main bar with its glittery décor and down the little staircase into the twinkly hideaway downstairs where the life drawing magic happens! As with all our drop in classes- expect professional tutors and models in an inspiring and unique space. With poses from 30 seconds to one hour- there is something for everyone. This is a general life drawing class with tuition for beginners and advice for those who are more experienced, all designed to encourage you to develop your own style and approach. **Please don’t come to class if you feel ill- you can rebook to another date- just email info@londondrawing.com** Materials available to buy, or bring your own- Paper 20p per sheet, charcoal 25p per stick **Sunday Secret Sketch** **Every Sunday** **1-3pm** **£15 / £10 students and under 25's** **We also run [Saturday Secret Sketch session](https://londondrawing.com/buy-tickets-for-saturday-secret-sketch-including-session-information/)** **11-1pm Every Saturday** **And a second Sunday Secret Sketch** **3.30-5.30pm every Sunday** **Drop in and pay cash or paypal on the door** **PayPal link:** **[PayPal.Me](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LondonDrawing)** Or buy tickets here: [BUY TICKETS HERE](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunday-secret-sketch-weekly-drop-in-life-drawing-waterloo-tickets-426778555147) **Venue:** **Vaulty Towers** **34 Lower Marsh** **London** **SE1 7RG**
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