Everyone is invited to join an evening of experimental life drawing! The session involves drawing a live model who will engage in a variety of dynamic poses over the course of two hours.
The atmosphere of a Nice Flaps event is always warm and light hearted; they play music, encourage drawers to mingle and commune with each other, and often engage with a specific theme to give life drawing a fresh, fun, contemporary feel.
Drawers of all levels and experiences are encouraged and welcome to participate. We want to open up life drawing to anyone with the curiosity to observe the human body and depict it in their own style. Drawing materials will be provided, so you can simply turn up ready to go.
Nice Flaps offers non-taught, experimental drawing events, typically featuring one or two models—mostly nude, sometimes in costume—either posing alone or interacting with props and sets. Collaborating with artists, institutions, and other artist-run spaces, they challenge the parameters of life drawing by exploring questions such as: What does it mean to draw from life? How can it influence daily perception of the world?
Their program extends beyond traditional life drawing, which focuses on technical training, instead fostering welcoming and inclusive spaces where both newcomers and experienced participants can engage in an artistic experience and share a collective moment with others.
Nice Flaps has been running since 2019 and is organised and curated by artists Annemarie Wadlow (UK) and Alejandra López Martínez (ES).
Life drawing inside the exhibition ‘Ouvrages de Dames’ by Ariane Toussaint, See Lab, 2025.
Images courtesy of Ariane Toussaint.