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We train artists and models in life drawing and other figurative art, and work to achieve social justice. | On forme des artistes et modèles travaillant dans le contexte du modèle vivant et on oeuvre pour atteindre la justice sociale.

English follows the "---"Pour le mois d'avril, nous clôturons le semestre avec six événements. La programmation se pours...
03/31/2026

English follows the "---"

Pour le mois d'avril, nous clôturons le semestre avec six événements. La programmation se poursuivra en mai.

1er avril (mercredi) : Des artistes nus se dessinent costumés
3 avril (vendredi) : Cours de peinture à l'huile avec Dasha
4 avril (samedi) : Cours de dessin des détails avec Shawn
9 avril (jeudi) : Vernissage de l'exposition «Let us not be alone»
10 avril (vendredi) : Cours de gouache avec Graceina
11 avril (samedi) : Cours de dessin des contours avec Brad.

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For the month of April, we close the semester with six events, with programming to continue some time in May.

April 1 (Wednesday) : N**e artists draw each other in costumes
April 3 (Friday) : Instructed oil painting with Dasha
April 4 (Saturday) : Instructed detailed drawing with Shawn
April 9 (Thursday) : Vernissage for Let us not be alone
April 10 (Friday) : Instructed gouache painting with Graceina
April 11 (Saturday) : Instructed contour drawing with Brad

Let us not be alone:Inaugural group show from the Atelier Denu life drawing workshopMarch 30 to May 1, 2026Opening recep...
03/12/2026

Let us not be alone:
Inaugural group show from the Atelier Denu life drawing workshop

March 30 to May 1, 2026
Opening reception Thursday April 9, 18:00 to 20:00
Nostalgica: 601 Cumberland, Ottawa

1. Call for artists
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Submit up to two pieces created at Atelier Denu by end-of-day Thursday, March 19, 2026 here:
https://forms.gle/4d839bSuA15mnrdy8

Everyone who submits will get one piece in the show. Depending upon the number of submissions, you may get a second piece in. [UPDATE: ONLY ONE submission per person will be received.] Final selections will be communicated by Sunday, March 22.

2. Learn about presentation
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If you have never presented before, you may have no experience with frames and hanging. Feel free to attend a tutorial after our life drawing workshops held March 13 and 14 on how to present your work in a commercially available frame or to install a wire to hang a painted piece.

3. Submission of physical works
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Work must be received by Saturday, March 28. Feel free to bring ready-to-hang pieces to our life drawing workshops held March 27, or 28, or arrange a time to meet with Shawn. The work will be installed the morning of Monday, March 30. Anyone interested and available to assist in the set up is welcome to join in.

4. Recovery of unsold works
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The show ends May 1. Further details on collecting your work will be forthcoming.

2025 A.D.UnwrappedThis year, Atelier Denu held 80 life drawing workshops with, quite coincidentally, 80 different people...
12/13/2025

2025 A.D.
Unwrapped

This year, Atelier Denu held 80 life drawing workshops with, quite coincidentally, 80 different people posing in these.

Here is a graphic featuring all 80 sessions, and then one highlight from each month.

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Some sessions were themed on pose lengths alone.
(gestures; details, details; and long poses)

Other sessions featured the model posing in a certain way.
(all the fauna, all the feels, feign injury, partnered struggle, pretty/ugly, rotations, and tableau vivant)

Some sessions made use of props, costumes, and the environment.
(un/dressing; vélolove; fruits; the sheet; bare, but; paper doll; reading and writing; hiding poorly, and we bring our own light)

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We held one event per trimester where anyone is allowed to pose.
(bon voyage, summer showcase, and Hallowe'en showcase)

And we made special events to outreach to communities beyond the purely visually artistic:
summer showcase (for the Ottawa Fringe Festival)
n**e drawing class (for naturists and April Fools)
couples and throuples and strip catan (for Capital Pride Festival), and
a three-model life drawing session (for the new ChromaQueer film and arts festival).

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It has been a delightful year, and I look forward to seeing you all again in January.

-Shawn.

English follows the "---".Ce week-end, trois événements sont au programme :Vendredi soir, une séance avec un modèle pour...
11/05/2025

English follows the "---".

Ce week-end, trois événements sont au programme :

Vendredi soir, une séance avec un modèle pour une pose longue en studio à l’Université d’Ottawa ;

Samedi matin, deux modèles pour des poses courtes ensemble, également en studio ; et

Dimanche matin, trois modèles poseront ensemble au festival de cinéma et d’arts ChromaQueer, à la Cour des arts.

Nous vous recommandons vivement d’assister aux trois événements. :D

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This weekend, we have three events:

FRIDAY evening, one model undertaking one long pose in studio at uOttawa;

SATURDAY morning, two models undertaking short poses together, also in the studio; and

SUNDAY morning, three models posing together at the ChromaQueer film and arts festival at Arts Court.

You should probably attend all three. :D

English follows the "--".Il n'y a pas d'activité de dessin d'après modèle vivant samedi matin, car c'est la journée port...
10/24/2025

English follows the "--".

Il n'y a pas d'activité de dessin d'après modèle vivant samedi matin, car c'est la journée portes ouvertes de l'Université d'Ottawa et le département des arts visuels requiert l'utilisation de tout le bâtiment pour les visites du campus.

Si nous ne nous voyons pas ce vendredi soir, nous nous reverrons peut-être le soir de l'Halloween ou le lendemain matin.

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There is no life drawing event for Saturday morning, as it is the University of Ottawa open house and the visual arts department requires the use of the whole building for campus tours.

If we do not see one another this Friday evening, then perhaps we will see one another on Hallowe'en night or the morning thereafter.

For the fourth year running, Atelier Denu is in the Capital Pride community event programming.We are back with Couples a...
08/13/2025

For the fourth year running, Atelier Denu is in the Capital Pride community event programming.

We are back with Couples and Throuples this Saturday, where multiple models of a mix of genders pose in pairs and trios.

The following Saturday, we introduce a new event: Strip Catan, played on a giant-sized board, as an evolving life drawing challenge.

In both cases, art supplies will be made available to any and all. Invite anyone who would have a gay time drawing some n**es and some maybe n**es.

11/28/2024

Three announcements.

1) End times
This Friday and Saturday are our final sessions for the autumn semester. Friday, we have one long pose. Saturday, we learn how to understand and represent a body in motion. When we have dates for January and beyond, they will be announced here.

2) Weal
Last week's fundraising event, Billie's B***s, was able to take in $165 thanks to good attendance and generous donations from the community and from Billie themself who contributed their labour costs. This now means that we have the makings of a fund accessible by any member of our life drawing community to assist in defraying the costs of gender affirming care.

If you would like to propose a fundraising event for the upcoming semester, contact us here or on instagram () or at [email protected]

3) Figureworks
Mark your calendar for 18:00, Thursday, January 9 for a juried show of art representing the human form and parts thereof, featuring work from artists across the country, held at Wallack Galleries, 305 Bank Street. Prizes will be awarded. More info at figureworks.org and Figureworks Prize and on instagram ()

For the third year running, we have listed life drawing as part of Capital Pride community event programming.Our Friday ...
08/18/2024

For the third year running, we have listed life drawing as part of Capital Pride community event programming.

Our Friday and Saturday sessions this week both feature multiple models.

Art supplies will be made available to any and all. Invite anyone who would have a gay time drawing or painting some n**es.

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600 Cumberland
Ottawa, ON

Opening Hours

Friday 7pm - 9:30pm
Saturday 1pm - 3:30pm

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