Sandy Hill Life Drawing

Sandy Hill Life Drawing Ottawa's longest-running life drawing workshop founded in 1975. Every Wednesday evening 7-9pm in the Sandy Hill Community Centre next to Annie Pootoogook Park.

Featuring a different art model every week. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist!

✍️This evening we hosted our last life drawing session of 2025. We look forward to drawing with you next year!🎨✍️Ce soir...
12/18/2025

✍️This evening we hosted our last life drawing session of 2025. We look forward to drawing with you next year!🎨

✍️Ce soir, nous avons organisé notre dernière séance de dessin d’après modèle vivant de l’année 2025. Nous avons hâte de dessiner avec vous l’année prochaine !🎨

‼️Please note there is NO session next Wednesday June 18th, as Sandy Hill Community Centre is getting a fancy new floor!...
06/13/2025

‼️Please note there is NO session next Wednesday June 18th, as Sandy Hill Community Centre is getting a fancy new floor!

Looking forward to seeing everyone the following Wednesday June 25th.

And yes, our series continues all summer long! ☀️

02/12/2025

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Bruce was born in Ottawa, but has lived in many other places since. His interests led him to study photography and, later, history at university. Over the years, Bruce has worked in a variety of fields including publishing, museums, photography, historic sites, and, lastly, the archives at Carleton. He has just recently started working as a life model here in Ottawa.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
01/23/2025

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Jorge is a professional life model in the Ottawa area who works for academic institutions as well as for private groups. Jorge likes to express himself with dramatic and dynamic poses, which he learned many years ago through figure photography.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
01/13/2025

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Brad
Drawings by Shawn Philip Hunsdale

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
01/07/2025

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Koston Kreme is an Ottawa-based burlesque performer, producer, and costume maker who has performed across North America. She began life modelling through Dr Sketchy’s in 2010 and is now a regular at Algonquin College and other local drawing events.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
12/18/2024

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Scott has been a part-time model since 2018. He has posed at a variety of locations around the Ottawa area, and enjoys the moments of peace that come with holding a pose. Drawing by Shabnam Dastoornejad.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
12/05/2024

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Janine has worked as a life drawing model in and around the Ottawa area for the past 20 years. She loves the physical challenges that come with modeling and the particular vibe that emanates from a room full of hard working creatives. She is currently teaching life drawing at Algonquin College in the Drawing Foundations and Animation programs. Drawing by Gillian Reid-Timms.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
11/28/2024

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Caitlin started modeling in 2011, inspired by the static acrobatics of the talented models posing for the Algonquin Animation program. She continues to enjoy the meditative bliss that life drawing offers from both sides of the easel.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

What a pleasure to have Adrian pose for us this evening! Next week, we’ll have model Caitlin.
11/28/2024

What a pleasure to have Adrian pose for us this evening! Next week, we’ll have model Caitlin.

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
11/21/2024

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Adrian is a self-described older model who has ‘seen it all, done it all’. He has been modelling for 25 years, and also does life drawing, painting, and pyrography.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can pe...
11/21/2024

🎨 Come draw with us at the Sandy Hill Community Centre on Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Only $10 or pay-what-you-can per artist! There is an accessible entrance via. the parking lot.

💁 This week’s model: Melissa is a q***r bridge builder, community connector and mom of three consciously making space for spontaneous “yeses” like last minute invitations to life model on a random Wednesday evening. Being from a mixed family with strong Anishinabe roots, she believes that connection to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health are key to living a good life.

🧡 Sandy Hill Life Drawing acknowledges that its events take place on the traditional unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabe People, next to Annie Pootoogook Park, named after the extraordinary Inuk artist who was born in Kinngait, Nunavut and lived in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

POSE SCHEDULE:
5 - 90 sec. gestures
7:00 to 7:10 pm
3 - 3 minute gestures
7:10 to 7:20 pm
2 - 5 min
7:15 to 7:25 pm
10 min
7:25 to 7:35 pm
15 min
7:35 to 7:50 pm
-—half time-—
20 min
8:00 to 8:20 pm
30 min
8:20 to 8:50 pm
-—clean up-—
8:50 to 9:00 pm

Address

250 Somerset Street East
Ottawa, ON
K1N6V6

Opening Hours

7pm - 9pm

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