Life drawing sessions in Australia

This page lists life drawing sessions throughout Australia.

Click here for a worldwide listing of life drawing sessions.

Sunbathing in the Dunes by Paul-Gustave Fischer. Public domain.

Throughout Australia

Bluebanksia – Lists art workshops and courses throughout Australia, including a page dedicated to life drawing
Hotcourses: Life Drawing – lists dozens of life drawing courses offered throughout Australia
BodyScape.net.nz: Australia – Modelling opportunities – Art Classes – lists life drawing sessions throughout Australia
LoveLifeDrawing.com: Classes – provides an extensive listing of life drawing classes throughout Australia

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

General

ArtCanberra.com – General resource for art galleries and classes in Canberra

Specific sessions

Artists Society of Canberra – Canberra (life drawing sessions)

New South Wales (NSW)

Sydney

Note: Many of the life drawing sites in Sydney are referenced in Modelling Subjectivities: Life-Drawing, Popular Culture and Contemporary Art Education, 2010 PhD Thesis by Margaret Mayhew, University of Sydney

Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville – life drawing classes
Albury Art Gallery, Albury – life drawing sessions
Alpha House – life drawing sessions
Art Gallery of New South Wales – life drawing classes
Arthouse Hotel – life drawing sessions
Australian Business Academy – life drawing classes
Australian Catholic University – life drawing classes
Australian College QED – life drawing classes
Australian Institute of Commerce and Language – life drawing classes
Bankstown Community College – life drawing classes
Billy Blue College – life drawing classes
Blue Door Art Studios – life drawing classes
Brandling Art Society – life drawing sessions
Brett Whitely Studio Gallery – life drawing classes
Casula Powerhouse – life drawing classes
CATC Sydney – life drawing classes
Cengage Education – life drawing classes
Charlie Shead Studio School – life drawing classes
Croydon Art Studio – life drawing classes
East Sydney Academy of Art – life drawing classes
East Sydney Community College – life drawing classes
Fairfield Art Society – life drawing sessions
Friend in Hand Hotel – life drawing sessions
Hazlehurst Regional Gallery – life drawing classes
Hornsby Kuringai Community college – life drawing classes
Jody Pawly Art School – life drawing classes
Juanita Nielson Community Centre – life drawing cla
Julian Ashton Art School – life drawing classes
Ku-ring-gai Art Centre – life drawing classes
Ku-ring-gai Art Society – life drawing sessions
Life Drawing with Pina Bartelo – life drawing classes
Macquarie University – life drawing classes
Manly Warringah Community College – life drawing classes
Martin College (New South Wales) – life drawing classes
Mosman Art Gallery – life drawing classes
Mosman Community College – life drawing classes
Museum of Contemporary Art – life drawing events
National Art School – life drawing classes
Northbridge School of Visual Arts – life drawing classes
Northern Institute of TAFE – life drawing classes
Notre Dame University – life drawing classes
City of Parramatta Art Society – life drawing sessions
Oatley 101 Society of Artists Inc. – open life drawing
Parramatta Artists Studios – life drawing classes
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre – life drawing classes
Raffles College of Design and Commerce (RCDC) – life drawing classes
Royal Arts Society of NSW – life drawing classes
St George Art Society – life drawing sessions
St George & Sutherland Community College – life drawing classes
South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE – life drawing classes
Sydney Community College – life drawing classes
The Sydney Graphics College – life drawing classes
Sydney Life Drawing – Facebook page where life drawing sessions are posted
Sydney Institute of TAFE – life drawing classes
TAP Gallery – Darlinghurst – life drawing classes
University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts – life drawing classes
University of Sydney – life drawing classes
University of Technology Sydney – life drawing classes
University of Western Sydney – life drawing classes
Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre – life drawing classes
WEA College, Sydney – life drawing classes
Western Sydney Institute of TAFE – life drawing classes
Whitehouse Institute of Design – life drawing classes
Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby – life drawing classes
Workers Educational Alliance – life drawing classes

Rest of New South Wales

107 Projects – St. Redfern (life drawing sessions)
Art Est Art School and Gallery – Leichhardt (life drawing sketch club and “life drawing art parties”)
Berry School of Arts – Berry (life drawing sessions)
Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre – Glenbrook (life drawing sessions)
Blackheath Art Society – Blackheath (life drawing sessions)
Blacktown Arts Centre – Blacktown (life drawing sessions)
The Bullaburra Group – Bullaburra (life drawing sessions)
Castle Hill Art Society – Castle Hill (life drawing sessions)
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre – Casula (life drawing sessions)
Centrehouse – Lane Cove (life drawing and painting)
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre – Gymea (life drawing classes)
Hornsby Art Society – Epping and Pennant Hills (life drawing sessions)
Kiama Art Society – Kiama Downs (life drawing classes)
Life Drawing – Newcastle NSW – Newcastle (life drawing classes)
Life Drawing in Shellharbour – Shellharbour (life drawing sessions)
Life Drawing Thirroul -Thirroul (open life drawing sessions)
Macquarie Towns Arts Society – Richmond (life drawing sessions)
RedHens Life Drawing Evening – Figtree (hens party sessions to support cancer research)
Sando Sketch Club – Newtown (life drawing sessions)
Southern Cross Artists – Hurstville (life drawing sessions)
TAFE New South Wales (NSW) – Throughout New South Wales (life drawing classes)
Tap Gallery – Darlinghurst (life drawing sessions)
University of New South Wales (UNSW), College of Fine Arts – Kensington (life drawing classes)
University of Wollongong – Wollongong (figure drawing classes)
Waverley – Woollahra Art School – Bondi (life drawing sketch club)

Northern Territory (NT)

Darwin Visual Arts Association (DVAA) – Darwin (life drawing sessions)

Queensland (QLD)

YouTube video of life drawing session at Art Shed in Brisbase, Australia [contains nudity]

Brisbane Life Drawing Group – Brisbane (life drawing group)
Leeton Agency – Lists several life drawing sessions in the Brisbane area
Life Draw – Brisbane (life drawing classes)
Maleny Life Drawing – Maleny (life drawing sessions)

South Australia (SA)

Adelaide College of the Arts – Adelaide – (life drawing courses)

Tasmania (TAS)

Life Drawing Sessions – Hobart

Victoria (VIC)

General listings

Melbourne Life Drawing: Directory – provides extensive list of life drawing sessions in the greater Melbourne area

Specific sessions

Brighton Art Society – Melbourne (life drawing classes)
Last Peek Life Drawing Events – Northcote (life drawing events)
Life Drawing at No Vacancy Gallery – Melboure (open life drawing)
Life Drawing at the Old Bar – Fitzroy (open life drawing sessions)
Life Drawing Sessions – Linden Gallery (St. Kilda) – Melbourne (open life drawing)
Life Drawing with Linda Robertson – near Ivanhoe (life drawing classes)
Linden Center for Contemporary Arts – St Kilda (life drawing sessions) – See also their Linden Life Drawing blog site.
Princes Hill Community Centre – Princes Hill, Melbourne (life drawing and painting)
Richmond Life Drawing – Richmond, (life drawing group)
Roar Drawing Club – Fitzroy (life drawing classes)
Sash Life Drawing – Melbourne (life drawing classes)