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Drawing The Star, 35 Queensdown Road, London (2026)

26/01/2026

🌟 Tomorrow Tuesday 27th January outstanding life model Steve is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm, Tuesdays ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡 Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of brilliant life model Steve were made when he was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Ignacio - ink drawings in the 1st & 9th images here, Kat - charcoal drawings 2nd, Ida .olsen - 3rd, Catherine - watercolour drawings 5th & 6th + drawings on black paper 11th, 12th & 17th, Christian - 7th & 15th, Lisa - 8th & 16th, Lenka - pastel pencil drawings 10th, 13th & 14th, Jesse - 18th & 19th and Anastasia - drawing in the 20th image here ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings at The Clapton Hart 💡

See you at the drawing boards this week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

12/12/2025

🌟 Next Tuesday 16th December brilliant life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

🌠 This Tuesday 16th December is our last Drawing the Star before Christmas! 🎄✨

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm, Tuesdays ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡 Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of brilliant life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Xavi .ren - drawings in sketchbook in the 1st & 3rd images here, Jesse - drawings in the 2nd image here, Catherine - drawings on black paper 4th, 5th, 6th & 20th, Maki - ink drawings 7th, 8th, 18th & 19th, Anastasia - 9th & 10th, Christian - charcoal & pastel drawings 11th & 12th, Ray .parkins - charcoal pencil 13th & 14th, and Nina - oil pastel drawings in the 15th, 16th & 17th images here ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings at The Clapton Hart 💡

See you at the drawing boards next week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

05/12/2025

✨🎁 Christmas Market this Saturday 6th December, 12pm - 4pm at The Star by Hackney Downs 🎁

🌟 Upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs, 35 Queensdown Road, E5 8NN 🌟

💡 Brilliant artists bringing their art work for you to see - and to shop! 🎁 - Saturday 12-4pm include:

✨ Giacomo Run - Christmas cards in the 1st & 2nd images here + rings 14th & 15th images - more available tomorrow at the market 🎉

✏️ Maki Doi - ink drawings 3rd 🖤

✨ Carolina Thorbert - drawings 4th & 5th ✏️

✏️ Lenka Vomelova - drawings 6th & 7th ✏️

✨ Lisa Martinson - drawings 8th, 9th & 13th ✏️

✏️ Catherine Hall - paintings 10th ☁️ + drawings 11th & 12th

✨ Romain Gomard - paintings 16th, 17th & 18th 🎨

✏️ Sion Ap Tomos - drawings in the 19th & 20th images here ✏️

✨ There will also be drawings by artist Gretchen Hasse and more from other artists who draw with us at Drawing the Star and life drawing groups ✏️✏️

🎁 Come to see and buy original art works, cards, prints, paintings, rings and more - directly from the artists! 🎁🖼️✏️✨

🤗 This is a community event for the benefit of everybody, organised by Catherine at the invitation of The Star by Hackney Downs 🌟

💡 This means you support the artists when buying from them, and that you get the best price - directly from the artists, with no commission taken at all 🖼️✨

🎉✨ See you at the Christmas Market this Saturday 6th December - 12pm - 4pm upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs 🌟🎁

29/09/2025

🌟 Tomorrow Tuesday 30th September life model Chi is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm, Tuesdays ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡 Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of life model Chi were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Fionnula - charcoal drawings in the 1st, 2nd & 3rd images here, Françoise - pencil drawings 4th, 5th, 6th & 20th, Catherine - drawings on black paper 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th, - charcoal drawing 13th, Aled - charcoal drawings 14th, - 15th, Lisa - drawings on mid-tone paper 16th & 17th, and - drawings in the 18th & 19th image here ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings at The Clapton Hart 💡

See you at the drawing boards this week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

05/08/2025

🌟 Space to draw this eve Tuesday 5th August with brilliant life model Nasim .artmodel booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

💡Or drop in before 7:30pm this eve💡

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡 Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of brilliant life model Nasim were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Lenka - pastel pencil drawings in the 1st & 5th images here, Carolina - charcoal drawings 2nd, Maki - ink drawings 3rd & 16th, Elin - drawing on mid-tone paper 4th, Anastasia - 6th, 7th & 12th, Catherine - drawings on black paper 8th, 9th, 10th, 17th, 18th, 19th & 20th, Xavi .ren - drawing in sketchbook 11th, Kat @ katwhittywoo - charcoal drawings 13th & 14th, and - pencil drawing 15th image here ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this evening! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

04/08/2025

🌟 Tomorrow Tuesday 5th August brilliant life model Nasim .artmodel is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of brilliant life model Nasim were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Kat @ katwhittywoo - charcoal drawings in the 1st image here, Markus - biro drawing 2nd, Catherine - drawings on black paper 3rd, 4th, 11th, 12th & 13th, Maki - ink drawings 5th, 6th & 7th, Elin - drawings on mid-tone paper 8th, 9th & 10th, Xavi .ren - pen drawing in sketchbook 14th, Anastasia - 15th, 16th & 17th, Carolina - 18th, and Lenka - pastel pencil drawings 19th & 20th images here ✏️

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings - life drawing behind the bar at The Clapton Hart 💡

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

01/08/2025

🌟 Next Tuesday 5th August brilliant life model Nasim .artmodel is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of brilliant life model Nasim were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Catherine - drawings on black paper 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th, 19th & 20th images here, Lenka - pastel pencil drawings 3rd & 7th, Anastasia - 4th, Kat - charcoal drawings 5th, Markus - biro drawing 6th, Carolina - 8th, 9th & 10th, Xavi .ren - pen drawing in sketchbook 13th, Maki - ink drawings 14th & 15th, and Elin - drawings on mid-tone paper 16th, 17th & 18th images here ✏️

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings - life drawing behind the bar at The Clapton Hart 💡

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards next week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

29/07/2025

🌟 Space to draw this eve Tuesday 29th July with life model Chris .lifemodel booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

💡Or drop in before our 7:30pm start time this evening

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 Thank you to life model Chris .lifemodel for sharing these inspiring drawings of himself all made from life 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: - drawings in the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th images here, - drawing in the 3rd image here, Keith Slote - drawing in the 4th image, .art.howse - drawing in the 5th image, - watercolour drawing 6th, and other artists. Do let us know if any of these drawings is yours, if you want to be credited - brilliant drawings! ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this evening! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

28/07/2025

🌟 Tomorrow Tuesday 29th July life model Chris .lifemodel is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm - Tuesdays ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 Thank you to life model Chris .lifemodel for sharing these inspiring drawings of himself all made from life 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: - drawing in the 1st image here, Keith Slote - drawing in the 2nd image here, - drawings in the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th images here, - watercolour drawing 10th, .art.howse - drawing in the 12th image here, and other artists. Do let us know if any of these drawings is yours, if you want to be credited - brilliant drawings! ✏️

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings - life drawing behind the bar at The Clapton Hart 💡

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

25/07/2025

🌟 Next Tuesday 29th July life model Chris .lifemodel is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm - Tuesdays ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 Thank you to life model Chris .lifemodel for sharing these inspiring drawings of himself all made from life 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Keith Slote - drawing in the 1st image here, - drawing in the 2nd image here, - drawings in the 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th & 9th images here, - watercolour drawing 6th, .art.hawse - drawing in the 11th image here, and other artists. Do let us know if any of these drawings is yours, if you want to be credited - brilliant drawings! ✏️

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings - life drawing behind the bar at The Clapton Hart 💡

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards next week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

22/07/2025

🌟 Space to draw this eve Tuesday 22nd July with fantastic life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

💡 Or drop in before our 7:30pm start time this eve
✨ N.B. It's best to book your space by email - spaces are limited ✨

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ Arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time if you can - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

💡 Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of fantastic life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Maki - ink drawings in the 5th & 16th images here, Lenka - pastel pencil drawings 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 16th & 17th, Jules - charcoal drawing 4th, Anastasia - 6th & 7th, Catherine - drawings on black paper 9th & 10th + watercolour drawings 13th & 14th, Christian - charcoal drawing 12th, Francis - 15th, Kat - charcoal drawings in the 19th image here, and other artists. Do let us know if any of these drawings is yours, if you want to be credited - brilliant drawings! ✏️

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this evening! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

21/07/2025

🌟 Tomorrow Tuesday 22nd July fantastic life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement is booked to inspire your drawings at Drawing the Star - life drawing upstairs at The Star by Hackney Downs ✏️🌟

✏️ Drawing times are: 7:30pm-9pm ✏️
✨ It's best to arrive a bit before our 7:30pm start time - our inspiring life model begins their first pose at 7:30pm ✨

Book your space to draw by email to:
🌟 [email protected] 🌟

✏️ £15 - including paper with drawing materials available to borrow
✏️ £12 - not inc paper & materials - if bringing your own

✨ N.B. Spaces are limited - book your space by email as soon as you can ✨

✏️ Drawing boards provided for everybody - A3 size

✏️ Paper bought for the group is: Snowdon white cartridge 130gsm cut to A3 size

✏️ Drawing materials available to borrow include: willow charcoal, compressed charcoal, pencils, a selection of pastels, putty rubbers & chalk ✏️

💡 Do bring your own drawing materials if you have them - all drawing materials inc wet materials (eg ink, watercolours etc) are welcome 🤗 🎨🖌️

🌟 All of these drawings of fantastic life model Stephanie .osztreicher.movement were made when she was booked before to inspire your drawings 🌟

✏️ Drawings here are credit to artists: Lenka - pastel pencil drawings in the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 8th images here, Jules - charcoal drawing 2nd + watercolour drawings 19th & 20th, Maki - ink drawings 5th & 11th, Catherine - watercolour drawings 6th & 14th + drawings on black paper 9th & 10th, Francis - 7th, Christian - charcoal drawing 13th, Carolina - drawing in the 16th Anastasia - 17th & 18th images here, and other artists ✏️

💡 We are also drawing on Monday evenings - life drawing behind the bar at The Clapton Hart 💡

Looking forward to hearing from you 📧 [email protected] 🌟

See you at the drawing boards this week! 😃 ✏️ 🌟

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