【Note】Please be noted that the venue has changed from the previous location.
New venue: Gallery Cafe Shiromuji
3-28-1 Taito, Taito ward, Tokyo, 1100016
It is an art gallery located in the Satake shopping street.
4 min walk from Shinokachimachi station on the Oedo line/Tsukuba express line
7 min walk from Nakaokachimachi station on the Hibiya line
11 min walk from the JR Okachimachi station
Untutored, One-day Long and Short Pose (Sun.)
We will have a different model posing every Saturday/ Sunday.
【Materials】We recommend that you bring your own materials that you are comfortable to work with, such as oil, watercolor, charcoal, pencils and so on. We still provide pencils, charcoals, pastels and a eraser free of charge. A sketchbook sold for 150 yen. A piece of paper sold for 5 to 10 yen by piece. Easels, Chairs, drawing boards are available to use.| 1st (Sun.) Morning session: Doors open at 10:0 am Posing starts at 10:30 am Session ends at 1:10 pm Attendance fee: 5000 JPY | Tutored Figure Drawing/Painting Class 1/2 (see the detail below) |
| 1st (Sun.) Afternoon session: Doors open at 1:30 pm Posing starts at 2:00 pm Session ends at 5:00 pm Attendance fee: 5000 JPY | Tutored Figure Drawing/Painting Class 2/2 (see the detail below) |
| 1st (Sun) Evening session: Doors open at 5:00 pm Posing starts at 5:30 pm Session is over at 8:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Russian woman 3 to 20 min. short poses (nude) *new model ■Posing time: 19 mins. moving pose 3 mins. x 7 5 mins. x 4 19 min break 10 mins. x 2 10 mins. x 2 20 mins. moving pose (120 min in total) Wine Night We will serve a cup of wine. Feel free to have some wine and enjoy drawing! |
| 8th (Sun.) Morning session: Doors open at 10:0 am Posing starts at 10:30 am Session ends at 1:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Italian woman 120 min. long pose (nude) 1/2 Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose/four-hour long pose (if you join the both morning and afternoon session), which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
| 8th (Sun.) Afternoon session: Doors open at 1:30 pm Posing starts at 2:00 pm Session ends at 4:40 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Italian woman 120 min. long pose (nude) 2/2 Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose, which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
Evening session: Doors open at 5:00 pm Posing starts at 5:30 pm Session is over at 8:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | *very slender model Posing time: 3 min x 7 5 min x 4 19 min x 1 —–10 min break 10 min x 2 10 min x 2 20 min x 1 (120 min in total) Wine Night We will serve a cup of wine. Feel free to have some wine and enjoy drawing! |
| 15th (Sunday) Morning session: Doors open at 10:0 am Posing starts at 10:30 am Session ends at 1:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY Temporary venue: Satake Hall 3F 3-31-9 Taito, Taito-ku, 110-0016, Tokyo (1 minute walk from Gallery Shiromuji) Map The venue is a Japanese-style room on the 3rd floor without elevator. There are no chairs, but cushions will be provided. If you need chairs, the gallery can rent round chairs (up to 6 people on a first-come, first-served basis). Easels and cartons can be rented from the gallery (easels are available for the first 6 people). We will lay out a protective sheet, but please refrain from using oil paints. Meet at Gallery Shiromuji at 9:55 (chairs, easels, etc. to be handed in) or 10:00-10:30 Meet at Satake Hall 3F | Japanese female dancer 120 min. long pose (in kimono) ”The First Kabuki Dancer” *Pose in a kimono costume inspired by ‘Okuni from Izumo’, the founder of the Kabuki Dance. Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
| 15th (Sun.) Afternoon session: Doors open at 1:30 pm Posing starts at 2:00 pm Session ends at 4:40 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY Temporary venue: Satake Hall 3F 3-31-9 Taito, Taito-ku, 110-0016, Tokyo (1 minute walk from Gallery Shiromuji) Map The venue is a Japanese-style room on the 3rd floor without elevator. There are no chairs, but cushions will be provided. If you need chairs, the gallery can rent round chairs (up to 6 people on a first-come, first-served basis). Easels and cartons can be rented from the gallery (easels are available for the first 6 people). We will lay out a protective sheet, but please refrain from using oil paints. Meet at Gallery Shiromuji at 1:25 (chairs, easels, etc. to be handed in) or 1:30-2:00 Meet at Satake Hall 3F | Japanese female dancer 3 to 20 min. short poses (in kimono) ”The First Kabuki Dancer” *Pose in a kimono costume inspired by ‘Okuni from Izumo’, the founder of the Kabuki Dance. The final moving pose will be a performance of the folk dance Ayako-mai, which is said to be similar to the Kabuki dance. ■Posing time: 3 mins. x 7 5 mins. x 4 19 min. x 1 10 min break 10 mins. x 2 10 mins. x 2 20 mins. moving pose (120 min in total) |
| 22nd (Sun.) Morning session: Doors open at 10:0 am Posing starts at 10:30 am Session ends at 1:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Italian woman 120 min. long pose (in white short dress) Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
| 22nd (Sun.) Afternoon session: Doors open at 1:30 pm Posing starts at 2:00 pm Session ends at 4:40 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Italian model 3 to 20 min. short poses (nude) ■Posing time: 3 mins. x 7 5 mins. x 4 19 min. x 1 10 min break 10 mins. x 2 10 mins. x 2 20 mins x 1 (120 min in total) |
| 29th (Sun.) Morning session: Doors open at 10:0 am Posing starts at 10:30 am Session ends at 1:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Japanese woman 120 min. long pose (nude) 1/2 *The model is slender and easy to observe the skeleton. Poses will be along easy to see ribs. Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose/four-hour long pose (if you join the both morning and afternoon session), which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
| 29th (Sun.) Afternoon session: Doors open at 1:30 pm Posing starts at 2:00 pm Session ends at 4:40 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | Japanese woman 120 min. long pose (nude) 2/2 *The model is slender and easy to observe the skeleton. Poses will be along easy to see ribs. Posing time: 20 min x 3 10 min break 20 min x 3 (A single long pose, 120 min in total) Two-hour long pose/four-hour long pose (if you join the both morning and afternoon session), which is good to make a complete work of art. You are also welcome to change a spot and draw from different angles. |
Evening session: Doors open at 5:00 pm Posing starts at 5:30 pm Session is over at 8:10 pm Attendance fee: 2500 JPY | ”Pin-up” *Inspired by pin-up girls, which were popular in the 1950s in the USA. ■Posing time: 3 mins. x 7 5 mins. x 4 19 min. x 1 10 min break 10 mins. x 2 10 mins. x 2 20 mins x 1 (120 min in total) Wine Night We will serve a cup of wine. Feel free to have some wine and enjoy drawing! |

*illustrative purpose only

*illustrative purpose only
Tutored Figure Drawing/Painting Class (1st June (Sun) Morning / Afternoon)
Instructor: Takashi Uesugi
Model: Bangladeshi woman (in black sari)

Full-tutored drawing/painting class.
Appropriate for all levels.
There is an instructor from whom you can get as much instruction as you want.
We will have a Bangladesh model posing for us.
Please check the curriculum below.
You are welcome to attend one class or more where you could continue working on your drawing/painting.
【Materials】We recommend that you bring your own materials that you are comfortable to work with, such as oil, watercolor, charcoal, pencils and so on. We still provide pencils, charcoals, pastels and a eraser free of charge. A sketchbook sold for 150 yen. A piece of paper sold for 5 to 10 yen by piece. Easels, Chairs, drawing boards are available to use.
| Date and time | 1st June (Sun) Morning session: Doors open: 10:00 am Tuition starts: 10:30 am Class ends: 1:10 am Afternoon session: Doors open: 1:30 pm Tuition starts: 2:00 pm Class ends: 4:40 pm |
| Curriculum | Morning class: charcoal drawing demonstration in the first 20 min. Afternoon class: watercolor painting demonstration in the first 20 min. Model: Bangladeshi woman (in black sari) 120 min. (20 min x 6) long pose each class. Four-hour in the whole day. |
| Attendance fee | Morning or afternoon, one session: 5,000 JPY Morning and afternoon, two sessions: 9,000 JPY |
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Naomi Moriyama
Tel: 0365553836
Email: taltokyo2016@gmail.com