Drop by Drawing returns over summer with artists leading weekly drawing activities every Saturday afternoon in January.
Learn new tips and tricks to hone your drawing skills, taking inspiration from the NGV Collection.
Suitable for all skill levels, all materials provided.
About the artist:
Bundit Puangthong is a contemporary Thai artist who lives and works in Melbourne. Puangthong has blended his formal training in traditional Thai temple arts with postgraduate study and training in contemporary western methods, and an interest in the contemporary practices of graffiti and pop art to create a unique artistic style. He regularly participates in group and solo shows and his work is highly sought by both private and public collectors and institutions.
About the artist:
Nadia Hernández’s multi-disciplinary practice reflects a process of bearing witness to the loss of home and the symbolic power of memory and memorialisation. Informed by her experience as a Venezuelan woman living in Australia, and positioning herself both within and outside the Venezuelan diaspora, Hernández makes art as a means to connect with a sense of place that exists beyond psychic and geographic boundaries.
About the artist:
Originally from Lucknow, Bushra Hasan studied art from Jamia Millia Islamia before moving to Australia in 2013. As a visual artist, she works across painting, large scale murals, mosaic floors and community garden installations in Melbourne.
About the artists:
Kate Isobel Scott is an Animation Director and Illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Handcrafted plasticine characters in sewn costumes and vivid clay sets with painted backdrops, form the foundation of Kate’s nostalgic stop-motion animation style reminiscent of 80s/90s children’s TV. Kate’s artistic ventures also extend into ceramics, painting, and illustrating children’s books.
Jordy van den Nieuwendijk is a Dutch artist currently living and working in Melbourne. Through painting, Jordy explores fundamental objects of everyday life. Working with primary colour palettes and simplified shape structures, he has a talent for examining subject matter in series that innovate inside carefully controlled boundaries.
