jersey city drawing club
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Jersey City Drawing Club FAQ’s:
Q. Does Jersey City Drawing Club cost any money?
A. Nope. But you should pay for your own drinks and tip the staff if you imbibe!
Q. Do I need to bring supplies?
A. Sure, if you have them. Usually you can borrow something from someone. Notebooks and pens are as acceptable as charcoal and sketchpads. Use your imagination. The iPhone has some lovely sketchpad applications. (credit to: Maya and Nicole)
Q. Do you have models?
A. Not really but there are plenty of people at Drawing Club that you can draw. Many of them are quite attractive.
Q. What do you draw?
A. Sometimes we have themes. We like to keep it casual, and then go on group consensus if we feel the need for inspiration. Bring books or magazines for inspiration and we’ll all be very happy you did.
Q. Is it okay to just show up if I don’t know anyone? If I’m going to show up late? If I’m not sure what the heck I’m doing?
A. Yes, yes, and yes. Please. All awesome reasons to come out.
Q. Do I have to stay the whole time?
A. Nope. The whole thing is pretty casual.
Q. Why are you doing this?
A. Jersey City Drawing Club was started by JP Kosmyna and Emily Przybylinski in the winter of 2008; born from an enjoyable experience taking a group drawing class at Hoboken high school together. We realized we only really sat down and drew things if we were hanging out together with the purpose of drawing. And so, JP moved to Emily’s neighborhood, and it was good… but we let things lapse a bit. Rumors of Jersey City Drawing Club swirled in the atmosphere, and one never knew quite when to expect the next Drawing Club meeting.
Then, one fateful night early in the Fall of 2009, a few random strangers met on a quiet night, praising the glory of local microbrews and the peaceful atmosphere of a Tuesday night in downtown Jersey City. They decided that there should be more nights like this.
From there, drawing club was reborn.
Our tenants are simple. We want a reason to produce some art during the week; a reason to meet with friends; a source of fuel for the creative things we do all day; we like the idea of bringing together for the pure joy of it. I think there might be drink specials, as well.
Thanks for doing your part.
We welcome everyone and look forward to meeting you. And we are actually really really nice.
