WARM/FUN space for women(ALL ages/sizes/abilities)to draw a female model (life/clothed)+fizz/networking/clothes! 7:20-9PM VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Hi, I'm Lins & I'm super-excited to tell you about my innovative art class just for adult women of all shapes/sizes/ages etc, to celebrate art, our lives, bodies & the warm community of sisterhood! LASS launched in Exeter in December 2025 & has been a huge success so far, gaining traction & becoming 'a thing' - it's now in 4 LOCATIONS....

LASS Salons happen once a month, in 4x different locations, between 7:20-9pm (the only exception is the Chagford 'Little LASS' Salon, which takes place weekly on Wednesdays and is held in a much smaller venue, so can only take 13-15 attendees max.)

MONDAY eves: EXETER Community Centre. Ongoing now

TUESDAY eves: ST. IVES. Starting in Winter 2026. Venue details to follow

WEDNESDAY eves: CHAGFORD. Email me for venue details. Ongoing now

THURSDAY eves: ROCK. St Minver Community Hub, Rock. Ongoing now

FRIDAY eves: TOTNES. Birdwood House, Totnes High Street. Ongoing now

(NB: You can now buy tickets for Exeter, Chagford,Totnes & Rock LASS Salon Sessions here. For address details for Chagford LASS, please email me: lindseypins3@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: There will not be a Chagford LASS on Wed 15/7/26 & LASS is taking a summer break in August 2026, but returns in September 2026: tickets available now)

I've been an art/life model since July 2021 at over 30x different art classes/venues (including in Florence, London, Bath and St. Ives in Cornwall) and for over 600 artists - you can read all about my gorgeous adventures in art further down the page if you'd like to (& also see if you'd like to have a go at being a model too!) However, firstly here's the details of LASS....

THE STRUCTURE OF LASS EVENING CLASSES:

The LASS Sessions will run as follows:

7:20pm - Drinks on Arrival & everyone to get set-up

7:30pm-8:45pm - Art drawing/painting of our female model begins with a brief 5 min break half-way through with 2 x book extract readings (poses are 2/5/15/25 mins); throughout the session, there is a professional tarot reader present & attendees can choose to have their tarot privately read - if they wish, for an extra cost during the art session (this is a lovely optional extra!)

8:45pm-9pm - A chance to browse and buy with cash, the good quality/vintage clothes/accessories, which attendees have brought to sell. Also a chance to network businesses and creative projects/swap business cards, flyers and samples. Additionally an opportunity to simply chat, giggle, book express facials & book to attend other LASS events*

9pm - time to disappear into the night to allow the Community Centre to close.

Anyway, that's the brief lowdown, but there's so much more info below, so if you're curious to know more re. LASS, my art model journey, your own opportunity to model at LASS, what equipment you need to bring & the facilities, then please read on....

In the meantime, I can't wait to see you all.

Lins xx

P.S. if you have a query that isn't answered in the info below, please message me via: lindseypins3@gmail.com

EXTRA INFO: WHY I HAVE ESTABLISHED LASS:

Because of my own experiences of modelling & lots of discussions with so many different women, I realised that there is a niche gap in art classes - which my Ladies Art Salon Sessions (LASS) fills, & includes the best bits of all the different art venues! Anyway, the art gap is:

For all kinds of reasons, lots of women would love to create art in an all-female art session & absolutely, that includes all art abilities. You don't have to have sketched anything since you were at school OR you could be a professional artist already: It really doesn't matter because ALL women are welcome!

Also lots of women would love to have a go at being an art model themselves, whether clothed/portrait/life/costumed, & lots of women would love to do both things in a warm, welcoming fortnightly art session where they can drink some fizz (or a gorgeous alcohol-free equivalent); browse & buy (with cash) vintage clothes/accessories for sale (+ bring their own to sell); network their own businesses/creative endeavours & book an express holistic facial * ...& even book a Sculpture School 'Taster Day' course (I also work at The Sculpture School in North Tawton, where we create beautiful bronze human/animal sculptures) & this is what LASS is all about!

MY OWN ART MODEL JOURNEY/BACKGROUND:

I've been an art model myself (clothed/portrait/life/costumed) since July 2021 to support my History PhD (it's re. Italian Renaissance Women + their agency/resilience), which I'm currently studying at the University of Bristol. As mentioned above, I've art modelled for over 600 artists in London, St. Ives, Bath, Exeter, Florence etc, at prestigious art schools/for private artists/for regular professional art groups, as a portrait model/a life model/a costumed model/a model wearing my regular clothes/an animation model in a red catsuit (we were creating 'C

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