SMH: SBS and Rove McManus bare all for a nationwide life-drawing class
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SMH: SBS and Rove McManus bare all for a nationwide life-drawing class
Article by Lissa Christopher
This year, TV personality Rove McManus is coming at art from an interesting new angle, as host of Life Drawing Live, a novel, one-off SBS TV program that will be like a nationwide life drawing class with a twist. The class will go live to air on SBS on Saturday 4 July at 8.30pm, taught by NAS Head of Drawing Maryanne Coutts, and former teacher and NAS Fellow Wendy Sharpe, with viewers at home encouraged to pick up a pencil and paper to participate at the same time. NAS drawing lecturer Joe Frost is also a consultant on the show.
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Image: Wendy Sharpe (left) and Dr Maryanne Coutts, image courtesy Wendy Sharpe
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