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Life drawing girls trips, with the whole weekend drawn in

It started as a sketchy plan in the group chat. Then somebody typed the words life drawing, and suddenly everybody had the same weekend free. Funny that.

See the life drawing weekendsPick your city
Where
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast
Group size
From six of you
Price
From $449 per person, somewhere to stay included
Where it happens
At your own apartment, just for your group
A friend proudly holding up her life drawing sketch

Why the girls keep picking life drawing

Artistic talent optional. Straight faces impossible.

The plans for this weekend have been sketchy for a while. A few dates floated in the group chat, calendars compared and absolutely nothing locked in. Then somebody mentioned life drawing, and nobody pretended to be scandalised. They just asked what else was in the weekend.

There’s a very short list of people you could sit beside at a life drawing class with a straight face and a pencil in your hand, and you’ve been saying exactly what you think to every one of them for years. Some of the group take their artistic responsibilities extremely seriously. Others lose concentration for entirely understandable reasons.

It’s cheeky and hilarious in equal measure, it all happens in your own apartment with nobody else in the room, and the sketches come out again at dinner, again on the couch and again over coffee. They never get better. Nobody minds.

Laughing until it hurts with these women isn’t a nice extra. It belongs in the diary, right next to everything else that keeps you going.

What happens on a life drawing girls weekend

Pencils out, behaviour questionable.

A life drawing girls trip with My Ultimate is a private life drawing session with a male model at your own apartment, just for your group, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, food, drinks and a night out.

  1. Four friends laughing together on the front steps of their stay

    Drinks in hand.

    The living room gets claimed, the playlist goes on and the coffee table gets cleared for reasons nobody’s saying out loud yet. Every time a phone buzzes, the whole room looks at the door.

  2. A knock at the door.

    Your model arrives and starts out as your topless waiter, pouring the drinks while the giggling starts early. Nobody is being remotely casual about it.

  3. Life drawing sketches on clipboards beside a glass of wine

    Pencils for everyone.

    Every pencil and sketch pad is provided, and he moves through pose after pose. Some of the group aim for fine art. The rest aim for comedy, and comedy wins by a mile.

  4. The first minute.

    Nobody quite knows where to look for the first minute, and then everybody does. The laughing comes in waves, and somebody’s sketch turns out to be properly good.

  5. Two friends pulling faces with drinks by a sunny window

    The gallery moment.

    Sketches held up, creative decisions defended and one big group photo at the end. You’re going to want evidence this happened.

  6. Three friends raising their drinks at a red-lit bar lined with bottles

    Then the weekend heads out.

    Share plates and bubbles, a VIP booth or a rooftop, and the artwork gets its second review. It’s not kinder than the first.

Four ways to do a life drawing girls trip

Pick your city, sharpen your pencils.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the life drawing built in: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works. Each city’s page has it alongside every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Two friends hugging under pink lights at a cocktail lounge

Melbourne

Pencils out, behaviour questionable

Sketchy Behaviour

It started as a sketchy plan in the group chat: a private life drawing session at your apartment, cocktails and dinner in the heart of the city, then a VIP booth at a glam laneway lounge.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A private life drawing session at your apartment
  • A topless waiter to start
  • A cocktail on arrival and share plates at an inner city bar
  • A VIP nightclub booth with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of Sketchy BehaviourCompare Melbourne’s cheeky weekends

See Melbourne girls weekends
Three friends in sunglasses laughing on a banquette at brunch

Sydney

Draw your own conclusions

The Naked Truth

Brunch by the water, a bottle of bubbly up on a rooftop, then the pencils come out at your apartment. The pencils are provided. The straight faces are not.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A life drawing session at your apartment
  • A topless waiter to start
  • Brunch by the water with bubbles on arrival and shared plates
  • Rooftop garden drinks with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of The Naked Truth

See Sydney girls weekends
Three friends hugging and smiling in a plush booth

Brisbane

No lines were drawn, except in pencil

Drawn Together

A year of everyone in a different room, pulled back into one: a cheeky drawing class at your apartment, dinner under the neon lights and a nightclub booth with a bottle for the group.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A life drawing session at your apartment, just for your group
  • A topless waiter to start
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates with neon glam vibes
  • A VIP nightclub booth with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of Drawn Together

See Brisbane girls weekends
Two friends smiling with glasses of bubbly at a sunny restaurant table

Gold Coast

Consider yourselves pencilled in

Pencil Me In

The weekend written in permanent marker: a cheeky life drawing session at your apartment, bubbly and share plates by the water, then a bottle on a rooftop beach club deck.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • A life drawing session at your apartment, just for your group
  • A topless waiter to start
  • Waterfront dining with bubbles on arrival and shared plates
  • A rooftop beach club with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of Pencil Me In

See the Gold Coast girls weekends

What kind of girls group life drawing suits

The girls who say exactly what they think.

It’s for groups who laugh at the same things, and who know exactly who they’d sit beside with a pencil and a straight face.

Three friends in robes and towel turbans taking a mirror selfie while getting ready

The friend who’s just come out of something.

Give her something cheeky to laugh about: a pencil, a sketch pad and a room full of the people who’ve had her back the whole time.

The single girls who figure, why not?

You can, so you will. Nobody has to explain themselves to anyone.

The birthday that’s always wanted something cheeky.

She’s been saying it for years. This weekend the group finally takes her at her word.

The ones who haven’t drawn since school.

Artistic talent optional. Some of the best work of the day comes from someone who hasn’t picked up a pencil in years.

Friends who’ve known each other forever.

Nothing much shocks the girls, and nothing much gets past them either. That’s exactly the room you want.

The group that’s been pulled in eleven directions.

Everyone in a different room all year. This puts you all back in the same one, pencils out.

What pairs well with life drawing

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the sketch pads.

Every life drawing weekend already works on its own. These are the things that sit beautifully beside it, and a few of them can be added to the weekends above.

A VIP nightclub booth

Somewhere to land between songs while the sketches get passed round. Already in the Melbourne and Brisbane weekends, and an extra on the Sydney and Gold Coast ones.

More on nightclub booths

Grazing at the apartment

Something for the coffee table once the sketch pads are packed away. An extra on all four weekends.

More on grazing delivered

Brunch the morning after

Mimosas and a third viewing of the artwork. An extra on the Melbourne and Gold Coast weekends, and already in the Sydney one.

More on bottomless brunch

Tarot readings

Another kind of reveal entirely. An extra on the Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast weekends.

More on tarot readings

Cocktail making

Shake your own for the gallery opening. An extra on the Sydney weekend, and its own weekend in every city.

More on cocktail making

Axe throwing

A very different kind of concentration. An extra on the Melbourne weekend, and its own weekend in every city.

More on axe throwing

Paint and sip

Same easel energy, all canvas and colour and everyone keeps their clothes on. Its own weekend in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

More on paint and sip

A male revue show

Same cheek, different seats. Its own weekend in every city.

More on male revues

A topless waiter

A little eye candy behind the bar while the pencils come out. Already part of all four life drawing weekends.

More on topless waiters

A rooftop

Pencils down, glasses up. Already in the Sydney and Gold Coast weekends.

More on rooftop bars

Every cheeky girls trip idea

Good to know before your life drawing

The small things the girls will ask about.

Where it happens

At your own apartment, just for your group. Nobody else is in the room.

What to wear

Something you can laugh in, and the outfit you’re going out in afterwards works perfectly.

How it starts

Your model arrives as your topless waiter, pours the drinks, then the pencils come out.

Photos

There’s a group photo with everyone’s sketches at the end. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Life drawing girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is
A private life drawing session with a male model at your apartment, with every pencil and sketch pad provided, inside a whole girls weekend.
Where
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, at your own apartment.
How cheeky
Cheeky. If the girls would rather keep everyone dressed, that’s paint and sip.
Group size
All four weekends start from six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
From $449 per person in Melbourne and Brisbane, $479 on the Gold Coast and $499 in Sydney, with somewhere to stay included, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Three young women taking a selfie on a night out in the street

Not tacky. Not "girls just wanna have fun" cringe. Not trying to turn us into influencers.

Just a very, very good weekend with my friends.

Thank god.

Tahlia, 25
Two women in matching pyjamas and towel turbans with spritzes in a hotel room

My friends response when I sent the option through was literally "yep this is us".

That was all I needed.

Sarah, 28

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My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.

  • 2011Female founded and still founder-led
  • Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
  • 4.7on Google
  • IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
  • Privateyour own model, at your apartment, just for your group
  • Proudmajor corporate sponsor of Share the Dignity
Two friends laughing over glasses of wine at a sunny rooftop table

Booking a life drawing class, or a whole girls weekend

Same pencils, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book a class and have a lovely time. Then comes the bit after: where to eat, who’s booking it, the footpath debate between bars, and everyone heading home in separate rides with the sketches still in their bags.

A life drawing girls weekend with My Ultimate brings the class to your own apartment and lines up the food, the drinks and where to next around it, so the third viewing of the sketches happens on the couch, with everyone there.

Nobody else in the room.Your apartment, your group. Nobody has to warn a housemate or look at their own couch the same way again.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place for the couch debrief.
You’re in the photo.Sketch held high in the group photo, not on your phone working out where to next.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Girls trip idea: a life drawing weekend. A model at our apartment, pencils for everyone, then dinner and a night out, with somewhere to stay for all of us. Artistic talent optional.

Melbourne from $449pp, Brisbane from $449pp, Gold Coast from $479pp, Sydney from $499pp. Who’s in?

https://www.myultimate-girls-trip.com.au/life-drawing-girls-trip

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Where you can do a life drawing girls trip

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see its life drawing weekend beside every other girls weekend there, prices and all. Found the one? Check your dates.

Four friends sipping rosé in a vineyard at duskMelbourneMelbourne girls weekendsFour friends on the bow of a boat raising glasses towards the Sydney Harbour BridgeSydneySydney girls weekendsA city skyline and river at golden hour, boats moored belowBrisbaneBrisbane girls weekendsFour friends laughing over drinks on an oceanfront deck at sunsetGold CoastGold Coast girls weekends

In Melbourne you can also compare every cheeky weekend side by side, prices and inclusions on one page. Every city’s girls weekends: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Life drawing girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with life drawing, or pick your city and see the weekends.

Do we need to be able to draw?

No. Every pencil and sketch pad is provided, the model moves through pose after pose, and some of the best work of the day comes from someone who hasn’t drawn since school.

Is the model nude?

Yes, for the drawing. He arrives as your topless waiter, pours the drinks, and then it’s a proper life drawing class.

Where does it happen?

At your own apartment, just for your group, so nobody else is in the room.

How much does a life drawing girls trip cost?

The four life drawing weekends start from $449 per person in Melbourne and Brisbane, $479 on the Gold Coast and $499 in Sydney, with somewhere to stay included, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

Is it awkward?

For about the first minute. Then the laughing starts, and it doesn’t really stop until well after the group photo.

Can we take photos?

There’s a group photo with everyone’s sketches at the end. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

What else is in the weekend?

Your own apartment, then food and drinks with the group: cocktails and share plates, brunch by the water or dinner under the neon lights, and a VIP booth, a rooftop or a beach club deck, depending on the city.

Is it a good idea for a birthday or a break-up?

Both. It’s cheeky, it’s hilarious and it puts the whole group in one room, which is the point of either.

What goes well with life drawing?

A VIP booth, grazing at the apartment, brunch the morning after, tarot readings or a cocktail class. Some are already in the weekends and some can be added; each city’s page shows what’s in each weekend.

Can we just book the life drawing class?

Life drawing with My Ultimate comes inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.

How many of us do we need?

All four life drawing weekends start from six. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.