We're planning our future programme at Draw and would like to know what you'd like to see here this summer and beyond. If you'd like to have your say, fill in one, or both, of the two questionnaires linked below before the 17th May - one is for online classes and one for in-person classes.
Priss Nash - Drawing Circus/Draw model and long time member of the Draw family - is the focus of this months joyful and summery clothed photo-set! Priss is a poet, life model and singer and you can check out more of her work on her instagram right here.
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Welcome to week thirty of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 28th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other videos in the course, putting the exercises into action by drawing from our photo reference and online life classes. You'll find all of the details on ...
2021-04-28 12:20:18 +0000 UTC View Post
To link to the anatomical focus of Lance's current tutorials, our final interviewee in the ETC ART/WORK series this week will be sculptor and anatomist Eleanor Crook - we'll be talking about her career in the arts, the intersection of art and medical science and her how her attitudes to the body have been shaped by a life time of representing th...
2021-04-27 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 26th April 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a portrait if you attended live. As this is a recording of a live Zoom webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much lower resolution than o...
2021-04-26 21:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post
It is easy to make comparisons between the arms and legs, as they are both limbs with similar structures. However, the arms have a different function. They are not required to support the body's weight, and are better suited to more complex movements.
Common challenges to drawing the arms include dealing with foreshortening due to the bend...
2021-04-26 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Following on from legs, this weeks Studies photo-set focuses on the feet. These photos are cropped from the original hi-res photo files, allowing you to see the body in more detail than you would in our full-figure sets and providing a resource from which you can observe the varied articulations of the body. By making studie...
2021-04-25 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our beloved Bella, Draw tutor, life long-life drawer and Drawing Circus Harlequin is the subject of todays portrait photoset, with a selection of expressions and rotations for your reference. Bella runs her own online life class on Sunday via Bella's 2021-04-23 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to week twenty-nine of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 21st April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other videos in the course, putting the exercises into action by drawing from our photo reference and online life classes. You'll find all of the detail...
2021-04-21 12:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the delay in sending this weeks recording! This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 19th April 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a portrait if you attended live. As this is a recording of a live Zoom webinar the quality is l...
2021-04-21 10:39:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Feet play an important role in any standing pose as they support the body's weight, and ground it. They have a lot of subtle complexity, with a similar underlying structure to the hand despite the overall shape being very different – this makes them quite challenging to draw.
One of these challenges is making the foot look three dimensio...
2021-04-19 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This weeks Studies photo-set focuses on the legs. These photos are cropped from the original hi-res photo files, allowing you to see the body in more detail than you would in our full-figure sets and providing a resource from which you can observe the varied articulations of the body. By making studies from these close ups y...
2021-04-18 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The charming Bruno is our model today, last pictured in his amazing heels-and-net-vest outfit combo. Bruno has now modelled for us as much this side of the pandemic as he did in real life and is the subject of our second limited edition Draw pin-badge, designed by Megan Snyders - you can get one 2021-04-16 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to week twenty-eight of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 14th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other videos in the course, putting the exercises into action by drawing from our photo reference and online life classes. You'll find all of the detai...
2021-04-14 13:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 12th April 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a portrait if you attended live. As this is a recording of a live Zoom webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much lower resolution than o...
2021-04-12 21:57:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This lesson on the legs is the first look at the limbs in figure drawing. Each leg is split into an upper and lower half with the knee joint between them. There is a lot muscle in the legs, especially the upper leg, to support the weight of the body.
Limbs offer different drawing challenges to the torso and the head, as they can rotate and...
2021-04-12 09:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Captain Clement is back with a portrait photo-set, offering a selection of unusual expressions and a full rotation with a head-tilt.
Enjoy!
Jake
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Welcome to week twenty-seven of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 7th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other videos in the course, putting the exercises into action by drawing from our photo reference and online life classes. You'll find all of the detail...
2021-04-07 12:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Last March we set up this Patreon to save our community - and it worked! We'd have all been out of work by May 2020 without the support of our community. This Patreon has kept all of the Draw tutors & models working and has allowed us to set up this online life drawing resource, which will continue to develop long into the future. While this...
2021-04-06 16:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 5th April 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a portrait if you attended live. As this is a recording of a live Zoom webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much lower resolution than ou...
2021-04-05 21:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post
As an area of the body, the hips encompass the lower portion of the torso and act as a junction to the legs. Like the shoulders connect the arms to the torso, here the hips connect the legs; these areas are similar in that a lot of the variation in observed forms is driven by movement.
The pelvis underlies the structure of the hips like th...
2021-04-05 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to our third Studies photo-set, this week focusing on back of the torso - we've selected a variety of close ups of models with different body shapes, to demonstrate how variations in the development of musculature and amount of fat affect the expression of the subtle anatomy of the back. These photos are cropped from the o...
2021-04-04 12:05:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The Drawchestra are the soul of the Drawing Circus - their musical accompaniment ties the collective experience of models and artists together and helps us all to loose ourselves in the moment of drawing, or maintaining a pose. With a fluid line up of dozens of performers - usually life models who are also musicians - and under the shifting lead...
2021-04-02 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to week twenty-six of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 31st March 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other videos in the course, putting the exercises into action by drawing from our photo reference and online life classes. You'll find all of the details...
2021-03-31 10:40:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 29th March 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a portrait if you attended live. As this is a recording of a live Zoom webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much lower resolution than o...
2021-03-29 20:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The back is an area of the body that often goes unappreciated, as it might feel like there isn't much to see and draw. However, there are a lot of subtle features and it is also home to one of the most important skeletal structures in the body: the spine.
The experience of drawing the back can be enriched by some knowledge of its forms and...
2021-03-29 09:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to our second Studies photo-set, this week focusing on front of the torso - we've selected a variety of close ups of models with significantly different body shapes, presented both as straight up rotations and varied poses to demonstrate the potential articulations of the ribcage and pelvis, to see the tension of the core muscle...
2021-03-28 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is our penultimate ETC interview exploring the personal stories of art and design professionals, in which I talk to Simon Martin - curator, writer and director of Pallant House Gallery. The illustrated interview focuses on Simon's life, what curation means to him and his journey to becoming a gallery director.
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This was one of the first photo-sets that we shot for the Draw Patreon, featuring the wonderful Jade who is both a session leader and life model here at Draw. Jade has recently launched a new website to gather her creative into one place - take a look at it here! 2021-03-26 10:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ruth has been a mainstay of the Drawing Circus for nearly a decade and has, over the years, played a carousel horse and the physical manifestations of Time, Night and Day. Most consistently she has been the lion tamer to Carol's Kitty in the Rise and Fall of the Drawing Circus and brings her prodigious creativity and commitment to every...
2021-03-26 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post