Life drawing replay: Yuka (Negative Space)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 19th February 2025. The recording is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a drawing if you attended live! As this is a recording of a live session the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a lower resolution than our our tutored sessions which are recorded locally and undergo more rigorous processing before their release. Please feel free to work from the video directly, or to take a screenshot to work from - if you take a screenshot please do be mindful of the photo guidance below. Click the cog in the bottom right of the screen and select 1080 for the highest resolution image - if you're working on a tablet or phone, enable rotation and turn your devise into portrait format for the best view.

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In this video

• 5 x 1 min poses

• 5 x 3 min poses

• 2 x 10 min poses

• 1 x 30 min pose

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About the model & session

• Today's session was themed around negative space, with Yuka focusing on creating negative spaces between the body and the surrounding room. If you'd like to learn more about negative space, or try some exercises that help you see the negative spaces around the model more clearly, take a look at Lancelot Richardson's tutorials HERE. If you'd like to try approaching the session in a different way, it would work partially well in conjunction with Emma's Cutouts & Collage class.

• You can follow Yuka's Instagram HERE

• You can find Yuka's portrait recording HERE

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Guidelines for using the photographs

Please do:

• Save screenshots from this video to your own computers and devices.

• Use the pictures to draw, paint, print and sculpt from, being as realistic or creative as you like

• Share the artwork you’ve made with us and the world - in books, in exhibitions, on social media, or on your fridge

• Tag us in work you make (@drawbrighton / #drawbrighton) – you don’t have to, but we love to see what you’ve made!

• Edit the screenshots as reference for your own drawings - you can change the contrasts, colours and backgrounds to provide more tailored reference for yourself.

Please don't:

• Share these pictures or recordings with anybody else – they are between you and us

• Share the pictures or recordings themselves online – thanks for respecting our models’ privacy

• Edit the pictures or recordings themselves for artwork – we want to see original work you’ve made

Thanks!

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Having trouble viewing the video? You can watch it directly HERE