Drawing from life

Drawing from life is an extremely helpful observational tool, whether it’s in a classroom or at your local café. Sketching and observing people around you can be beneficial in learning how to draw the human figure and the many emotions it can exhibit. Life drawing in a class can consist of both lengthy poses and short poses. Poses set over a longer period of time enable you to capture the details and the study of human anatomy. Classes can also consist of short quick poses, where artists make use of the gesture drawing technique. – see step five…