Life drawing

Elisa Morgera’s letter in the November 2021 issue of The Artist is a wonderfully eloquent piece of writing. I completely understood how Elisa felt. When an elderly friend asked me if I would join her in a life drawing class, I did, for a very enjoyable term. When the tutor remarked 'You can get hooked on this, you know', I nodded and smiled, thinking to myself that this was just for the one term. Nearly 30 years later, I can admit that I’m addicted to life drawing. During lockdown we continued with our tutor plus models and students from all over the world, which opened up a whole new way of working. Now we’ve started again with the ‘real thing’ and it’s wonderful. Although I am constantly painting and always sketch when out walking, nothing compares to the challenges of drawing the figure. Nothing gives the same feeling of satisfaction when the challenge has been met.

Carol Rogers, by email