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Portrait drawing replay: Goki

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 27th Nov 2023. 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 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 directl...

Bubblegum Bouguereau

Our final photoset in the Tounge in check Bubblegum Bouguereau photo series unites all three of our model Priss, Frankie & Esme in a series of trio playful poses that continue to riff off the themes that we have explored in our earlier sets in this series. We've recently used Patreon's new 'Collections' page to rearrange...

Life drawing replay: Clapmutt (Mickey Mouse)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 23rd Nov 2023. 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 vide...

Portrait drawing replay: Tendai

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 20th Nov 2023. 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 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 directl...

Tonal portrait photo-set: Jade

Before the release of our final Bubble-gum Bouguereau next week we have another tonal photo-set of Draw session leader, Jade Hylton, master-mind behind the Drawversity photosets and the accompanying in-person classes in Brighton. The dramatically lit photo-reference is intended to explore the possibilities of portraits ill...

Life Drawing replay: Emily Metalskin

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 15th Nov 2023. 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 vide...

Portrait drawing replay: Sam & Francis

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 13th Nov 2023. 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 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 directl...

Tonal Portrait Photo-set: Lilith

In-between the new themed Bubble-gum Bouguereau photo reference series we're sharing tonal portrait photo-sets which use a single light source to light the model, giving you a range of lighting options as well as a variety of poses. This week we have the inimitable Lilith posing for us! 

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Life drawing replay: Tilli (Birthday party)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 8th Nov 2023. 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...

Portrait recording: Odera

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 6th Nov 2023. 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 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...

Bubble-gum Bouguereau Photo-set: Clothes Swap (Frankie & Priss)

In Frankie and Priss's dual pose set 'Clothes Swap' we lean heavily into the unconventional briefing of the Bubble-gum Bouguereau shoot - to imagine a high school teen movie directed by the 18th Century French romantic William Adolphe Bouguereau. Where Bouguereau's multi-figure compositions often tackle  grand historical and mythological narratives we have sought to present tableaux of friendship posed with the hyperbolic visual drama of a Bouguereau painting.

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Life drawing replay: Ivory Lovelust (Halloween)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 1st Nov 2023. 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...

Portrait drawing replay: Naomi (Halloween special)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 30th Oct 2023. 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 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 directl...

Halloween Photo-set: Somnambulist (Ellie & Lilith)

Halloween is nearly upon us and to coincide Ellie and Lilith have put together this little bonus photo-set in tribute to the visual tropes of our favourite vampire movies. We're planning a different annual Haloween photoset each year - what would you like to see in 2024? 

Recommended watching: Interview with the Vampire (1994) / 2023-10-27 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Life drawing replay: Danna

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 25th Oct 2023. 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 vide...

Portrait drawing: Steph Tudor

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 23rd Oct 2023. 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 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 directl...

Bubble-gum Bouguereau: OutFit

In our final solo-set in the Bubble-gum Bouguereau series Esme references William Bouguereau's 1900 painting 'Before the bath' with a the daily ritual of dressing. If you've ever life modelled or even  tried to pose your hand for a short study you will know how difficult it can be to search for a natural  pose. Every posture you adopt becomes forced and artificial and you find yourself questioning what you even do with your hands all day. In this set Esme went through the p...

Life drawing replay: Lucy (Selene)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 18th Oct 2023. 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 vide...

Portrait drawing replay: Jamie

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 16th Oct 2023 and hosted by Lancelot Richardson. 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 session the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a lower resolution than our our tutored sessions which are rec...

Bubble-gum Bouguereau: Sing Along (Priss & Esme)

Any of our reference photos can be combined and collaged together to make group compositions, so with these group photo-sets we wanted to create interactions where the models are clearly posing in reference to one another. These tight interactions echo the closed groupings of our titular Bouguereau, who often overlaps his figures to create contained compositions in the centre of the canvas. In thi...

Life drawing replay: Arthur & Lilith (Sweetest of Monsters)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 11th Oct 2023. 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 vide...

Portrait drawing replay: Jade pt. 2

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 2nd Oct 2023. 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 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...

Tonal Portrait Photo-set: Adam

In-between the new themed Bubble-gum Bouguereau photo reference series we're sharing tonal portrait photo-sets which use a single light source to light the model. Todays model is Adam, who has newly been inducted into our crew of Patreon-supported models. The series is intended to accompany our Portrait Drawing course which is soon to resume with a focus on tonal drawing. Justyna used both a light and dark backgr...

Life drawing replay: Hannah (Early Autumn)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 5th Oct 2023. 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...

Portrait drawing replay: Michaela (Pt. 2)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 2nd Oct 2023. 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 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...

Bubble-gum Bouguereau: Insta (Frankie)

Following on from last weeks Selfie photoset we have Frankie's Insta photoset. We wanted to reference two aspect of Bouguereau's work in this set; his use of draped fabric and the narrative focus on hands in many of his single-figure paintings. For better or worst most of us interact with our phones more than any other hand-held object and the devise can be analogous of many of the object...

Life drawing replay: DMAC (Heels)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 27th Sept 2023. 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 vid...

Portrait drawing replay: Rosy Carrick

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 25th Sept 2023. 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 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 direct...

Bubble-gum Bouguereau Photo-set: Selfie (Frankie & Esme)

Our second photo-set in the Bubble-gum Bouguereau series is a dual-model set, presenting highly dramatised vignettes of selfie culture. Far from the preserve of the young, selfies have become a primary means of self-documentation with family photos and holiday snaps routinely shot at arms length to include the photographer. In 2021 Laura Ryan explored the history of the selfie and its influence of portrait painting on the Draw blog, proposing Parmigianino's 1524 painting 2023-09-22 09:50:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Life drawing replay: Maud (Art Nouveau theme)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 20th Sept 2023. 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 vid...