DrawBrighton

Portrait Recording: Timothy

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 20th Feb 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 di...

Clothed Photo-set: Bella

As Bella modelled for this Wednesday life drawing session we thought it was high time we released this clothed photo-set of Bella in one of her (many) unitards. It is a previously unreleased photoset from our original 2020 series and includes three clothed figure rotations. Bella is studio manager at Draw and looks after the in-person diary as well as modelling at Draw and running her own life class around the world, both online and in-person. 

2023-02-18 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Life drawing replay: Bella (Harlequin themed, clothed)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 15th Feb 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 Zoom webinar 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...

Draw feedback system

Hi everybody, 

We've been using Slack to give feedback to you all on your work, however Slack recently changed their access options so that on our pricing tier you can no longer revisit feedback from more than 90 days ago. We are exploring other options for similar systems, including Discord, which should be as easy to use as Slack, with broader functionality. 

If you use, or plan to use our feedback system, let us know which platform you'd like us to use or comment with...

The Portrait Drawing Course

Welcome to our Portrait Drawing Course! This course is still being released, with videos coming out according to the schedule below. It is a free addition to the Portrait, Life & Student tiers of the Patreon and can be treated as a single course, with videos that can be watched monthly, dipped into more casually for portrait ideas and advice. You'll always be able to find links to the full course on the Draw Navigator site via 2023-02-15 18:01:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Portrait Recording: Ivory

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 13th Feb 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 di...

Navigating the Draw Patreon

If you're new to the Patreon or would like some extra help finding your way around, the video above is for you! The rest of this post is here to help you find everything you need on the Patreon as quickly as possible - it will stay pinned to the top of the Patreon feed so that you can find it any time you log in. Don't forget you can browse links to all of our drawings resources on the Draw Navigator HERE. 

Life Photo-set: Annie (aka AFLO. the poet)

This is Annie's final photo-set from our last photoshoot, although she has life modelled a lot at the Draw studio since she started at Draw with the first Drawversity photosets this was her very first unclothed photoshoot ever and it is our privilege to be able to share the reference photos with you. Annie is in the last year of her PHD, so the monthly royalties from the photosets are helping towards the costs of her studies - if you'd like to hear a bit more about the many things that she do...

Life drawing replay: Musa (Mughal paintings)

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

Portrait Recording: Sophie pt. 2

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 6th Feb 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 dir...

Clothed Photo-set: Kimi

We're in the last month of our latest round of reference and we'll be shooting a new set very soon! Here is a clothed rotation from Kimi. Alongside a checkerboard career ranging from working at an opticians to running life drawing sessions at festivals Kimi used to work as a professional mermaid. It is a role she has often reprised for the Drawing Circus and the inspiration behind the choice of her Aqua Blue backdrop. 

2023-02-04 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Update 2023

Hello lovely people,

With both January and the lunar new year very much passed I figured it was about time to give you all an update on what 2023 has in store for the Draw Brighton Patreon. Megan and I see every new person who supports the Patreon and it is so exciting to see our cohort of supporters continuing to grow beyond our UK bubble into an international community of people who love to draw. If you're new to the Patreon, welcome! If you've been here a while, thank you so much for...

Life drawing replay: Vilidian (Jan Saudek)

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

Portrait Recording: Eden

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 30th Jan 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 di...

Semi-clothed photo-set: Naomi Rufina

As we near the end of the run of reference images shot at The Brighton Studio last year we get to share some of our extra model-let sets, like these two sei-clothed rotations, proposed by Naomi at the end of the shoot. We'll be sharing more details of this years reference shoots in the next couple of weeks and we'd love to hear from you if you have ideas of what you'd like to see in future sets - just comment beneath t...

Life drawing replay: Clapmutt

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 25th Jan 2022. 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 Zoom webinar 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...

Portrait Recording: Bertie

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 23rd Jan 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 di...

Portait Photo-set: Kimi

Kimi started modelling with us in the early days of the Drawing Circus, more than a decade ago. Since then she has started her own themed drawing sessions, Malice in Wasteland, performing at festivals around the UK and Europe. In this photo-set Kimi was keen to wear one of her recycled headdresses from her latest Boomtown drawing session - we've included the zoomed-out rotation and a closer set of crops of the same ph...

Life drawing replay: Hannah & Alex (Intimacy)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 18th Jan 2022. 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 Zoom webinar 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...

Portrait recording: Nina, Millie & Zoe

This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 16th Jan 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 webinar the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a much 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 di...

Clothed Photo-set: Annie (aka AFLO. the poet)

For our first photo-set of the year we have a clothed photo-set of poet and academic Annie (aka AFLO. the poet). Annie started modelling with Draw through Jade's Drawversity, a programme set up to make life modelling and life drawing more accessible to people of colour in Brighton. She is now a regular at both our in-person sessions, and these photo-sets. you can find some links to more of Annie's work below the contact sheet. &nb...

Life drawing replay: Frankie (Magritte theme)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 11th Jan 2022. 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 Zoom webinar 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...