Life
Study Sessions
A tutor will normally start the sessions with
2 or 3 short 5 minute posses to encourage the artists to
sketch their first impressions quickly and loosely.
After this the pose will be set accordingly
to the group’s time pattern. This varies between 20
minutes to get a variety of movement and the whole 2 –
4 hour session to concentrate on detail. Some classes are
known to hold the same pose for a number of sessions, the
model returning to charcoal marked positions.
The model is naked to enable the artists to
gain experience of sketching the human body without the
mystic caused by clothing. For the artists it is an objective,
life study and not an erotic exercise. Clothing can hide
the movement of the skin and muscle. Even the stillest of
life models moves as they breathe and slumps slightly as
they relax into the pose.
The tutor will encourage artist to:
- “look” more critically,
- more often,
- measure each line against the figure and the sketch,
- loosen up drawing skills.
Regular practise encourages a knowledge of
human figure, body tone and movement useful in figurative
painting and a keen eye for sketching figure, landscape
and still life outside of the Life Study sessions.
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