There's more to life with life drawing

If you haven’t been and you draw and paint, you should go.  It is not what you expect though.  I still recall my first art class.  It was at Candid Arts in Islington which does regular and very cheap 2 hour art classes.

They are held in a basement with a semi-circle of chairs and easels set up around the models podium.  The air is one of almost religious solemnity while everyone draws this naked person while at same time unconsciously and unanimously agreeing that this is not what they are doing.  It is an act of reverence.

Candid will sell you very cheaply materials and so there is no need to bring your own. You start with short “poses” of 5 minutes or so and work up to the longest of usually 40 minutes.  On my first visit I was proud of the result which I achieved with charcoal pencil.(top left)

If you can find a class to go to near you, then do