We're planning our future programme at Draw and would like to know what you'd like to see here this summer and beyond. If you'd like to have your say, fill in one, or both, of the two questionnaire...
2021-05-01 18:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Priss Nash - Drawing Circus/Draw model and long time member of the Draw family - is the focus of this months joyful and summery clothed photo-set! Priss is a poet, life model and singer and you can...
2021-04-30 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to week thirty of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 28th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with other v...
2021-04-28 12:20:18 +0000 UTC
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To link to the anatomical focus of Lance's current tutorials, our final interviewee in the ETC ART/WORK series this week will be sculptor and anatomist Eleanor Crook - we'll be talking about her ca...
2021-04-27 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 26th April 2021. 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 ...
2021-04-26 21:25:12 +0000 UTC
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It is easy to make comparisons between the arms and legs, as they are both limbs with similar structures. However, the arms have a different function. They are not required to support the body's we...
2021-04-26 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Following on from legs, this weeks Studies photo-set focuses on the feet. These photos are cropped from the original hi-res photo files, allowing you to see the body in more detail t...
2021-04-25 09:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Our beloved Bella, Draw tutor, life long-life drawer and Drawing Circus Harlequin is the subject of todays por...
2021-04-23 09:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to week twenty-nine of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 21st April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with ot...
2021-04-21 12:47:59 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for the delay in sending this weeks recording! This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 19th April 2021. It is shared here so that you can catch up and draw fro...
2021-04-21 10:39:36 +0000 UTC
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Feet play an important role in any standing pose as they support the body's weight, and ground it. They have a lot of subtle complexity, with a similar underlying structure to the hand despite the ...
2021-04-19 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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This weeks Studies photo-set focuses on the legs. These photos are cropped from the original hi-res photo files, allowing you to see the body in more detail than you would in our ful...
2021-04-18 08:00:00 +0000 UTC
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The charming Bruno is our model today, last pictured in his amazing heels-and-net-vest outfit combo. Bruno has now modelled for us as much this side of the pandemic as he did in real life and is th...
2021-04-16 09:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to week twenty-eight of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 14th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with o...
2021-04-14 13:06:10 +0000 UTC
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This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 12th April 2021. 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 ...
2021-04-12 21:57:23 +0000 UTC
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This lesson on the legs is the first look at the limbs in figure drawing. Each leg is split into an upper and lower half with the knee joint between them. There is a lot muscle in the legs, especia...
2021-04-12 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Captain Clement is back with a portrait photo-set, offering a selection of unusual expressions and a full rotation with a h...
2021-04-09 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to week twenty-seven of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 7th April 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with ot...
2021-04-07 12:28:32 +0000 UTC
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Last March we set up this Patreon to save our community - and it worked! We'd have all been out of work by May 2020 without the support of our community. This Patreon has kept all of the Draw tutor...
2021-04-06 16:04:58 +0000 UTC
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This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 5th April 2021. 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 p...
2021-04-05 21:16:36 +0000 UTC
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As an area of the body, the hips encompass the lower portion of the torso and act as a junction to the legs. Like the shoulders connect the arms to the torso, here the hips connect the legs; these ...
2021-04-05 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to our third Studies photo-set, this week focusing on back of the torso - we've selected a variety of close ups of models with different body shapes, to demonstrate how variations ...
2021-04-04 12:05:21 +0000 UTC
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The Drawchestra are the soul of the Drawing Circus - their musical accompaniment ties the collective experience of models and artists together and helps us all to loose ourselves in the moment of d...
2021-04-02 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to week twenty-six of our tutored life drawing sessions. This video is a recording of the live webinar aired on 31st March 2021. You can watch it as a one-off, or watch it in order with oth...
2021-03-31 10:40:20 +0000 UTC
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This video is a recording of a live Zoom portrait session, aired on 29th March 2021. 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 ...
2021-03-29 20:24:24 +0000 UTC
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The back is an area of the body that often goes unappreciated, as it might feel like there isn't much to see and draw. However, there are a lot of subtle features and it is also home to one of the ...
2021-03-29 09:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to our second Studies photo-set, this week focusing on front of the torso - we've selected a variety of close ups of models with significantly different body shapes, presented both...
2021-03-28 10:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Here is our penultimate ETC interview exploring the personal stories of art and design professionals, in which I talk to Simon Martin - curator, writer and director of Pallant House Gallery. The il...
2021-03-27 10:27:14 +0000 UTC
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This was one of the first photo-sets that we shot for the Draw Patreon, featuring the wonderful Jade who is both a sess...
2021-03-26 10:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Ruth has been a mainstay of the Drawing Circus for nearly a decade and has, over the years, played a carousel horse and the physical manifestations of Time, Night and Day. Most consistently she has...
2021-03-26 10:00:03 +0000 UTC
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