A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...

The human figure is the springboard of the visual conversation that occurs between the two artists. Each artist, in their own way, has pushed the work to abstraction.” Jackson acknowledged that ...

They get together to chit-chat, stimulate their minds and share life experiences. And to improve their figure drawing skills, too. Since 1924, people have gathered in Casper to paint and draw from ...

For artists, few objects are as challenging to capture as the human form. To render the figure on canvas or paper requires mastery of contouring, shading, perspective, proportion and countless other ...

“Capture the balance of this pose,” Heddi Siebel says as she walks around the room. “Get the back, get the weight.” Students stand around the model, Callista Womick, in a semicircle, facing easels ...

Visitors to a recent art show at Dixie State University were greeted with a disclaimer. “Parents may choose to preview this exhibit before their children enter. Thank you.” Obviously a message like ...

Growing numbers of hobbyists are attempting to emulate the artist and capture the truths of the human body at life drawing classes David Hockney draws better than anyone else alive today. There may be ...

BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - From prehistoric Venus figurines to Michelangelo’s David, artists have tried to capture the natural beauty of the human form for thousands of years. In Belfast, a weekly class ...