Pencils and paintbrushes rise when Kelly removes her robe and perches on a wooden platform one recent Sunday morning. Each artist in the small group at the Arts & Design Society of Fort Walton Beach ...

“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 ...

Don Branagan takes great pride in his calendar and his busy schedule. As a full-time art model, he likes to book gigs as early as possible. But when COVID-19 hit, Don’s calendar suddenly dried up.

Want to build your mental muscles up a bit? Drawing from life, or figure drawing, no matter what your skill level, can help you hone your observation skills. There are several ongoing sessions in the ...

Artists and people wishing to learn to draw from observation are cordially invited to attend the ongoing Wednesday evenings Figure Drawing session at the Dover Studio of Fine Arts from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

On Wednesday night in an Olin Arts Center studio, the only sounds were charcoal on paper and hands sweeping over sketches as local residents joined students for a nude figure drawing session. Meghan ...

In a second-floor gallery inside the Worcester Art Museum, a group of artists sits in a semicircle around a nude human figure. As still as a statue, the figure stands straight with a prop sword until ...