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The animal drawing tool has gained 12 new practice photos featuring a very athletic Standard Poodle practicing hoop jumping tricks. There's even a bonus human in each of these photos, if you're looking for an additional drawing challenge. Continuer la lecture →

Hello artists! A few small but mighty improvements have rolled out over the last week. First off, a new button that appears in class mode. Use this button to skip an entire class segment, rather than just skipping a photo. This can be useful if you were mid-way through a long class, but then lost your place due to a power cut or other unforseen event. Continuer la lecture →

Betsy of Betsy and David art models is back again this week, with a small collection of fully clothed photos using props. These new photos will start appearing in everyone's practice rotations as of today. :) ... Continuer la lecture →

In another show of massive creativity as they try to find ways to keep live figure model sessions accessible during the Time of Covid, Betsy and David posed outdoors where artists could drive-up and sketch from the safety of their cars! This bundle was shot during that event. The entire thing is shot under natural light, though they add fill light at sunset. Excellent for tone and color studies. Add... Continuer la lecture →

This set has some incredible twists, curls and stretches, as well as a mix of strong directional lighting. The entire set of 24 images is being released today, free of charge for everyone to use. Continuer la lecture →

I am so excited for today's photo bundle releases! Photographer Deirdre brings us not one but two bundles in our most requested body type! Continuer la lecture →

Today, professional life model Fleur brings a gorgeous collection of elegant and classical body shapes and poses to our store. In many of these images, she appears to be dancing. Add these to your practice rotation for just $1.49, and help to support a life model whose work has been impacted by the pandemic in the process. Continuer la lecture →

I know that many of you are currently planning for your fall semesters, and struggling to decide how to manage social distancing and figure study from home. This is just a reminder that if you are an instructor who has had to close down your RL drawing/painting/sculpting/whatever that needs a figure model class, please contact me and let me know how long your semester is -- I will give all of... Continuer la lecture →

Nymphaea, a teen who uses the site to practice, spent a weekend at hotel Mona in Zlatibor and brought someone to capture images of the great time that she had there. She wanted to use her own photos to improve her artistic abilities, and share it with the entire community at the same time! Continuer la lecture →

Did you notice that this week we launched a new feature for the Figure Drawing tool? You can now choose to include or exclude specific age ranges. We had been getting requests for the ability to filter out children and babies and have them be part of their own practice sessions, given their dramatically different proportions from adults. Continuer la lecture →