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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! Lees verder →

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. Lees verder →

There are 13 new photos in the Figure Drawing tool today, from Betsy and David Art Models. Since quarantine hit, they have been experimenting with doing Zoom figure drawing sessions, getting creative with the best ways to adapt live classes to an online environment and playing with ideas to take advantage of the medium that aren't available in the "real world" Lees verder →

I have 10 farmyard animals from a photographer who prefers to remain anonymous, along with 10 aquatic birds (Canada geese, mallards, and a great blue heron) from the photographer Clara Columbus. Woohoo! :D These are all available immediately, free of charge. :) Lees verder →

Another totally free batch of figure study images is hitting the figure drawing tools today! These come from photographer MaikuBokeh. These are mostly sitting or reclining, and include some great twists and curls. Lees verder →

We have a new environments photo bundle in our store! It features a wide variety of scenery, from the beach to urban centers. Lees verder →

To help support those of you stuck inside during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering 31 days of "pay what you want" full membership. Full memberships allow you access to goal setting and tracking, achievement badges, more control over what images you see, unlimited image uploads and automatic critique requests, access to the Scenes and Environment drawing tool, and more. Lees verder →

Introducing Line of Action Study Groups! These were specifically designed to help drawing and painting classes that have had to disband because of COVID-19, but anyone can create a study group and invite their friends or classmates. Lees verder →

For the last few days, I have been RACING to get some new features together to support art students around the world as they struggle with social distancing and quarantine measures. Lees verder →

Hey all! I'm looking to do another series of upgrades to help us handle the massive site load this Sunday -- I am going to attempt to do this with no downtime, but please be aware the site may run slow that evening (02/02/2020)... Lees verder →