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Home » Drawing from Life

Drawing from Life

Filed Under: Illustrations & Sketches

One of the things I enjoy about living in a big city is the access to life drawing opportunities. In NYC, life drawing sessions take place virtually every day, hosted by art schools or groups of artists, where you can just drop in and sketch.  While drawing from photos is useful, there is nothing better (or more challenging) than drawing from life. It’s an essential part of my art practice. Here are a few quick model sketches I made the other day using PanPastels.

Drawing from Life - Beverly Brown

By: Beverly · In: Illustrations & Sketches · Tagged: drawing, feminine art, pastel art, sketchbook, women

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  1. Athena says

    October 6, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    Very nice! What paper do you use with panpastels?

    Reply
    • Beverly says

      October 6, 2016 at 2:03 pm

      Hi Athena,
      Here is an interview on the PanPastel blog where I talk about the various kinds of papers I use:
      http://paintdrawblend.com/2016/10/beverly-brown/
      Hope this helps.
      Beverly

      Reply
  2. Laura says

    August 9, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Well I guess I am going to have to try those now.
    L.

    Reply
    • Beverly says

      August 9, 2015 at 8:41 pm

      Definitely try it, if you haven’t 🙂
      B.

      Reply

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