life drawing

Drawing live models

Life drawing is the practice of drawing the human figure from a live model, typically nude.

It's a foundational exercise in art education, training the eye to capture anatomy, proportion, and gesture: The art school offers life drawing classes every Tuesday evening.

A life drawing is also a work produced this way.

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source/reference type

life drawingcopying

Reproducing something exactly

tracing

subject matter

life drawinglandscape drawing

Artwork showing outdoor scenery

architectural drawing · botanical illustration · still life · abstract drawing · mechanical drawing

artistic approach

life drawingconceptual art

Work valuing notion over form

abstract art · abstract drawing · digital art

Family

life, lively, drawing, lifetime, livelihood, lifelike, lifespan

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