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Naked truths about life drawing classes

19th century life drawing in the Painter Workshop, School of Fine Arts, Paris. Source Wikipedia

For the last six weeks I’ve been going to life drawing classes at a local college.

Just as you see in films or on TV, the disrobed figure sits in the centre of a room with a circle of easels surrounding them. Behind the easels, students drag charcoal blocks or dab Indian ink or smudge oil pastels across the paper, and try their best to render…