As we all possess a body, we think we know what it looks like. When we draw it, we bring to bear that prior knowledge and we draw that rather than the exactitude of the arm or leg that’s in front of ...

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Instructor Darren Kerr talks to Sabina Grogan about the proportions of the human face during a life drawing class at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On a recent evening ...

Ideals and masters : the nude in Italy, 1530-1800 / William Breazeale -- International currents : the nude in the low countries, 1550-1750 / Susan Anderson -- Académie, académie, étude : figural ...

“I’ve always loved drawing the human body. I especially liked painting women’s faces and bodies, particularly with a mysterious mood” Joyce Lee says of her first steps into painting and portraiture as ...