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9/18/20 Shawna, 10-min. pose
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Ouch. It had been more than four months since I last tried life drawing, and I was stiff. (It felt like the first time I started
doing yoga again after a five-month absence. Ooof.) I typically don’t practice
studio life drawing during the good-weather months anyway, and being limited to
live video had put an additional damper on my practice.
When the many days of smoke had kept me imprisoned at home,
I was feeling restless, so I decided to try a Zoom life drawing session
sponsored by Gage Academy. As I’d hoped (and fully expected), Gage’s
live video life drawing experience was excellent: The model was well lighted
and fully visible, and the camera was far enough away that distortion was
minimized. It still wasn’t the same as real life drawing, but it was probably
the best experience possible, given the limitations. It took me a while to get
the creak out of my life-drawing muscles, but it felt great to stretch again.The smoke has cleared, but our days of good weather are
numbered. I’m looking forward to more (almost) life drawing at Gage this fall
and winter.
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9/18/20 10-min. pose
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Good to see you back doing some life drawing, even if it isn't exactly in person. I think we are really lucky to have so many sketching opportunities online.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how the pandemic has given us opportunities we probably wouldn't have thought of before!
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