Almost Live

9/18/20 Shawna, 10-min. pose

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.

9/18/20 13-min. pose

9/18/20 10-min. pose

9/18/20 10-min. pose

9/18/20 2-min. poses

9/18/20 5-min. poses