(Non Nude) Daily Life Drawing Session Figure Reference Images #1 in Ultra HD 4K

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Using these videos is simple!

1. Set up your computer, laptop, or tablet near your working area with the screen at a perpendicular angle to your eye.

2. Make sure you are working in a well lit area with your drawing surface perpendicular to your eye as well.

3. Play the video and try to work in real time (no pausing!). First you will see a series of one minute poses. This doesn't give you much time so you'll want to try to get a sense of the whole figure, whether you're drawing gesture lines or an interconnecting lay-in. Even for the one minute poses, don't rush! Just set realistic goals for yourself.

Tip: When two images are shown side-by-side choose whichever image you like. If you repeat the same video session again (and we recommend you do) you can do the drawing over again or choose the other side.

4. After five one-minute poses, you'll get the chance to do five two-minute poses. Here you are going to work the same way that you did with the one minute poses but you'll also be able to start defining the forms (starting with major forms) and how they connect with each other.

5. The last two-poses are 5 minutes each. We have chosen particularly difficult poses here so take your time to work them out

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[LillianGraceFullofficial]

Needed to practice figure drawing and nearly forgot and procrastinated and just in the nick of time was recommended this! Thank god

[Teddy-fcnp]

This is my first time drawing poses as a beginner artist and let me tell you... it was amazing. I didn't even realize my potential until I got to minute 10 🤧 I got so much more comfortable drawing poses that by the end of it that I felt like couldn't wait to practice again tomorrow 😄 Thank you, this was very helpful 👍🥳

[roenaid]

This is an excellent resource! Especially when you're living in the boonies with no classes! Great poses! Thank you!

[joycew]

Thank you so much for this video! The poses the model made were so dynamic and different, it had me admiring her flexibility before I started every drawing. This was very helpful.

[forever_alonis]

I have studied life drawing for 2 years, this channel is a gem! You deserve 1 million subscribers for the work that you give for free! cheers

[springrollwang]

don't know how to draw yet, but her pose is so dynamic. super awesome resources.

[brendacatalan]

With quarantine it has been impossible to find anyone to pose for my life drawing hmwk so i'm glad I found this!

[TheToneBender]

5:40 Yes music, that's exactly how I feel

[June_Bugg]

I'm glad you guys have this video as a resource! I'm a beginner artist, and now that I've come across this video, I'm definitely going to make it my warm-ups before drawing! :D

[ErikNoble]

I would love to see the model in a body sock with stripes as to help me practise with cross contours in mind. And thanks for these great reference videos

[scoobydoobydoo]

great series (I like this series over the other, because it is much easier to draw the form), and thanks very much for making it available.

[MrJohngolby]

A big thanks to New Masters Academy, as an illustrator this is invaluable help, in comparison to the price of classes in London it's also a must have. Tastefully done and with the timer included this is easily a 10/10 upload.

[bonessai]

Y’all are so patient with these comments, explaining the purpose of the time and poses. It’s kinda sweet

[Subaruruu]

Video: Time

Me: Za Warudo! *clicks pause button*

[KC-mjeu]

Great way to practice. The intervals between each pose is fabulous. Thank you.

[pretinhacapelli]

Thank you for this non-nude series, very suitable to work in drawing classes for teens and also helps to learn to draw clothing folds

[JH-pero]

I finished going through all of this video series, doing all the indicated timings, today. I could still do more, but along with some other things I've been doing over the past few months, it helped me to graduate out of being tracing-heavy and feel more comfortable with my freehand work, generally. If you're just starting with figures here are some tips:

0. Get your drawing setup as ergonomically sound as you can. Angle the drawing surface(I use a laptop stand for this), get it at a good height(in my case, a cafe tray held in the lap), and learn the different grips for your medium, whether it's a digital stylus, pencils, pens, charcoal etc. Different media allow for different grips, and using them on a correctly positioned surface will let your arm and wrist make the most steady movements. As I did these videos, I made little improvements to my setup between sessions and they added up at to least as much of an improvement as the actual study of the images.
1. Put in some grid quadrants first to help you get proportions. Everything is limited by your proportioning skill at first and it doesn't take too long to make a "crosshair" to help you estimate, even on the 1-minute. It doesn't have to be a dense grid.
2. Aim to first mark in the dark shadows, negative spaces and the envelope shape formed by the pose. These are more abstract shapes which will help get you away from seeing face, arm, leg, etc. It's another proportioning trick! Everything starts with how you divide up the page.
3. Also look for directional landmarks. Often I would mark in the gaze of the eyes and the angle of the hips and shoulders to help get things started.
4. When you feel ready to make things feel more connected, you can add in the gestural lines. If you already feel comfortable with the proportion you can start with more gestural lines but often you'll discover that when the pose is more complex it's easier to capture the abstract shapes first with straight lines. Straight lines have clearer, simpler proportions than curving or wobbly ones.
5. If the figure looks flat, imagine a 3D form like a box or cylinder placed over each limb, and try to mark that in. This uses your skills at constructed forms and perspective to help you establish better proportions. These technical skills are practiced heavily in the Drawabox course, but mostly in an abstract way; here, you can use it to support and build on your observation. Likewise with anatomy; practicing to recreate anatomy drawings from memory can help you understand the detail when doing figures.
6. If you're starting to get bored, that's often a sign that if you keep going, you'll see "deeper" into the image and be able to work on more of the details. Make your sessions intense like workouts and allow yourself rest days if you feel burnout coming on. I averaged slightly over 1 video a day, and took one day off at the end.

[bendykirby]

Ina’s gonna have _lots_ of fun with this

[atromos]

Very dynamic poses, thank you for this resource.

[karstellart]

this channel is amazing. thank you so much for this content