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 ...

A row has broken out after a life-drawing class in north London was told its nude models should wear clothes following complaints. Organisers of the daytime class have accused “puritanical” Hampstead ...

“Capture the balance of this pose,” Heddi Siebel says as she walks around the room. “Get the back, get the weight.” Students stand around the model, Callista Womick, in a semicircle, facing easels ...

If you find yourself doodling on napkins or scraps of paper, or have ever dreamed of becoming an accomplished artist, sketching is one of the best ways to start expressing yourself creatively. There ...