The Life Drawing Collective: Artist feature

Today we'd like to start a series of artist features!

One of our V.I.A.s, (Very Important Artists), Talia Al Ghul aka Hybrid Desire, has been attending the sessions of our Collective since the start. We love her expressive style, delicious line work and exquisitely personal portraiture.

pose inspired by Rubens Venus (Carla) and Adonis (Andrew), with Manko as cupid

Look at Talia's delicate portraits:

Manko: "You caught my nose!" Carla "and my sadness in the corner of my mouth..."

The life session at the Eastbourne House

Pose reference - Peter Paul Rubens - Venus and Adonis, 1630

Talia's paintings of the Life Drawing Collective:

Talia had this to say about our last Rubens-inspired Saturday:

"You guys are improving my figurative work such an incredible amount every single session. The progress is amazing and it's because you three are such incredible, patient, kind and selfless models.

Your collective really is something special - it's revolutionary in so many ways. The poses, the intimacy of the forms, the bond you three have is so prominent that it makes drawing such a pleasure… The spacious venues, the length of poses, and that you really work to what the group of artists want in terms of poses - it's so refreshing to have the artists be asked how long they wish for!

I promise to come to these classes as much as humanely possible and try to encourage other artists I know to join to ensure that these sessions continue, and are full enough to make it worthwhile for you all xxxxxxxxx"