As a Drawing Academy tutor, I receive artworks for critique and questions from art students. Recently, one student, Louise asked me how to learn figure drawing. Here’s what she wrote.

“I am attending life drawing sessions locally three days a week. These classes supposed to be educational, but I struggle every time the model takes a new pose. I cannot complete any drawing to my liking. I asked the teacher and he said that I have to loosen up my style. Every time I ask how to improve my sketch, the teacher says it is good; I just need to let my creativity flow. I’m not happy with my drawings and even less with the feedback. How can I loosen up and be creative if I don’t even have the time to make a halfdone drawing? Do you have any advice on how to get the most out of these life drawing sessions? Here are some of my drawings from life.”

In this video, I will give a constructive critique on Louise’s sketches and some tips on how to study life drawing.

First of all, it is great that Louise wants to learn figurative art by drawing from life. This is the right way to do. What is really sad is that she doesn’t get any professional tutoring because her instructor is not fit for the job. Even worse, the life drawing classes do it wrong because she won’t get good drawing skills even if she attends those life drawing sessions for years. I will explain why later on.

Let’s begin with the artworks critique. Looking at Louse’s sketches, I can tell that she has some knowledge of human anatomy and body proportions, and it is great that she is trying to apply that knowledge in her works...

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