Drawing from life

Drawing from Life
Dragonfly Life Drawing Group
March 22 - April 10 2024
Opening Reception Friday March 22, 5-7pm

Meeting weekly since 2021 at the Dragonfly artist supply store, the Dragonfly Life Drawing group features a wide range of talented professionals: painters, sculptors, fabric artists, illustrators, woodworkers, metalworkers, and interdisciplinary artists all sharing a passion for drawing the human body from life.The artists: Mike Deas, Bryn Finer, Georgia Henn, Martin Herbert, Jane MacKenzie, April Mackey, Patrick McCallum, Mel Williamson, Sal Wiltshire, Zoe Zafiris.

The artistic tradition of drawing the live figure has deep roots dating from the 5th century BCE, its foundation in the European academies of the late Renaissance and early Baroque era's classical art instruction. Sadly now generally absent from Contemporary art instruction, for many purists life drawing remains an integral element in an artist's mastery of drawing, painting, and most importantly: seeing.    

The exhibition will feature studies and sketches created during the live model sessions, in addition to figure-inspired finished works executed in a variety of mediums by the artists.