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Winter '24 & '25 Teaser

Added 2024-12-13 10:00:00 +0000 UTC

Winter is here in the UK and the tiny cardboard doors of my advent calendar are being opened at an alarming rate as we approach the winter solstice and the frivolities of the festive season. In anticipation of Christmas we put together a rather playful series of December photo-sets with photographer Justyna Neryng and Draw tutors Bella and Lance, who have posed as Christmas elves for us. Later in the season we're continuing with a series of photos in a Christmas palette, with spruce green backgrounds, flashes of holly-berry red and the pale greys of early morning snow serving as backgrounds for our photo-sets through to March. Watch out for a particularly excellent narrative set that we'll be releasing on Valentines Day!

About the models

Lance is a tutor at Draw and runs our in-person and online tutored life drawing classes, he's also a great painter and printmaker!
Bella runs life classes at Draw, the National Gallery and all over the world through Bella's Bits & Bobs. She also also regualrs models for our online & in-person sessions.
Nasim is a writer, translator and life model based in London - this season concludes this first set of photos she modelled for at Draw!
Patch is a model who poses accross the South of England.
Dmac is a performer and life model who has posed for us online and in-person.
Jenni Mac (they/them) is a visual artist, poet and musician who has been an important part of the Draw community since we went online, this is their first set of photos for us!
Ellie L. is an artist and life model who has been part of Draw for many years.
Frankie makes a brief cameo on one of this season's photos - does she need any introduction?

About the photographer

The photos in this series were shot by Olly Hearsey at his studio here in New England House and by Justyna Neryng at our domestic photoshoot in Wales, with more photos from the series on their way next year.

Winter '24 & '25 release dates:

December

Christmas photo-set: Elves (portrait) - Fri 13th (Portrait/Life/Student Tiers)
Christmas photo-set: Elves (clothed) - Fri 20th (All Tiers)
Christmas photo-set: Elf & Safety - Fri 27th (Life/Student Tier)

January

Clothed photo-set: Nasim - Fri 3rd (All Tiers)
Life photo-set: Jenni Mac - Fri 10th (Life/Student Tier)
Portrait photo-set: Patch - Fri 17th (Portrait/Life/Student Tiers)
Life rotation photo-set: Jenni Mac - Fri 24th (Life/Student Tier)
Life photo-set: Patch - Fri 31st (Life/Student Tier)

February

Clothed photo-set: Dmac - Fri 7th (All Tiers)
Valentines photo-set: Jenni Mac & Ellie Lopez - Fri 14th (Life/Student Tiers)
Life rotation photo-set: Nasim - Fri 21st (Life/Student Tiers)
Portrait photo-set: Jenni Mac - Fri 28th (Portrait/Life/Student Tiers)

Use the Draw Patreon Navigator to find any of our past photosets and take a look at our blogs on how to gather, manipulate and translate photo reference.

Guidelines for using the photographs

Please do:

Download these pictures to your own computers and devices, downloading the Zip files for all images, or saving individual photos.
Use the pictures to draw, paint, print and sculpt from, being as realistic or creative as you like
Share the artwork you’ve made with us and the world - in books, in exhibitions, on social media, or on your fridge
Tag us in work you make (@drawbrighton / #drawbrighton) – you don’t have to, but we love to see what you’ve made!
Edit the photo files as reference for your own drawings - you can change the contrasts, colours and backgrounds to provide more tailored reference for yourself.

Please don't:

Share these pictures with anybody else – they are between you and us
Share the photos themselves online – thanks for respecting our models’ privacy
Edit the photo files themselves for artwork – we want to see original work you’ve made

Thanks!