Life drawing replay: Nasim (Pygmalion)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session, aired on 18th September 2024. The recording is shared here so that you can catch up and draw from the session if you missed it, or continue to work on a drawing if you attended live! As this is a recording of a live session the quality is limited by Zoom and will be a lower resolution than our our tutored sessions which are recorded locally and undergo more rigorous processing before their release. Please feel free to work from the video directly, or to take a screenshot to work from - if you take a screenshot please do be mindful of the photo guidance below. Click the cog in the bottom right of the screen and select 1080 for the highest resolution image - if you're working on a tablet or phone, enable rotation and turn your devise into portrait format for the best view.

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In this video

• 3 x 1 min poses

• 5 x 3 min poses

• 2 x 10 min poses

• 1 x 30 min poses

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About the session & model

• This session was based around the characters of Greek Mythology Pygmalion and Galatea from Ovid's Metamorphoses. As the story goes Pygmalion, a Cypriot sculptor, carves a statue of a woman, Galatea, who he then falls in love with. The goddess Aphrodite brings her to life so that they can be married. In this session Nasim interprets the themes of the story, constructing a mannequin with some unconventional use of a hammer and screwdriver. 

• The story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired a wide range of artworks and we've included a few here, including Jean-Léon Gérôme's painting below and the Rodin statue that we used as the main image to inform tonight's session.

• You can watch Nasim's 13 Ways to Sit on a Chair life drawing replay HERE, Sea themed life drawing replay HERE & Girl With A Fig Leaf session HERE

• You can watch Nasim's first portrait drawing replay HERE and her second portrait drawing reply HERE

• You can follow Nasim's modelling Instagram HERE

• You can read more about Nasim's poetry HERE

• Nasim has her own photo sets available on her Patreon HERE

• You can also buy reference images of Nasim directly thorough Drawing Life Glasgow HERE.

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Life drawing replay