Life drawing replay: Evita (Kathë Kollwitz)

This video is a recording of a live Zoom life drawing session from 17th July 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 device into the orientation of the video for the best view.

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In this video

• 5 x 1 min poses

• 5 x 3 min poses

• 2 x 10 min poses

• 1 x 30 min pose

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About the model & session

• This session was inspired by the artwork of the printmaker and sculptor Kathë Kollwitz whose emotionally affecting work spans a range of printmaking processes including lithography, woodcut and etching. Some of the images below were quoted or used to inspire Evita's poses during the session.

• You can find Evita's life photoset HERE, her life rotation set HERE

• Watch Evita's portrait recordings HERE and HERE

• You can watch Evita's Body Extensions life session HERE, and her first life session HERE

• You can follow Evita's artwork on Instagram HERE.

Self-portrait with hand to forehead, 1910. Etching & drypoint

Woman With Dead Child, 1903. Etching 

The Widow I, 1921. Woodcut

Seated female nude, seen from behind, 1903. Lithograph

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• Edit the screenshots 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 or recordings with anybody else – they are between you and us

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Thanks!

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