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Drawversity Portrait Photo-set: Annie

Added 2022-02-04 10:01:01 +0000 UTC

Today we have Annie's debut on the Draw Patreon - we had so many great photos from this photo shoot that we're sharing both Annie's cropped portrait photos and a series of clothed poses, which you're welcome to use in full, or crop for a verity of head angles. As well as being a new model at Draw and a PHD student at Sussex University, Annie also performs as AFLO. the Poet - you can find out more about her work below.

About the model

You can follow Annie as AFLO. the Poet on Instagram HERE
Supporters on the Portrait Tier and above can watch Annie's Portrait Recording HERE
You can watch Annie's critically acclaimed Wake Up HERE, featuring our very own Priss Nash.

About Drawversity

The Drawversity photo-set series some from our second artist-led photo shoot, this time conceived and directed by Jade Hylton. Jade invited models who wouldn't normally pose for life and portrait drawing as part of her Drawversity initiative, our programme for encouraging more diversity in the life modelling community. Our live Drawversity drawing sessions create a supportive environment where people of colour who might want to model for artists are invited to pose for a class clothed, semi-clothed or unclothed for any length of time that they feel comfortable; they are then offered further opportunities to model if they've enjoyed the experience. The Drawversity photo shoot became an extension of those live classes, providing 5 people who responded to Jade's open call for models to experience posing for photos to inspire your work. As always the photos were shot by Olly Hearsey at The Brighton Studio.

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 photographs 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!