At the start of Robin Black's exquisite debut novel, "Life Drawing," we learn that the narrator's husband, Owen, has died, though we don't know the details. "The story ends," Gus, which is short for ...

In the Before Times, I had occasionally gone to life-drawing classes: part social activity, part attempt to improve drawing skills. I would say I sort of enjoyed them; I liked the atmosphere, the ...

Alida Pepper was staring down depression. Stuck in her apartment in San Francisco, she worried that all the plans she’d made were about to unravel. For months, Pepper, a full-time life drawing model, ...

It's a Wednesday night in south-east London and dozens of intrepid young single people are sitting cross legged on the floor and looking up at a disrobed life model. "Am I doing feet again?" I ask, ...

Pencils and paintbrushes rise when Kelly removes her robe and perches on a wooden platform one recent Sunday morning. Each artist in the small group at the Arts & Design Society of Fort Walton Beach ...

David Hockney “Self Portrait” (1954), collage on newsprint, 16 1⁄2 x 11 3⁄4 inches (© David Hockney, photo by Richard Schmidt; Bradford Museums & Galleries, Bradford, UK, all images courtesy National ...

Taking the time to sketch your belongings can help capture moments and memories. By Kate Bingaman-Burt Find an old receipt in your wallet. Feel that thin paper on your fingers, and look at the inky ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – As we emerge from a winter that squatted on our psyches, we all need places to draw resolve. Greg Lecker found his getaway -- sketchpad in hand -- at Como Park's Marjorie McNeely ...