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, ...

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 ...

Pros and amateurs alike sketch famous drag queens dressed as "Sailor Moon" characters or draw it girls draped in vintage fashion at figure drawing classes across Los Angeles County.