Life Drawing with Nudes & Birds at Whitespace in Edinburgh

Life Drawing with Nudes & Birds at Whitespace in Edinburgh

Original was uploaded on 2017-08-25

Pilgrim the awesome American Bald Eagle from the Phoenix Falconry returned to All The Young Nudes this August as part of our life drawing sessions at The Fringe. The brave and wonderful life model Hayley Whittingham is featured here holding Pilgrim over a 2 hours period for our sketchers to draw!

As if drawing the nude form wasn’t hard enough, adding a live bird to the mix was something else…! A real challenge in terms of sketching as Pilgrim was obviously having a wee look about, a wee snooze and also doing his business… We’ve featured some of your sketches on this video. Please tag yourself if you see your work!

Thanks so much to all involved. We’re hoping to host another bird sketching or modelling session in Glasgow soon before 2017 is out.

This video captures a unique life drawing session at Whitespace in Edinburgh, blending human nudes and live birds. A fully nude model with long red hair poses dynamically while an instructor adjusts her form. Participants sketch around low tables in the modern studio space. The scene shifts to an outdoor garden where a bald eagle is handled, tying into the unconventional theme.