For several years I modeled for artists in Saint Petersburg - at the Academy of Arts and in private studios. Academic setups, figure drawing, long poses with light.
Among artists I worked with: Lev Boyko (Grafit Studio) and Viktor Titov - quick studies of pose and light. Plus Anna Shevtsova, Dada Novikova, and the Academy group.
The archive below keeps the sessions in their working order. Click a plate to open the full image; use the arrows to walk through.
Saint Petersburg,2019-2021.
A working archive of long poses, quick studies, oil and charcoal. The artists and the rooms remain in the order they happened.
long posecharcoalLev BoykoGrafit
The plates
Twenty-four of the photos that survived. Click a plate to open the full image and caption. Use ← → to walk through, ESC to close.
The same pose, twice
Lev Boyko, Grafit Studio. The reference sits beside the finished canvas, two hours apart.
Reference
two views
On canvas
Dada Novikova’s David, Academy of Arts, 2020@dadanovikova
The full set lives in this archive. Some artists kept their drawings; most I never saw again. The pose is the part you remember.
