Figure drawing alfresco.
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Others, likeJoseph Olisaemeka Wilson, were joining for the first time.
I cant even hang with these guys.
Over the course of the afternoon, the artists sketched and painted.
It was the first session after a winter hiatus.
If you dont draw for a while, you forget how, Cotton said.
I thought I might as well have friends over, he said.
Soon, the figure-drawing salons became so popular that Cotton had to start capping attendance.
(Past attendees have included the fashion designer Cynthia Rowley and the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.)
Making fine art can be a solitary profession, but figure drawing is often a group activity.
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