Fellow part-time student Joanne has set up a life drawing class, which the course does not provide. We got a great model, who gave us some interesting poses.
It's odd that life drawing isn't part of the Fine Art curriculum. You can ask a tutor and they will always turn the question back on you. But I know why I appreciate it - it trains the eye; improves the ability to see and compose, and increases technical ability. All these odd lines, planes, shades and tones - and your style can be representative or abstract, 'perfect representative' or as loose and as 'rough' as you like. Even a 10 mins session that can be fitted in a lunchtime, or as a warm-up first thing in the morning would keep the eye and hand in practice, and kick-start the day's creativity. You don't even need to pay for a model to come in - students can take it in turns to pose, nude or fully clothed.
So, tutors, why not?
A mix of quickie sketches and longer poses