The Virtual Figure is an online series of creative classes, hosted by leading artists from all over the world. It was born out of artists Tiffany Cole and Abi Joy Samuel's love of creating art with their community. With the world-wide stay at home orders, they understood the incredible importance of continuing to have a creative outlet.

 

Art-making and viewing art allows us to process our experiences, helps us to express and to understand the world around us and is a proven tool for stress reduction and well being. There are countless studies into the physical and mental benefits of making art, with proven long-term benefits like boosting your brain function and immune systems, as well as contributing positively to mental and emotional health. Art helps us process trauma, express difficult feelings, and work through experiences.

 

This strong purpose to continue creating art within a community even during the pandemic, birthed 'The Virtual Figure'. Our goal is to facilitate a beautifully creative environment for every skill level, but our sessions are anything but ordinary: The Virtual Figure provides the chance to practice drawing and painting, whilst working virtually alongside professional artists, attaining a new perspective and set of skills with each session. For the first time, attendees can copy line for line the most intricate of techniques, as if a fly on the wall of an artist's studio. This creates the perfect opportunity for employees of companies and corporations to fully express themselves, decrease their stress levels while learning new skills.