Bronx Zoo life drawing at La Cita

Shahar Eldar, 27, and Nicole Jones, 23, sketch models during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. Event organizer Fiora Boes, who owns Ghetto Gloss gallery, says the Saturday afternoon sessions are a way to motivate artists to come out, socialize and produce art. The event will be held through September with a curated show of the drawings at Ghetto Gloss gallery in October. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 10:14 AM PT

Model Abby Virgen holds a pose during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

An artist sketches a model during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Models Abby Virgen, left, and Jessica Rogers pose during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Model Jessica Rogers poses during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Models Jessica Rogers, left, and Abby Virgen hold a pose during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Models Jessica Rogers, center, and Abby Virgen, right, pose during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles, a gorilla-masked art gathering organized by Ghettogloss. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Models Jessica Rogers, left, Joshua Meindertsma, Abby Virgen and Katy Souza pose during the Bronx Zoo figure drawing class at La Cita bar in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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