Australian nude drawing classes move online amid coronavirus

Model Leigh Pitchford poses for art students drawing his figure over a Zoom internet livestream class due to social gathering restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as videographer Luc Mollinger monitors the feed, at Darlinghurst Life Drawing studio in Sydney, Australia, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian life model Leigh Pitchford casually poses with a towel partly draped over his naked body, ready to be sketched by a group of art students in Sydney.

Except, the class is empty, save for an art teacher and videographer.