New York Academy of Art uses live animals as models

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

Photo Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.

At the New York Academy of Art in TriBeCa, live animals are the models for drawing classes.

On a recent Tuesday, students got to work using ink, pencil and oils to capture a squirrel monkey, owl monkey, falcon, Eurasian eagle owl and kangaroo.