There’s nothing like drawing from a live model. It’s inspiring and invigorating and you can see the forms clearly. In a pinch, if you feel the urge to draw but can’t get anyone to pose for you (good luck trying to find someone who’s willing and able to sit still these days), you can draw from photos. But photos are so 20th century.
Instead, I recommend that you draw from YouTube. Name a person, a topic, or an event, and you’ll find it on YouTube. If you want to practice drawing faces, pick one of the thousands of clips of talking heads. Run the video and decide which angle you’ll draw. Stop the frame. Voila. Your model is sitting for you. If you’re in the mood for gesture drawing, find a sport or a ballet. Stop the frame. You can be sure, no model would ever hold these poses. You will get a work out, guaranteed.
Above, a page of studies after a ballet by Nacho Duato, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkC0hHat_ik
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 
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