In the life class you will be encouraged to try different mediums, such as pen & ink, paints, pastel. This is an example of pastel done on brown parcel paper! Artists often forget that you can paint and draw on a variety of surfaces! Beginners on the life class, once they have the measuring basics, can quickly move on to using paint or a variety of other media.
The more you experiment in the life class, the more you will learn, plus it will benefit your other subject matter – landscape, still-life and so on…