a figure-drawing class based exclusively on sketching nude models. Even though she enjoys drawing, having to draw a nude model was not something to which she initially was looking forward.

She gets naked at school, and she does it a lot. Cirocco is one of about 30 models employed part-time by the School of Art & Design to pose nude before students in figure drawing, painting and ...

I often wonder what it takes to do a job most know little about yet is essential to rendering the human figure in art. My first model was not nude and not even human. As a kid I relentlessly drew ...

“But for me, it was very calm.” Modeling puts some stress on her body, she said, “but it’s like leg day at the gym.” Boston Figurative Art Center opened 15 years ago at Somerville’s ...

It’s a life drawing class, an art class in which a figure model poses nude for artists to paint or draw. Kelly, 30, is the figure model at this session. She begins with two- to three-minute ...

Before then, they were an art student in Philadelphia where the figure drawing scene featured many models of color as well as models who identified as fat, queer, and disabled. In Boston ...

Though the part models play in art education can sometimes go unnoticed, at Ringling, the models are essential members of the team. “Figure models are technical employees of the school ...

after observing the sketches other students made of their model. Then the art major took a figure drawing class for herself and wanted to see how students would sketch her. “At first ...

As a curious female and an art model, whenever the opportunity arises, I ask male models if they've ever had an erection while posing. Most have at least one story to tell -- though usually not ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Portland Drawing Group started about three years ago and hosts public ...