What is it like to be in a room full of artists who are observing and drawing your naked body? Sitters discuss the freedom and healing they have experienced Craig, 54 (@tattooed_nude) I started life ...
Alida Pepper was staring down depression. Stuck in her apartment in San Francisco, she worried that all the plans she’d made were about to unravel. For months, Pepper, a full-time life drawing model, ...
Kent Van Dusseldorp creates dynamic poses for artists during Zoom sessions on his computer. Through the coronavirus shutdown, he's discovered that can now pose for anyone around the world. Nude ...
"If we all saw each other naked in more casual settings, it wouldn’t be such a big deal anyway," says one retiree, who’s been drawing at the Boston Figurative Art Center for a decade. Model Collin ...
A life drawing class at the Boston Figurative Art Center (photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Aaron Bogan, a professional art model and illustrator originally from New ...
The on-going conversation you have with yourself is the single most important one in your life. The tone you adopt on any given day – generous and kind or, more likely, self-flagellating and berating ...
After my first life-drawing class, I felt transformed. Then I decided to become a model myself. Just imagine the audience is naked.” This is well-known advice for anyone who has jitters before going ...
Students at the University of Iowa draw from a nude model in 1961.Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Even in the rarefied world of fine art, clichés often hold true. For instance, ...