The human figure is the foundation to nearly all art students’ educations. Therefore, featuring a variety of bodies in classrooms is crucial to increasing the breadth of identities represented ...

The CSUN Art Department requires all art majors to complete two lower-division drawing classes, which feature live nude figure models. These skilled male and female models can range in age from 18 and ...

At Ringling College, Figure Models Play an Integral Role in Teaching Art Students We often forget the people behind the works of art; the statues we pay money to see. Figure models remind us.

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.

A new documentary, “Drawing Group,” by Hot Springs musician and filmmaker Chuck Dodson, explores the private group’s longevity along with the artists’ dedication to their craft and each other.

The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) is hosting a Figure Drawing Class on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The thought of stepping in front of a roomful of artists as a figure drawing model for the first time was nerve-wracking for Michelle Long. She recalls nervously rehearsing for her modeling debut ...

Open Figure Drawing is a community-based drawing group in Syracuse that gives people of all abilities an opportunity to draw from an unclothed model. Models make $60 for three hours of poses.

Art World The Dos and Don’ts of Working With Nude Models: 6 Steps for Keeping Things Professional The allegations against Chuck Close raise new questions about how to work with nudity.

Nude modeling gigs at the University are available to students and non-students alike, and while many models came to pose after hearing about the money-making endeavor through friends, others stumbled ...