art class model

susieq30: art class model ,
i have been offered a job as an art class model starting after school holidays in Sepember, good money for hour and a half 3 days a week, i want to do it but am nervous. anybody got experience of doing this?

janetwells252: yes i do pm me when your on

WHlSKY:
No, but you can contact the place that offered you the job to find out more on what it will entail.

Aura: I have, it's not a bad job. If they want nudity, don't worry about that either. It's a very clinical sort of nudity. The most annoying part is sitting still, limbs may fall asleep if they want you to sit in slightly unnatural poses.
Just remember that if you get comments like "ugh, your feet are too big!" it's about them messing up the drawing, not your actual feet.

janetwells252: totally agree Aura: great experience and paid well, is a pain sitting etc in some of the very unnatural positions but you do get used to of. Kind of interesting seeing the finished products also

Aura: It depends on the style and skill level of the artists taking the class I suppose. I used to do ten minutes poses, which are too short to take a break during the pose. But if they want you to lean a certain way, and your leg is trapped between the rest of your body and the edge of the wood stool, ten minutes is certainly enough for your foot to fall asleep towards the end of those 10 minutes.

janetwells252: does present many challenges and a good instructor will notice and call for a break. Dont really have to do many unnatural poses unless itis a life drawing class or a private class

debrakal615: I had started doing this earlier this year. Mostly private art classes. I have done a class at a local Community college over the summer as well.
Usually the 1st hour is a lot of quick warm up poses but the last hour Is usually the longest. As you do it, the poses start to flow more natural.

janetwells252: I never meant to infer you never get breaks, they always let you take breaks. sometimes , like previously said you get a foot etc falling asleep or a cramp. only time i did multiple poses quickly was for a camera club.