<p>I’ve been doing life drawing since I was a freshman in high school - so I can’t say it would bother me at all. It’s a good way to make money and all body types are welcome. I’d warn my kid though that it’s a lot harder than it looks.</p>
<p>There’s one local model who insists on wearing a g-string. If you are used to totally nude models, having to deal with the underwear is annoying and distracting.</p>
<p>No, I would not. My DD had friends who did it and the pay far exceeded the pay of other college jobs.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have a problem with it. It’s art, not porn.</p>
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<p>It’s about understanding the structure and form of the body. A speedo can hide a lot of important details. I once had a drawing class where all the models wore bodysuits. It is definitely not as helpful.</p>
<p>I would not like the idea since there can be risks about the integrity of the artist or program, nuts among the artists, etc. However, I don’t think that this is something most kids would tell their parents they are doing until after the fact.</p>
<p>I know when I was in college, I participated in some psychology, medical experiments, and never told my parents. Just not part of the conversation. Sperm donation, egg donation, nude posing, writing pornography are some endeavors that I would certainly not share with my parents.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t care if either D wanted to pose nude for an art class. I don’t think D1 would have the courage, but I wouldn’t put it past D2!</p>
<p>I did this myself for one sculpting class. Underpants on. There was a female teacher and three suburban housewives. It never occurred to me to ask them for castings but wouldn’t it be great to have them now that I’m a different shape?</p>
<p>It wouldn’t bother me at all. I’d let a kid do it, and I’ve posed myself (for an individual artist, not a class). It’s amazing to see the artists’ work afterwards and see how they’ve reimagined you. I bought some copies myself.</p>
<p>I have every intention of hanging the pictures on the door of my room in the nursing home when my butt is 12 feet wide! :)</p>
<p>I was seventeen or eighteen and I knew the teacher from my high school. Thirty years later, I sure would like to see those sculptures. You were smart to get copies, Hanna.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind if my kids did it. I was actually a “simulated patient” when I was in college. Good pay, but way more invasive!</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t care for it much but if you turned the question around and asked D if she would want ME to pose nude for art students at her college her scream might create enough of a tremor in the space time continuum to end the universe.</p>
<p>It would depend on how warm they kept the studio…</p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind as long as there are no pictures taken.</p>
<p>My best friend in college (a male) was also a classically trained ballet dancer. He posed for the art students at school, and earned $20 per class (each class was just under 2 hours), back when minimum wage was $2.25 an hour; he did 5 classes a week. His muscular structure and dancer’s body was just right for these classes. </p>
<p>I personally wouldn’t do it but I could support someone who did.</p>
<p>It would be my daughter’s decision. I trust her judgment to make sure the environment of the class was appropriate. For her, nudity in art is not a big deal from her perspective as a performer but I do thing she would have trouble keeping her little hyperactive self still for all that time.</p>
<p>When we toured S2’s college in 2008, the tour guide asked the group what we thought was the highest paying student job on campus. One person said “student bus driver”…nope that was second highest at $13 an hour. The highest was nude model for art classes…pays $17/hr.</p>
<p>I have boys. If they wanted to do it, I would say go for it. I might feel differently about girls.</p>
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<p>Actually, the shape of the person is pretty irrelevant. Most of the time, we had dancer types, but those bodies got boring pretty fast. No character. Our favorites were a pregnant lady and an obese older woman. Now THAT was fun to draw!</p>
<p>I’ve heard that some art students particularly enjoy drawing older people because it’s easier to see the inherent beauty of both the body and spirit.</p>
<p>I empathize because I am a photographer who loves making portraits of older women who have lived compassionate lives and have risen above challenges. They have a light and beauty about them that one doesn’t see in younger people, including younger people who are traditionally physically beautiful.</p>
<p>Wrinkles, sags, fat – those things don’t make people seem ugly to me. Older people who have lived compassionate lives have a beauty that is impossible to find elsewhere. The wrinkles, sags, etc. of their bodies and faces reflect a well lived life.</p>
<p>My favorite model (just painted her last week) is a Scandinavian woman of about 60 years old. She is COMPLETELY relaxed posing nude. Blonde hair, and pale skin that reflects light and colour beautifully. She is the most requested model we use.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind–though I can’t imagine my s even entertaining the thought.</p>
<p>David Sedaris talked in one of his books about signing up for a drawing class that used nude models and how much he was looking forward to drawing the beefy, masculine models. He was disappointed to find that while the model was beefy and masculine, she was also a girl. Not what he had in mind.</p>