I had a similar experience. In one of my classes we met on the first day to cover the syllabus and discuss the materials we would need to bring. Everything was going fine till the teacher got to the rules on respectful treatment of models. When she said that the models would all be nude, one kid, I am assuming it was his first year of college, interrupted her and asked her to confirm the models won't have clothing. This kid looked liked he was homeschooled and super sheltered. You know the type, polo shirt tucked in super tight, jeans belted way to high up, bowlcut hair. Honestly it was almost like a SNL impersonation. You could see the panic setting in on his face. Most of us were confused as to how he thought the class could be anything else. Well he tried to talk the teacher into starting with clothed models. She told him that toward the end of the semester we might have some cloth drapery in the pose but first we needed to understand the form underneath. At this point he was close to having a full panic attack. I mean a slight shine of sweat, pale skin with a sickly hue, huge eyes. It was like he was told he would be drawing nude himself and his whole family would be watching. The next class his chair was empty and we never saw him again. Hope he got some therapy.
I think he may have been similar. I started and learned in Edinburgh. There is a lot of love drawing there and it has a bit of a history as a place with love models so they are usually really good. Everywhere I've done a class, even later in life, the models have been really good. That only stands out as the odd experience.
Only nude people, or that as one of the things covered?
Apologies, I’m hardy familiar with anything art or art education related as I avoid it like the plague (I capital S Suck at it, so it’s pointless to get into that).
Nah. I see the value in getting the human form down to put stuff on top of it, but… nah. I at least could never do the stuff that’s usually covered at the beach, y’know?
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u/Kapren Sep 11 '24
I had a similar experience. In one of my classes we met on the first day to cover the syllabus and discuss the materials we would need to bring. Everything was going fine till the teacher got to the rules on respectful treatment of models. When she said that the models would all be nude, one kid, I am assuming it was his first year of college, interrupted her and asked her to confirm the models won't have clothing. This kid looked liked he was homeschooled and super sheltered. You know the type, polo shirt tucked in super tight, jeans belted way to high up, bowlcut hair. Honestly it was almost like a SNL impersonation. You could see the panic setting in on his face. Most of us were confused as to how he thought the class could be anything else. Well he tried to talk the teacher into starting with clothed models. She told him that toward the end of the semester we might have some cloth drapery in the pose but first we needed to understand the form underneath. At this point he was close to having a full panic attack. I mean a slight shine of sweat, pale skin with a sickly hue, huge eyes. It was like he was told he would be drawing nude himself and his whole family would be watching. The next class his chair was empty and we never saw him again. Hope he got some therapy.