[aktdrawing]

This time something from Germany. No link, cause it's unavailable + it was in German anyway. There were no photos either.


Eichstätt. A room flooded with neon light, where tables are arranged in a U-shape. It smells of acrylic paint. There's a lounger in the middle of the room with a nude woman on it. The students at the tables are constantly scratching with pencils in their sketch pads. No one is talking. An electric radiator by the lounger is buzzing steadily. The students raise their eyes on and off timidly from their pads and scrutinize the young woman. She's slender, her body feminine. In the sketchpads, from the lines, dots and shadings, the model's contours slowly emerge.

The nude woman is Rosi Bundz. She studies journalism at the KU and works as a nude art model once a week. She doesn't do the job because of the money. She says she wants to try new and unique experiences.

After 15 minutes, Rosi changes the pose. Now she's lying with her legs bent. It looks like she's sleeping. However, for her modeling is far from relaxing. "After having to stay in one pose for 10 minutes straight, everything hurts!"

Slowly, the focused silence in the room disappears. The students start to chat about everyday topics. The tutor walks through the room giving advice. A young woman rustles through the contents of her wooden case. Rosi is still sitting there without moving.

Nude for art.

"The first time I appeared nude in front of the students, it was kinda weird for me", says Rosi. She wasn't scared, but it felt uneasy — under all those looks.

The students' pencils are still dancing over their sketchpads. Various works of art take shape in this paint-splattered art room with loads of easels and paintings. Some painters recreate the model with huge attention to detail, while others draw in an abstract and distorted style.

Rosi laughs when she says she has already seen the wildest drawings of her. "Once I had huge breasts, another time countless body folds. Sometimes I couldn't recognize myself at all." She always squints at the clock while holding a pose. A student pulls her jacket on. The cold slowly crawls across the model's naked skin, but Rosi stays resilient.

She has already seen many crazy situations in her job as a nude art model. "Once I stood in a flowerbed and couldn't move — meanwhile, many small insects climbed up my legs!"

After 3 hours, Rosi is done. She earned €48 today. She slips into her black coat and makes herself coffee to warm up. An eraser scrubs a drawing for the last time. Then the neon tubes in the art room go out. In a week, Rosi will stand here again and get undressed in front of the students.