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Another post by the same model:

Q: Have you ever posed nude for an artist or a painting class?

I've been a nude art model for colleges and universities going on several years now, and have posed nude for painting classes as well other types of art classes. The difference between painting classes versus a class such as drawing is that on the average painting classes are usually of longer duration per session around 5 to 6 hours, as opposed to about 1.5 to 3 hours for most drawing classes. And also for painting classes you hold the same exact pose for several class sessions in a row, with drawing they change up a lot with every class session. And typically painting classes have a smaller number of students around 8 to 16 as opposed to drawing sometimes ranging from 12 to 40 sometimes.

So the typical class session will involve you model to get to class about 15 minutes early to stretch, change, prepare yourself, and coordinated with the instructor. After the they tell you to take the stand you drop your robe, then you are nude and ready to take a pose on the platform. The pose you take is to be determined by the instructor or by class concession. And unlike drawing classes there are no quick sketch gesture poses to start the session. Once I take up the pose and the instructor will adjust me accordingly, by moving my arm, or foot, or slight change in body angle to get it just right. On rare occasions they may also partially d**** me with some type of cloth, I'm still mostly nude the cloth is there for accenting the picture. If there are lights involved, then lights are adjusted for dramatic effect or just for clarity. It can get very bright and hot under those lights. What is bad is when they shine directly into your eyes, I usually mention something to the instructor and this is avoided.

Once everything is set I will hold the same pose for the duration of the class, with 5 minute breaks every 20 -30 minutes, at which they will place tape or chalk to mark where you pose so you return to the same exact pose after the break. The classes last 5-6 hours and it can get tedious even boring sometimes holding the same pose for that long. You can also get cramps or you limbs fall asleep, so its important for me to get the blood re-circulating during those 5 minute breaks. You pose till the end of class and you will return the next class session which maybe in a few days or the next week and take up the same exact pose until the painting is done, which can take a few weeks. I mostly pose by myself, altho I have also posed with other nude models in a painting involving multiple figures. And also posed in one painting where I was nude and the other model was clothed, it all depends on the requirements of the class. I've done back to back painting classes totaling 12 hours so I was pretty much nude for most of the day. You get very used to being naked and almost forget you are, and more than once I almost walked out into the hallway completely nude to go to the restroom but I caught myself almost as I walked out the door, if not, it would have been a little embarrassing :O

I have also sat for a portrait painting class which are one of the few times I actually posed clothed, since they only painted my head and face. But then I also sat for figure portrait painting classes where I sat nude and half the class painted my head and the rest the whole figure. Again this shows you how the painting classes can vary depending on what they are teaching. And the experience will vary from model to model. Myself, as far as painting classes go, I have done classes taking up various poses sometimes with props to go with the painting, however more than a few times I have been assigned to pose for classes where they do anatomical type painting studies where I simply stand straight, either facing the class frontally, or facing them with my side or back, or I'm in the center also standing straight. I know these paintings seem more boring than other paintings where the models are posed in sometimes classical ways as in the old masterpieces, but I guess it for learning purposes since I pose mainly for students. And maybe it has to do with my physique as well, as I'm more on the slim fit range, and the instructors I work with tend to use the models according to body types as far as I can see it helps the students learn body structure.

And it needs to be mentioned that these classes actually very clinical in nature and down to the business of painting for the students. And they are NOT erotic whatsoever, at least not in a school type learning environment. If you think it is erotic and you join a class you will be disappointed. The students are very serious in their work and their attitude towards the nudity becomes very nonchalant and they become really use to it, specially the more experience students, so the nudity becomes no big deal really.

To sum it all up, as far as your average painting class goes you may find this is probably the experience of the typical art model posing for painting classes. And again it may vary from school to school, and with each instructor, and from model to model.