Life Drawing

[gaijin178]

Is there anyone who has had experience with figure drawing or painting? I am curious as to what the experience was.

 

[Imaginosis]

Experiences will differ according to the following:

1) An individuals maturity and self control. For example, is there a male student in the class with a history of addiction to porn? Do females in the class think the male model is really cute, and if so, is it a small college in a small community where they'll see the him outside of the classroom? If they start to "come on" to him outside of the classroom, it will affect the classroom environment, usually through eye contact and body language.

2) A teacher's level of professionalism. Unfortunately, some teachers don't care about instilling professionalism in the classroom. The models are on their own, with no support from the teacher.

3) How attractive the models are. If Brad Pitt is modelling, he will get unwanted attention from young females; he won't, in general, have problems with older, mature, restrained women. On the other hand, if Salma Hayek is modelling, she will always get unwanted attention, regardless of the age of the male artists/students. Men, in general, are much more visual than women. At the very least, she will get "checked out" a lot because of her beauty.

4) Where the class is conducted. For example, art galleries with older mature, professional artist, or a classroom full of immature, juvenile students.

5) Some students coming from very conservative backgrounds will have problems from a moral standpoint, really causing emotional stress.

 

[HeatherJay]

I took several figure drawing classes in college. It was something I was nervous about until I actually experienced the class. Mine was a completely comfortable atmosphere (nice music in the background, mature classmates, and a model who posed with complete professionalism) which put me at ease and made it easy to put aside the "private" nature of the subject matter and focus on nothing but lines and contours, shadows and light. There was no socializing with the models allowed, and also students not conducting themselves in a mature manner were asked to leave the classroom immediately.

 

[*Lu*]

Im an art student at college and the course ive just finished we had a few lessons with life drawing. I wasnt nervous or anything about it. i just thought of it as another learning opportunity, and truth be told i really enjoyed it because its slightly different...well its not everyday u have random people take of their clothes for u to draw them. Since those lessons my skills in drawing human form has improved so much. I also admire the modals courage n the fact that they're comfortable to display their bodies with no shame.

This lead me onto a project (actually my final project tht got me the grade to pass the course) I did nude photography. Basically portrayed self confidence. My friends modalled for me, posing doing everyday things like mowing lawns, walking dog, cooking etc but tastfully covered up. I even contributed myself. It was all fun. Definately nothing wrong with artistic nudity.

 

[Living_4_Eternity]

Yall are all very talented!

 

[Imaginosis]

Definately nothing wrong with artistic nudity.

What about being a stumbling block for a weaker brother or sister?

 

[sneezingleopard]

artistic nudity could be a stumbeling block for certain brothers and sisters ibn the faith. I go to an aret college and I have a brother in CHrist who asks me about it all the time. He allways seems down on himself cause he can't control his thoughts in life drawing classses. I have ahad many life drawing courses starting in hghschool even and I have found them to be very comfortable environements once you get used to the idea of seeing people strip down in front of you so you can stare at tehm and draw them for the next three hours. haha . I'll admit it is hard to get over the "this is wrong" mindset. I remember doing some very bad drawings when I first stareted this practice because I would finish as quick as possible and then just kind of look around the room. haha. My teacher would come along and ask why I wasn't drawing and I would say I was done. Now I never seem to have enoguh time to draw even an hour long pose isn't as much as I need soemtimes.
If all that doesn't help maybe this will. We're all naked under our clothes. LOL and Adam and EVe were created without clothes.
In CHrist,
Matthew

 

[Billy Batson]

Experiences will differ according to the following:

1) An individuals maturity and self control. For example, is there a male student in the class with a history of addiction to porn? Do females in the class think the male model is really cute, and if so, is it a small college in a small community where they'll see the him outside of the classroom? If they start to "come on" to him outside of the classroom, it will affect the classroom environment, usually through eye contact and body language.

2) A teacher's level of professionalism. Unfortunately, some teachers don't care about instilling professionalism in the classroom. The models are on their own, with no support from the teacher.

3) How attractive the models are. If Brad Pitt is modelling, he will get unwanted attention from young females; he won't, in general, have problems with older, mature, restrained women. On the other hand, if Salma Hayek is modelling, she will always get unwanted attention, regardless of the age of the male artists/students. Men, in general, are much more visual than women. At the very least, she will get "checked out" a lot because of her beauty.

4) Where the class is conducted. For example, art galleries with older mature, professional artist, or a classroom full of immature, juvenile students.

5) Some students coming from very conservative backgrounds will have problems from a moral standpoint, really causing emotional stress.

no. stop making stuff up. there is almost nothing sexual about an environment of drawing a nude. in a classroom setting, there are standards by which everyone knows inherently to adhere to. in a classroom setting, the people in them are not just any student. they've done their time in previous classwork. teachers are almost always universally professional because it's the model's time. the model doesn't have to show up. if there are no models, then there would be no class. the attractiveness of a model matters very little if any at all. the point of a nude class is the study of the human body not as a sexual object but as an object in and of itself. classroom settings are closed off and the students are expected to be mature and almost always are. they're paying for it. thank you for showing a delightfully knowledgeable sense of an art classroom.

if you're having deviant thoughts, your upbringing may have an influence or you're just not mature enough to be in there in which case you should leave.

 

[burchie]

i love gold

 

[Imaginosis]

]...artistic nudity could be a stumbling block for certain brothers and sisters in the faith. I go to an art college and I have a brother in Christ who asks me about it all the time. He always seems down on himself cause he can't control his thoughts in life drawing classes...[/color]

I've known many artist and art students who've confessed to checking out nudes. Controlling one's thoughts, especially for males, can be difficult if the models are [very] attractive. Staying focused and consistantly seeing lines and angles, as opposed to you know what, can be a problem. Also, remember that the unsaved don't have the Holy Spirit restraining them; thus, controlling lustful thoughts is more difficult for them.

Incidently, academia will not officially acknowledge the potentially erotic side of drawing nudes, although a number of life drawing teachers have confidentially confessed to me that drawing nudes can be very sexual. To admit such puts the life drawing class in the same category as a strip club, which is bad Public Relations for universities/colleges, especially in conservative communities. Thus, hear no evil, see no evil.