Rachel McCarthy is a working life model who runs the Register of Artists’ Models. Here she talks to Metro about the risks involved in life modelling, the difficulties of sitting still for a period of ...

LIFE models have been given the greenlight to carry on stripping for work – except for a FACE MASK. The nude muses are being allowed to bare everything but their faces when they are welcomed back ...

A television series has just lifted the lid on life drawing, Matt Thomas meets two models who take off their clothes for art and finds out about life on the far side of the canvas. A television series ...

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that an arts student in possession of a good degree must be in want of a job. When I graduated in 2007 my “hearty” friends had careers lined up at banks and ...

Being an artists’ model is so much more than being nude and keeping still: it is a dialogue that can inspire creativity. It is a surprisingly exciting life for someone who spends so much time standing ...

It’s hard work being a life model. You leave your clothes – and often your dignity – at the door in order to stand in a draughty hall in your birthday suit while random strangers mentally pick apart ...

I am planning to take tomorrow off. However, I don’t want to do that if it means a huge opportunity loss and will deprive me of the promotion at work I have always aspired to. I have touched upon this ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

When I take my clothes off there are 30 seconds of panic, but I’m not panicking about what people are thinking about me, I’m wondering: “Can I hold that pose?” or “Am I doing something that’s ...