Models have hit out at the “societal stigma about nudity” after a life drawing class which has been running for 30 years was asked to either cover its nude muses up or find a new venue due to ...

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"I have been life modelling for an hour and a half!" Kitty Hughes explains, curled up naked on an armchair. She has just finished her first life modelling class. "I enjoy being naked a lot. Any excuse ...

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 ...

Life models and artists in Sheffield are looking forward to getting back into the studio after lockdown restrictions eased and in person drawing classes can finally return. Did you know with a Digital ...

Looking at the great nude portraits of the past – the Olympia, the unclothed lady picnicking next to the suits in Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe – you can't help wondering what the models were ...

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 ...

For most, taking your clothes off in front of a room full of people would be nothing short of a terrifying experience. But Ken Ralphs and Trudi Wright do it all in the name of art – modelling for ...

While many of us feel awkward undressing in front of our cat, let alone a room full of strangers wielding pencils and brushes, there are hardworking life models across the capital doing just that on a ...

Have you ever seen your best friend naked? If not, would you even want to? In the name of research, I asked a couple of male friends. “That’s a bit of a gay question,” one replied, while the other ...

"The first disrobe is the hardest." "The first disrobe is the hardest." "I've been nude pretty much all over Glasgow." "My husband was appalled the first time I did it. You'd think I was working as a ...