This site provides an extensive listing of web pages of interest to life models and figurative artists.

 

 

Video essay

Under the Gaze – Half hour insightful video essay on the relationship between life model and figurative artist, by Suki the Art Model and Bel

Artists’ Model Blogs

• The Nude Shift: Tales of Modeling Without Clothes – An insider’s look at the figure modeling world in NYC. See also her Facebook page.
• Nude Art News – Posts about life modeling
• The Life Model Who Looked Back – Retrospective musings by a feminist European life model
• cdnmalefiguremodel – Blog by a Canadian life model from Calgary in Alberta, Canada
• Musings of a Nude Art Model – General information, thoughts and advice about becoming a nude art model, by a life model from Boston, Massachusetts
• Male figure model Chicago and surrounding area – Blog by William, an experience male life model in Chicago, Illinois
• Art Model Log – A journal of Dan Hawkins as a nude art model in Texas
• Ruby Magic – Blog by American life model living in Oxford and London, England
• Jason and the Golden Pose – Catalogs the adventures of a part-time male figure model in his mid-30s in the Washington DC area
• Suki the Life Model – By Suki, a life model in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. You can also sign up for her free newsletter.
• Disabled Kevin – Blog by inspirational wheel-chair bound life model living near Devon, UK
• Figuratively Speaking – Blog by a nude art model in the United States with extensive experience
• Diaries of an Art Model – By Susannah Marie, an experienced Canadian art model
• Museworthy –  Blog by professional artist’s model Claudia in New York City
• The Yellow Robe – A figure model’s thoughts from the platform by a Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania writer and life model
• Clare – Blog by full time professional life model Clare Broome from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• Gabrielle Galapagos: Still Naked – Her blog entries about life modeling by a full-time art student/artist and part-time nude model
• Vancouver Art Model – life modeling blog from Vancouver in British Columbia (Canada)
• Building Atlantis–  Art Model blog entries by professional artist’s model Miranda in Atlanta, Georgia
• The Mirror and the Easel – Documenting pieces of work, observations and experiences from an artist turned figure model in Pennsylvania
• The real does not efface itself – Observations, stories and photographs by and of art model, sometime dancer, Alex B.
• Steve Ritter: Life Model – Blogs by a life model in Essex, United Kingdom
• Tom: Artist’s Model – Blog by an experienced British life model
• A Model and His Artists – Photos and comments about posing nude for art classes and individual artists by a retired Presybyterian minister turned life model in Gibsonville, North Carolina
• Everyday Life Model – Blog of a full time professional life model living in North West England
• pposeur – Blog by a male life model from England
• Not a Muse –  An assembly of writings on life class and life modelling written in 2004 by an Australian life model

Figure Drawing Blogs from an Artist’s Perspective

• TheGreatNude.tv – Subscription only online resource for figurative artists and art lovers that focuses on the nude. Readers of ArtModeltips.com can get 50% off the annual subscription by typing ARTMODEL in the coupon code on the payment page! 

• PJ Lynch: Drawing, Painting, and Illustration – Artist blog by talented Dublin artist – See topics “Life Drawing”, “Female Nude”, “Male Nude”, “Life Drawing Exhibition”, “Sleeping Nude”)
• The Figure – Artist blog by full-time figurative artist Bruce Day of Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Fredericksburg Life Drawing Salon – Blog written from the perspective of a weekly open draw facilitator Susan Ishii of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Includes representative drawings generated by the artists each week.
• Yann Hovadik blog – Blog by talented French figurative artist and instructor
• Art of S. L. Gallant: Figure Drawing – Life drawing blog entries by a professional illustrator living in Washington, D.C. (Check out  all posts with any of the following tags: “Figure Drawing”, “Figure drawing”, “Sketches”, “Models”, “life drawing”)
• L Rossi Art: Life Drawing posts – Life drawing blog posts by a professional animator from Paris, France
• Lovelifedrawingblog – Comprehensive blog for figurative artists by a figurative artist in the UK
• Figure Drawing – Notes, Illustrations and Books about Life Drawing and the Proportions of the Human Form
• Life Drawing Classes in Cumbria – Blog site by a figurative artist in Cumbria, England
• NY Figure Drawing (Summer Sketch) –  A blog for all the artistic folks who attend, or would like to attend, life drawing classes, and who want to share tips, techniques, observations & opinions. Includes posts with great advice for finding employment as a life model.
• Drawing Life by Fred Hatt – Blog that includes technical information about creating figurative art
• Erica Moen blog – Life drawing artist and former life model in Portland, Oregon
• Brooke Lynne – Self-described hodgepodge of rants and ramblings about nude art by an artist and photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota
• From the easel… – Thoughts on painting, work in progress and exhibition news by British figurative artist Adele Wagstaff (sort on Category: Nudes)
• Pistrucci Artworks Blog – Blog by Canadian figurative artist.

 

Photography Model Blogs

• Diaries of an Art Model – Blog entries from professional art model Susanna
• The model in art nude photography – A blog/research project about art modelling written by a British model curious about modelling as practice

Interviews

• The Other Side of the Canvas: An Interview with David R. Quammen – Figure model advocate and founder of the Figure Models Guild 

Online communities

• ArtNudes Network – Figure Models – A blogging community set up for models, photographers and artists
• LifeArt – Community network for life models, figurative artists, and life drawing classes
• LoveLifeDrawing Forum – An online forum for figurative artists
• Society of Figurative Artists – An online forum for figurative artists
• Artists-Models – Yahoo discussion group to enhance the relationship between artists and models
• Bohemia Artists’ Models Register –Free listing of life models throughout the world

 

Information on how to be an art model

• Advice: How to be a life model
• How to be a nude art model
• How to become an artist’s model
• 5 Myths About Nude Modeling for Art Classes
• FAQs about life and nude modelling for art classes

Other sites of interest

• Life Model site on Vimeo – A site dedicated to videos of nude models posing for life drawing classes
• I am an Art Figure Model – site where life models share stories. Fun to read. Most of the stories appear real.
• Resources for Figure Artists
• How to be a figure model – sister site to ArtModelTips.com on Squidoo (need a Squidoo account to access)
• Figure Drawing League – a comprehensive website provided by a world-wide league of figurative artists
• Sheridan Portfolio Tips – a great reference for figure drawing artists, which includes recommended video demonstrations
• Working with Life Models – an artist shares advice for finding models and establishing a working relationship that’s mutually rewarding.
• Art Nude UK – describes itself as a life modeling search hub
• How to Start a Life Drawing Class – a comprehensive reference compliments of lifedrawingposes.com.
• List of Hub Pages on figure drawing
• Wet Canvas – An online message board for artists, with an entire section devoted to figurative art and figurative art resources (See “Figure, The” and “Library of Figurative Art Resources”).

 

 

Recommended Life Drawing Materials (Blick)