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”).