Pencils and paintbrushes rise when Kelly removes her robe and perches on a wooden platform one recent Sunday morning. Each artist in the small group at the Arts & Design Society of Fort Walton Beach ...

“Capture the balance of this pose,” Heddi Siebel says as she walks around the room. “Get the back, get the weight.” Students stand around the model, Callista Womick, in a semicircle, facing easels ...

Nude models who pose for classes at the Moore College of Art and Design, in Philadelphia, voted last week to form a union -- the first of its kind -- despite the opposition of college officials. The ...

Talita Long, 65, stands on a rectangle pedestal under a spotlight, holding a playground ball on her head while 24 pairs of eyes study, examine and draw the anatomy of her naked body. This is the Life ...

Blank canvases fill the intimate space of an art studio, which is focused on a wooden stage in the front of the room. Students are propped up in their seats waiting to begin class. Charles Coffman ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “You know that dream that everyone has when you wake up and you’re in the middle of a classroom ...

I took off my robe and tossed it on the floor, and all eyes were fixed on me. No, this isn’t some Penthouse fantasy, but the start of a nude drawing class. I’ve had the opportunity to attend them both ...

BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - From prehistoric Venus figurines to Michelangelo’s David, artists have tried to capture the natural beauty of the human form for thousands of years. In Belfast, a weekly class ...

In a classroom in the basement of Lesley University, seven models are holding dramatic poses. Some stand with outstretched arms while others recline on the floor with twisted torsos. After 30 seconds, ...

For many, attending school naked is nothing more than a titillating nightmare (or fantasy), but some students at LSU really do show it all before their classmates. They’re the nude art models in the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Kent Van Dusseldorp turned 50, he wanted to shake up his life a little. Did he buy a cherry-red sports car? Did he sign up for the Peace Corps? Did he enter a profession that ...

Gather ’round your TVs. Lynn has an announcement to make. Drawing a naked man can make you a tad self-conscious, especially when he’s about a foot away from your face. I found that out that hard way.