Where to Begin

We had a large group (for downsizing) with artists circling the room and several on the floor. As the model got ready to remove her robe she said, more to herself than anyone, "taking the robe off  is the hardest part - the rest is easy".

I respect just how hard that first moment can be, everyone's nightmare is suddenly being naked in a room full of people. That moment can even be a little uncomfortable for the artist as well - the moment from when the model removes their robe to when he or she fall into the first pose is the moment where the person becomes the pose or more literally "the work of art" and everything else falls away. Giacometti said it best, "At first one sees the person who is modeling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures that could be made come between artist and model."

The drawings posted are from the November 4th session. Many thanks to Emily for her wonderful poses.

Bruce Day

Ed King

Ria Firth

Sally Rhone-Kubarek

Sally Rhone-Kubarek

Tyler

Susan Ishii