Thursday, November 12, 2020

Tumblr Thread: Modeling For Art Is A Cold Business


This Tumblr thread shines light on the business of modeling for art classes. While it sounds like the pay can be decent, it can also end up being a true test of willpower when it comes to putting up with the cold. Turns out that sitting in studios or garages without any clothes on can be a tad bit chilly. 

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Text - professorpineapple "you're an art model does that mean you're NAKED?" "yeah" "whoa...those lucky artists ;)" ..buddy. professorpineapple idk who started the idea that life drawing classes have anything sexy going on like. there's at least ten people in the room and we're all tired and covered in charcoal. the dude in front who's staring at my boobs has been trying to get the shading right for 10 minutes. he's almost out of paint. he is crying.

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Text - askfordoodles #this ain't some avant-garde titanic poly romance it's a bunch of individual sinking ships and one uncaring human-shaped ice burg branch-and-root The ice burg being frozen solid because there are NEVER ENOUGH SPACE HEATERS. angryfishtrap I was an artist's model in uni since it paid better than any other student work position. Did a life drawing class one semester, despite it being an unheated old building in the winter evenings, because the instructor was a decent fellow who

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Text - Beyond the red glow of the heaters and the hot-white of the spotlights, the massive drafty room is dark and quiet, broken only by the instructor's whispers and the scratch of charcoal on paper. Me, I'm just dozing, 'cause my ancient dorm was heated with creaky old steampipes that never really got warm, and with the new extra-powered space heater alongside the others, that night was the warmest l'd been in a month. I dozed, basking in the glorious warmth. And then I fell asleep. And then I

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Text - Fortunately someone had the bright idea to tear the sheet down from the backdrop, lay it over me as a wrap, and then everyone was quick to help me up. After that, the instructor and students got used to taking turns talking to me, just to make sure I wasn't dozing off. Which was weird, at first, because l'd done two semesters just being a silent prop, and now I was interacting. It gave the class a vibe completely unlike any other l'd modeled for, and it ended up one of my favorite modelin

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Text - whitebear-ofthe-watertribe This is honestly so delightful and accurate rhpotter This! :D ravenstolethesun Totally accurate. I worked as a art model in collage as well...in Fairbanks Alaska . Heat in the art department was fine, but the sculpture studio had a huge garage-style door . I was modeling there once when someone on the outside OPENED THE DOOR. It was around 30 below zero F out there! Every student in the room scrambled to grab their coats and pretty much bury me in them as the te

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