A Nottingham cafe hosts regular life drawing classes with canine models.

What is it like to be in a room full of artists who are observing and drawing your naked body? Sitters discuss the freedom and healing they have experienced Craig, 54 (@tattooed_nude) I started life ...

Tens of thousands of years ago an aspiring artist picked up a piece of charcoal and drew an image of another early human being on the rocky wall of a cave. Across the millennia that followed people ...

A life drawing class at the Boston Figurative Art Center (photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Aaron Bogan, a professional art model and illustrator originally from New ...

Alida Pepper was staring down depression. Stuck in her apartment in San Francisco, she worried that all the plans she’d made were about to unravel. For months, Pepper, a full-time life drawing model, ...

Kent Van Dusseldorp creates dynamic poses for artists during Zoom sessions on his computer. Through the coronavirus shutdown, he's discovered that can now pose for anyone around the world. Nude ...

The on-going conversation you have with yourself is the single most important one in your life. The tone you adopt on any given day – generous and kind or, more likely, self-flagellating and berating ...

This story is part of the February 22 edition of Sunday Life. See all stories. Just imagine the audience is naked.” This is well-known advice for anyone who has jitters before going in front of a ...

A life-drawing class that has been running for over 30 years in north London has been told to cover up its models or find a new venue after child safeguarding concerns were raised. The daytime class ...

Students at the University of Iowa draw from a nude model in 1961.Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Even in the rarefied world of fine art, clichés often hold true. For instance, ...

Artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci have drawn inspiration from the human body for centuries. Mike Radford, the life drawing class leader at Arts & Design Society, said life drawing is a challenge.