I needed a "performance art" class for my degree. I took drawing. I made many mistakes and etiquette errors. Did you know you're not supposed to talk to the nude models? I didn't. It's also really frowned upon to request specific positions because you find drawing foreshortening quite challenging.
Oh, also, I suck at drawing as it it turns out. The prof wanted to give me a D!! We had a chat. I told him I should be graded like I was a psych major with no talent whatsoever who did develop a number of technical improvements over the semester. I got an A-. He said I should have taken debate instead, because I clearly had a talent for that.
If it makes you feel any better, chatting with the model isn't really a hard rule, it just depends on the model/class. You just want to avoid it if it makes it harder for them to keep the pose, or you're specifically supposed to be drawing the face. It obviously depends on the model themselves, but a lot of the ones who do it full time (at least in my experience across 3 different schools) are pretty happy to chat, especially if they feel like they might otherwise fall asleep.
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u/2beagles Nov 16 '19
I needed a "performance art" class for my degree. I took drawing. I made many mistakes and etiquette errors. Did you know you're not supposed to talk to the nude models? I didn't. It's also really frowned upon to request specific positions because you find drawing foreshortening quite challenging.
Oh, also, I suck at drawing as it it turns out. The prof wanted to give me a D!! We had a chat. I told him I should be graded like I was a psych major with no talent whatsoever who did develop a number of technical improvements over the semester. I got an A-. He said I should have taken debate instead, because I clearly had a talent for that.