[Noisebridge-discuss] Figure drawing of male models

B Perez knighty04 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 18 16:54:40 UTC 2013


Don't know if its necessarily people not wanting to draw men inasmuch men not wanting to pose nude here. 

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On Sep 17, 2013, at 20:18, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:

> Yeah it's surprising how conservative California is about figure drawing men. I guess it's easy to make stuff that sells if you draw pretty naked girls but I'm into art :) and truth and passion 
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>  I will find a way to do this  in a way that works 
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> On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:16 PM, B Perez <knighty04 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Definitely keep everyone in the loop. There are a lot of student artists who just don't get a chance to draw many males in school. I know because I can draw a female with my eyes closed but a male I have to look at an image. 
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>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 17:16, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
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>>> Cool I used to run a figure drawing group in Berlin and managed hiring models. Thanks for the tips! I had a lot of great male models that came from dance companies - perhaps I can look there 
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>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> oh ok. Your title made it seem like you wanted drawings of the male models. a better way to write that would have been "male models for figure drawing".
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>>>> Yeah I'd do what Perez suggested. Go to some place like CCA or AAU and ask where the fine art department is and then ask where they hire their models from. You might also make a listing in gigs on craigslist and put out an ad for a model.
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>>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the advice! California is very conservative that way ;) 
>>>>> 
>>>>> But there are always workarounds. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Maybe we can start something at Noisebridge with male figure models ! I'll check and see what I can do
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>>>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 11:24 AM, B Perez <knighty04 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> I think you will be hard pressed to fine male only since 75% of the models in California are women. 
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>>>>>> You're best bet IMHO is to ask colleges and studios for a schedule of their models and just go when they have males.  Of all the places I've gone to I've seen probably the same 15 guys, and WAAAY more women. So they are themselves having difficult time to book men. 
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>>>>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:26, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>> No I'm looking for figure drawing sessions with men only as models, or where men are models over 75% if the time 
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>>>>>>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Ever Falling <everfalling at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> you just want the drawings?
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Anyone know of figure drawing of male models in the Bay Area? Having a tough time finding this
>>>>>>>>> 
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