4 hour pose.
 

I am protesting the unreasonable pricing for open studios out here. I agree the models need to earn a decent pay for their work, but when I was in school, we did it for the exercise. It is not for those who can afford their own model, more for us all to keep practicing like the students.

A high school for the arts near the university has a weekend open studio. Same pose both days, and THIS one has apparently gone on for three weeks. I only got four hours in, but it felt wonderful!
24x18"

Very nice painting. As for the price of open sessions, you could always do what I did. Start your own group. We meet in my house weekly.

Last night the model was so good I asked her to come to my house for an all-day session. I need to work alone with a model for once, as the sessions quickly turned into social events. This model is not a talker, so I just had to ask her to pose privately for me.

She's coming Sunday, and I'll pay her $100 for the day. I'll post here if all goes well.

Nice, Debra. You're lucky to have this opportunity. My hometown, opportunities are not many.

Jeff, good for you - I've done the home sessions for small groups, and it's a lot of work preparing.

By the way, the amount of visual info you got in place in just four hours is amazing!

It is amazing. Four hours sounds like a lot until you try to actually produce something that fast.

Debra,
Very lovely.


Models need to make a living, as do all of us. Open studio prices,depending upon the sponsor, may have varying $.

Creative sessions are a wonderful opportunity.

My mantra? If the model ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Hope to see your demo Friday:)!

Thank you, Chris!

It is almost NOT quite hot enough to look forward to it! This will be my first up there, so I am planning on a very early departure from down here for the lay of the land.

The burden of pleasing the model lifted, a group session is such a joy. I do my best work on my own. You brought this up again and I must admit, I am yearning for more opportunities to work from life. This is an old posting, and I see the School is charging a more reasonable rate. I need to go down the block and grab at least one session a month.

See you Friday, I hope!
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