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Great Help!
Steven, once again thank you for explaining it beautifully. I had already read most of the ones you suggested, but I will go back and reread them in case I missed valuable information and thanks again for being so descriptive. Now for some more questions.
I am trying to figure out how I can get model/s for practice and possible paintings for a portfolio. Lon Haverly's idea of going into a mall sounds good, but I feel my level is not up to that yet. Besides they want entertainers/temporary exhibitors to have $15 million Liability Insurance before you can even be looked at, this costs around $500 annually I think. Way out of my league at present.
If I had to ask people in the street, or put an ad in the local paper, how would I go about it? I don't know if I could get any other artists in the district to come in for life classes but I was hoping somehow to place an advertisement for models and maybe an open studio to get started here. My family do not live close to me they are hours away and I don't have any close friends to ask to be models, except for my teenager son, who is impatient to say the least.
I rang and spoke to an artist group in Toowoomba for relevant information but the guy didn't devulge much. He just suggested that they have Wednesday night sessions, and that I could go to them but this is 70 klms away, being a single mother etc etc, I just can't get to them.
My main concern was, if I placed an ad, I don't want to get into trouble of going about it the wrong way, as small towns are very talkative and touchy. So maybe dressed models for head/shoulder studies, other than nudes. I want to start and keep a professional image at all times. So maybe suggestions of attracting the model, working with the model, sketching the model, photographing the model for later references, and paperwork (I have redesigned a release agreement to the ones on this forum but have not added anything about photographing the model for painting references on it)?How could I write this in?
Have you have similar experiences with this situation or similar problems, and how would you suggest I go about it professionally in a small town?
This district will be my income later so what I want to develop at this stage, is all part of the big plan later. Small towns and the small town gossip could start or break my future career. Any suggestions?
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