Just stumbled across this, probably way too late but wanted to add my two cents;
what the people above said is exactly right - and this goes to anyone who feels insecure about their partner drawing nude models - TAKE A CLASS YOURSELF. It will alleviate all worry about the subject. It will probably take about 10 minutes for you to realize, oh, this isn't sexual at all. and then, wow this is hard, no wonder he needs to practice. Figure drawing is simply one of the best ways to quickly improve one's draftsmanship. For everyone saying it is a special or a sacred experience or anything of that portentous stuff i really have to disagree, it's an exercise that develops your observational skills. Ain't nothin personal or sexual about it and this is coming from a young male art student.
As for the woman whose husband takes women he knows home and paints them nude, that's completely ridiculous. There's really no other word for it. ESPECIALLY if he's just a hobbyist. He may say he's an aspiring artist and blah blah, but for him to be this adamant about doing something that bothers you, he better be making some money off of it. If he had a gallery show every couple of months and this is how he made his living, well then maybe he can argue that. But if its just for fun...and make no mistake, if he's not making a business out of it then it is just for fun, even if he says its art - then he needs to rethink things. There are PLENTY of studios that have weekly nude drawing sessions that usually only cost about 6 bucks a night. A studio environment with 20 other artists is WAY less intimate than your own home, and WAY more appropriate for a married person. That's just my opinion though. Does he want you out of the house when his models come over? If i was married and i HAD to have a nude model come to the house (i really cant imagine why i would though) I would at least want my wife in the house, maybe even in the same room if the model was ok with it, so that nothing would be left to her imagination. Again though that's just me.
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Just stumbled across this, probably way too late but wanted to add my two cents;
what the people above said is exactly right - and this goes to anyone who feels insecure about their partner drawing nude models - TAKE A CLASS YOURSELF. It will alleviate all worry about the subject. It will probably take about 10 minutes for you to realize, oh, this isn't sexual at all. and then, wow this is hard, no wonder he needs to practice. Figure drawing is simply one of the best ways to quickly improve one's draftsmanship. For everyone saying it is a special or a sacred experience or anything of that portentous stuff i really have to disagree, it's an exercise that develops your observational skills. Ain't nothin personal or sexual about it and this is coming from a young male art student.
As for the woman whose husband takes women he knows home and paints them nude, that's completely ridiculous. There's really no other word for it. ESPECIALLY if he's just a hobbyist. He may say he's an aspiring artist and blah blah, but for him to be this adamant about doing something that bothers you, he better be making some money off of it. If he had a gallery show every couple of months and this is how he made his living, well then maybe he can argue that. But if its just for fun...and make no mistake, if he's not making a business out of it then it is just for fun, even if he says its art - then he needs to rethink things. There are PLENTY of studios that have weekly nude drawing sessions that usually only cost about 6 bucks a night. A studio environment with 20 other artists is WAY less intimate than your own home, and WAY more appropriate for a married person. That's just my opinion though. Does he want you out of the house when his models come over? If i was married and i HAD to have a nude model come to the house (i really cant imagine why i would though) I would at least want my wife in the house, maybe even in the same room if the model was ok with it, so that nothing would be left to her imagination. Again though that's just me.
August 5, 2010 - 12:15amThis Comment
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