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Bailey Johnson, sophomore art education major, uses charcoal and water to portray nude model Illyana Rodriguez in ARTS 200, Wednesday. The life drawing class is focused on teaching students how to properly draw human form without barriers.

Nude modeling provides an interesting perspective on art

By Trenier Ward | October 31, 2012

Most students are not required by their instructors to draw nude men and women. But the students in the ARTS 200 class are. Art instructor Jeremy Gosser said observational drawing is easy to teach. It’s more of an exercise than an art. “It’s very...