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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...

Sam Dundeck, sophomore visual communication major, draws a live
model in her life drawing class Thursday morning.

Nude modeling is not about being ‘wild or crazy’

By Chelsey Boutan | October 6, 2011

When junior sociology major Edgar Miranda posed nude for a life drawing class for the first time, he was nervous."My heart was beating fast because I've never been nude in front of so many people," Miranda said. "I kept telling myself, ‘You don't have...