Model male posing for satiric artist
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Quentin Crisp, Interesting facts about Q. Crisp
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Quentin Crisp, Interesting facts about Q. Crisp
Life models are useful for studying rules and body proportions involved in figure drawing ratio, but whether they are relevant to aesthetics is unclear.
"Modelling in general is regarded sceptically by many biologists"
A pose that looks graceful on one body, with individual proportions, might look clumsy or awkward on another.
Sarah R. Phillips, Modeling Life
To be successful, artists must pour their heart and their soul into their work and translate a physical presence directly into image.
The human foot is a twenty-six bones anatomic.
Beneath drawing's daunting complexity lies a simplicity that gives grounds for hope. "The arts matter because they encourage the imagination".
People want black-and-white rules.
Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
"The artist's arousal is seen as positive as long as it is used toward the production of art."
Sarah R. Phillips, Modeling Life