Nude models. I'll just put it out there.
A free class has them and a class I may be required to take has them. Yes, I may be a mature adult, but I don't want to necessarily go around drawing naked women as a married man. Don't want to remember those images, even as mature as I may be.
Lots of people think it's the only way to learn to draw the figure. The professor who is really sticking to that point also said to be weary of absolutes. If that is the only way, that's an absolute.
Pros
- I have a model who poses for a long time
- It is live. Photos are worse for drawing
- Drawing enhances the memory of something and so I have a memory of naked woman (other than my wife) in my brain
- Awkwardness
- I'll never show those pictures to anyone
Do it and get a degree (which I don't necessarily need)
Don't take those classes, work harder with real, clothed people (who may not pose) and not get the degree. This might not matter because my ultimate goal is an MFA and I only need so many upper division courses of a BFA to apply and get in. Hopefully. Portfolio would be the largest criteria for acceptance. At BYU, where I would love to attend again, has life drawing, but guess what? They are more clothed. You still get a pretty good view of the proportions, just not the nether regions.
It's not that I'm trying to be prudish or "holier than thou." I just kind of don't want to have to deal with that.
What are your thoughts? What does your wife say? How would she feel if you had to draw a bunch of naked women? They may be old, ugly or they may not be. Oh, and I'm not so concerned about the male figures. But maybe a married woman would be.
Thanks ahead of time. I know we may differ on semantics, dreams, and almost everything, but I k now we can have good, intellectual, supportive conversations.
