Artist Model

Drawing is the artist’s most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality.

Edgar Degas

Kalim A. Bhatti for The New York Times

This morning Chris surprised me with the actual PAPER version of the Sunday New York Times. I have to be honest that I’ve traded my printed edition habits for online cherry picking and I would have probably missed this perfect essay. NYT writer John Schwartz discusses his son’s part time job of an art class nude model and the new awareness it brings. The objectivity to find work without the heaving lifting for the subjectivity of baring it all. The cornerstone is about the viewer’s context using nakedness to arouse or for the artist to exercise their observation skills. As a drawing instructor and life drawing artist, capturing the moment with ease is the perfect part. Read the complete article.