BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - From prehistoric Venus figurines to Michelangelo’s David, artists have tried to capture the natural beauty of the human form for thousands of years. In Belfast, a weekly class ...

Susie Wilson, center, works with a student in one of her figure drawing classes at the Santa Cruz Art League as model Patrice Wallace strikes a pose. A native of the United Kingdom, and an extremely ...

WORCESTER — The Worcester Art Museum has some impressive nudes in its collection. A 16th-century oil painting of a reclining Venus stealing Cupid’s bow. An Edward Weston platinum print of a woman ...

Arts & Culture Reporter Grace Phillips tests her creative side with Huzzah Books' biweekly figure drawing event.

A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don't know about you, but I've always been curious about whether weird stuff ever goes down in art classes that involve nude ...

I take the hand of my student, who grasps the willow charcoal — soft, not medium — and together we look at the figure model. "It’s best not to hold the charcoal like a pencil,” I say, “so you can use ...

Vida Sofia, a local model and artist, unpacked her supplies on the rooftop pool area of the Hotel Greystone on South Beach on a Wednesday afternoon. Before the sun set, she carefully organized the ...