After 31 years of gruelling work as an investment banker in central London, she was sick of the rat race. While the average is around £8 per hour, before tax, models on his books earn between £10 and £20 an hour as self-employed workers.īut money isn't the reason JJ Alleyne has decided to bare all. They have to treat her as a person, and often they find it hard to look at the female."Īn ambassador for life modelling, Andy believes that models are not generally paid enough for their work.
Whereas females are full-on with male models, I think men find it awkward engaging with a naked female that is not a stripper or an object to ogle. But to be honest, their behaviour is very interesting. "When it comes to female models at stag dos, I will chaperone them because I do worry.
But to be honest - how long do you want to look at a penis for? After giggling over me doing the downward facing dog position, women tend to start drawing and the feedback that I get is amazing. "When it comes to a hen party, they’re not artists and what they are excited about is having a naked man in the room with them for an hour. As well as running life modelling retreats to Tenerife, he also hosts hen and stag dos. We’re normalising what people actually look like, unlike mainstream media."Īndy has built a full-time business from his years as a life model. A key to life modelling is that we don’t use the same models every time so we can provide a range of different shapes and sizes. We can’t avoid that and so what do you do with that? Can you celebrate that in a positive way? We do that. It means they are doing the job for the wrong reasons. And if it did happen in my classes they would be banned immediately. Also, the worry of having your penis compared and judged. For example - what happens if I get an erection? That would be so embarrassing. There tend to be more female models than male ones, and I believe that is because we are more worried about doing it. "I believe that people should take every opportunity given to them. "So I said that I would do it!" Andy explains, perched naked with his legs crossed. His artistic journey began when his friend, an artist, couldn't find any male life models. Kate Humble went swimming naked in a Welsh lake.We strive to ensure that registered models, as a section of working society, maintain a reputation for competence, reliability and good conduct."Īn artist concentrates as Andy poses (Image: Rob Browne) Read More Related Articles When done satisfactorily the job is by no means a soft option. "The truth about life modelling is somewhat different. In the past this view has led to some people coming into the job who shouldn't have been doing it at all. You often hear it said that anyone can do it. "However,there's a common perception, sometimes encouraged by the media, of life modelling as an easy way of earning a little extra cash. The Register of Artists' Models, which describes itself as the "UK register of life models for nude drawing, painting, sculpture and photography", says: "Many models compare the feelings after a good life drawing session to those after a meditiation session! Life models say it does a lot for their self-awareness and confidence as they command the attention of a room.Īlthough some now suggest the art form is archaic, many agree that learning to capture the human anatomy is an integral skill for an artist. Life modelling can be an exhilarating experience, spiritual even. and hen dos, of course (Image: Andy Lamb/Cardiff Life Models) "To be honest, it wasn't the naked thing that I felt embarrassed about, it was remembering what to do and trying not to get it wrong." It didn't feel like a test - I mean, how wrong could it have gone? The 25-year-old said: "I perform on stage and am used to being quickly comfortable with people and having them watch me and so the idea of being naked in front of them didn't faze me. Looking to try something new, her friend recommended life modelling. She recently returned to the city to work on her writing, acting and art. Kitty's at a life drawing class being held at a coffee shop in Cardiff. "Everybody was looking me at the same way they would look at a bowl of fruit if they were drawing that." Any excuse really! I think there's so many expectations of what women look like in society and I think it's nice to challenge that and be yourself. She has just finished her first life modelling class. "I have been life modelling for an hour and a half!" Kitty Hughes explains, curled up naked on an armchair.
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