{"id":106320,"date":"2017-03-09T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=106320"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:08:17","slug":"bates-at-night-nude-figure-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/09\/bates-at-night-nude-figure-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates at Night: Nude figure drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday night in an Olin Arts Center studio, the only sounds were charcoal on paper and hands sweeping over sketches as local residents joined students for a nude figure drawing session.<\/p>\n

Meghan Cleary \u201918, an art and visual culture major from South Burlington, Vt., was the model for this session in the\u00a0weekly Life Drawing series. New to modeling this year, Cleary has already gained a level of comfort. \u201cI was a little nervous the first time, but once you\u2019re up there it\u2019s pretty easy to zone out,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s more like just drawing shapes, rather than seeing a naked person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist John Bowdren of Pownal, Maine, has been coming to the weekly sessions for over a decade. \u201cA lot of people have been coming for a long time, so it\u2019s nice to catch up and hear what\u2019s going on in the art world locally,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s no teaching, which is nice. People do little critiques but nothing serious, so it\u2019s everyone just doing their thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\n\t

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Figure drawing is \"more like just drawing shapes, rather than seeing a naked person.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Maine residents join Bates students for a Figure Drawing session in Olin on Wednesday evening, Mar. 8 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Meghan Cleary '18 of South Burlington, Vt, holds a pose. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Deshun Peoples '17 (left) of Chicago is among the artists who joined the figure drawing session on March 8. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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John Bowdren, a painter from Pownal, Maine, holds up his pencil to \"measure\" units based on the model's head size. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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The informal aspect of the drawing session appeals to students like Deshun Peoples \u201917. \u201cIt\u2019s helpful to have this uninterrupted session of just drawing the figure consistently. It helps a lot in a way that is different than class time,\u201d said Peoples, an art and visual culture major from Chicago.<\/p>\n

He also noted the college-community aspect of the sessions. \u201cIt gives you a chance to interact with the population, especially artists, which is not something that\u2019s a common occurrence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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