/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

uhhhhh i usually just ask people at a coffee shop near my house if i can draw them.

then i get their phone number and try to get them to pose for paintings. I'd say there is a success rate for getting people to pose (for me at least) that is about 2 in every 10.

as for asking friends to pose that's not hard they enjoy helping me and I usually give them a painting at the end.

Nude modeling is pretty rare usually people expect payment whether that's you posing nude for them later if they are an artist too, money, or free artwork.

good luck trying to get a friend to pose nude for you unless you go to an art school and all the girls are trying to be artsy and experimental. Most girls prefer only having their boyfriend see them naked.

It also helps if you are really freaking good. If the girl you are asking REALLY loves your artwork it shouldn't be too hard to get her to pose nude or clothed, but you need to be REALLY good first.

I expect I'll reach that in maybe 2 years at the rate I'm going but still in the meantime it's hard to get models. And if I'm having trouble I imagine OP is gonna really struggle. People want you to be accomplished, they don't want to be used for practice they want to see a finished painting when you are done.

drew two girls at the coffee shop. this one was very athletic and kind of intimidating cause i've never worked out in my life. kept trying to make her laugh and it didnt work cause im not funny but at least i got a drawing out of it