A Guide for Posing for Fine Artists and Art Classes

If you've read my blog at all, you know that I'm a big fan of figure drawing. I go to life drawing sessions when I can and belong to online figure drawing groups. If this is a topic that interests you at all than you need to check out this new read.

This is quite a unique book. At first glance it's obvious it should be read by anyone who is thinking about modeling for artists. It certainly covers every aspect of what a model should know in order to properly function in this specialized business.

But it's even bigger than that. This 141 page paperback guide is written through the eyes of a model. An unusual perspective in comparison with what has been available on the topic. And it contains valuable information for everyone involved with this art process.

Drawing the nude figure has been a subject for artists for centuries. And it will always be so. If you are an art student, an art model, an art instructor, a nude photographer, or a working artist and love life drawing, you will find value in this wonderful resource book.

Learn more about it on the Art Model's Handbook website.

Ann Arbor Women Artists Summer Juried Exhibit

This art exhibit is showing through the month of June at the Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron, Ypsilanti, MI. Lynda Schumacher had a camera ready to take my pic with my colored pencil piece "Griffith Park in 1944." There is some fabulous work in this exhibit, so if you are in the area, do stop by.

Congrats to the award winners: 1st place went to "Butter and Margarine" by Kristen Letts Kovak, 2nd place to "Catching Air" by Bill Knudstrup, and 3rd place to "Hands over Time" by Joan Miller. The juror, Beth Steinkellner, also choice Honorable Mentions for the artwork of Barbara Melnick Carson, Marie Glysson, Marilyn Marsh, Sandi Miller, Vickie Peterson-Michalak, and Marty Walker.

Chelsea Painters Art Fair

Chelsea PaintersArt Fair
JUNE 6th & 7th, 2009
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On the Grounds of the Chelsea Community Hospital

Help Us Celebrate Our 36th Year!
The Chelsea Painters 36th Annual Art Fair will be held Saturday, June 6th and Sunday, June 7th, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of the Chelsea Community Hospital. The Hospital is located at 775 S. Main St. (M-52), Chelsea, MI.

The event is free and open to the public and will be held in a comfortable, wooded setting.

A percentage of proceeds will be donated to the Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) and to the Chelsea Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund.

Children's activities sponsored by theChelsea Center for the Arts

The Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) will offer hands-on art activities for children during the Art Fair. This event is also free of charge.

For more information, including a map, driving directions and a picture gallery, please visit:
http://www.ChelseaPainters.com/artfair.htm
We Hope to See You There!