Attention aspiring and experienced models...
Melbourne Life Drawing provides networking, promotion and advertising services. MLD does NOT directly hire life models or act as an agent for life models, so please do not contact MLD requesting paid work or referrals to potential employers.
- If you are interested in becoming a life model then refer to the information and suggestions on this page.
- If you are an experienced model, then MLD can visually promote your profile on the MLD MODELS page and through MLD's online networks.
MLD Model: Daniel
Launch of MLD online profiles
Melbourne Life Drawing has been optimised for search engine rankings, and with an average of 1,000 visits per month is fast becoming the leading portal for life modelling activity down under.
Why not benefit from the exposure?
If you're an experienced model apply for your MLD profile click HERE.
Melbourne Life Drawing has been optimised for search engine rankings, and with an average of 1,000 visits per month is fast becoming the leading portal for life modelling activity down under.
Why not benefit from the exposure?
If you're an experienced model apply for your MLD profile click HERE.
Thinking of becoming a life model?
Following are some guidelines and tips for starting out. Please note MLD DOES NOT currently run life model training workshops. To find out where you can obtain training or experience read on...
Clients
Life models (usually) pose nude for people to draw, paint, sculpt or photograph, however sometimes this may involve costumes or theme based modelling which is starting to become more popular around Melbourne.
Clients hiring life models will come from one of the following areas:
Below are some options for you to gain exposure to life modelling and learn more about what's involved.
Training & Exposure
Consider a training workshop with the Life Models Society. Workshops are run quarterly at the Princes Hill Community Centre. With the aid of experienced models, by the end of the workshop you will:
LIFE MODELS SOCIETY contact details
web: www.lifemodelssociety.org.au
email: livingart@lifemodelssociety.org.au
phone: 0422 409 946
LMS Salons - Some models completing LMS workshops will be invited to participate in the LMS Salons so artists can meet new LMS models.
Fore more info about LMS workshops and models Salons visit the LMS website.
Get involved
Use the MLD directory on this site and attend a figure drawing work shop yourself, even if you don't consider yourself an artist. See it as an opportunity to learn what goes on from the artist/student's perspective. This empathy will be useful in your own development and experience as an artist's model.
Network
Enquiry about the work through a model friend and feel free to ask for advice about this kind of work. And if you don't know any models then attend a life drawing class and introduce yourself! Be bold about it and you might be surprised what opportunities will present themselves.
Following are some guidelines and tips for starting out. Please note MLD DOES NOT currently run life model training workshops. To find out where you can obtain training or experience read on...
Clients
Life models (usually) pose nude for people to draw, paint, sculpt or photograph, however sometimes this may involve costumes or theme based modelling which is starting to become more popular around Melbourne.
Clients hiring life models will come from one of the following areas:
- art societies - a small group of artists usually working in a small local community hall, gallery or studio
- schools and educational institutions- these range from community adult education centres and private art schools to secondary schools and universities
- private jobs - individual artists or small informal groups of artists working in a private home or studio space.
Below are some options for you to gain exposure to life modelling and learn more about what's involved.
Training & Exposure
Consider a training workshop with the Life Models Society. Workshops are run quarterly at the Princes Hill Community Centre. With the aid of experienced models, by the end of the workshop you will:
- Learn and practice various poses
- Learn about how classes are run and what to expect from a life class
- Develop confidence about your own physique and presence
- Insight into how to handle difficult or challenging situations and how to handle and who to contact
LIFE MODELS SOCIETY contact details
web: www.lifemodelssociety.org.au
email: livingart@lifemodelssociety.org.au
phone: 0422 409 946
LMS Salons - Some models completing LMS workshops will be invited to participate in the LMS Salons so artists can meet new LMS models.
Fore more info about LMS workshops and models Salons visit the LMS website.
Get involved
Use the MLD directory on this site and attend a figure drawing work shop yourself, even if you don't consider yourself an artist. See it as an opportunity to learn what goes on from the artist/student's perspective. This empathy will be useful in your own development and experience as an artist's model.
Network
Enquiry about the work through a model friend and feel free to ask for advice about this kind of work. And if you don't know any models then attend a life drawing class and introduce yourself! Be bold about it and you might be surprised what opportunities will present themselves.
Artist: Linda Robertson
If you are hiring life models through MLD
STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS*:
STANDARD WORKING CONDITIONS*:
- Provide a comfortable working space with good heating and adequate ventilation
- Provide a nearby change room and toilet
- Provide clean, comfortable props eg. rug for standing purposes, and cushions for sitting/reclining poses, clean sheets
- Give models a 5 to 10 min break for every 20 mins working session at model's discretion
- Ensure that model is visible to participant artists, students and teachers only
- The standard life modelling rate is $27 per hour with a minimum of 2 hours for model call outs - however models reserve the right to renegotiate modelling rates at their discretion.
- For photographic modelling the standard rate is $75 per hour. Minimum call out is 2 hours
- Never photograph a model without their consent
- In case of double booking pay both models in full. In case of a cancellation please pay the model if less than a week's notice is given
- Never touch the model without their permission
- Do not ask models to wear garments inappropriate for serious artistic pursuit
- The model reserves the right to refuse to adopt poses s/he considers inappropriate or dangerous
- Never use spray fixative indoors
- Please turn off your mobile phones (if in a class situation) and check before bringing any digital cameras into the life drawing studio
*Courtesy of the Melbourne Life Models Society
Artist: Veronica Petelin
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