Information for Models
MLD | HUNDREDS OF VISITORS PER WEEK
Launch of MLD online profiles
Melbourne Life Drawing has been optimised for search engine rankings and with an average 1,000 visits per month has become the leading web portal for life modelling activity down under.
Why not benefit from the exposure? You may purchase a BASIC PROFILE on its own or with an OPTIONAL Model Gallery Page.
Melbourne Life Drawing has been optimised for search engine rankings and with an average 1,000 visits per month has become the leading web portal for life modelling activity down under.
Why not benefit from the exposure? You may purchase a BASIC PROFILE on its own or with an OPTIONAL Model Gallery Page.
PLEASE NOTE: MLD does NOT directly hire life models or act as an agent for life models, so do not contact MLD requesting paid modelling work or referrals to potential employers.
MLD Basic Listing
NAME: JADE AGE RANGE 18-25
LOCALITY: MELBOURNE
EXPERIENCE: TODAY
DESC: Experienced and confident model ready for online promotion
AVAILABILITY: Short Notice, as agreed.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Yes ABN: Yes POLICE CHECK: Yes
AFFILIATION: LMS Member
EMAIL: info@melbournelifedrawing.com
CONTACT No: 0499 999 999
LOCALITY: MELBOURNE
EXPERIENCE: TODAY
DESC: Experienced and confident model ready for online promotion
AVAILABILITY: Short Notice, as agreed.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Yes ABN: Yes POLICE CHECK: Yes
AFFILIATION: LMS Member
EMAIL: info@melbournelifedrawing.com
CONTACT No: 0499 999 999
Basic Listing
(LMS Members)
(LMS Members)
$45.00 for 6 MONTHS
Basic Listing
(Non-LMS models)
(Non-LMS models)
$55.00 for 6 MONTHS
MLD Model Gallery Page
(OPTIONAL)
(OPTIONAL)
$45.00 for 1 Year
MODEL GALLERY PAGE: Your own model gallery and webpage for sharing with networks
An MLD gallery feature suits models who have professional or high quality images they wish to showcase on the site and can include up to 5 images provided by you. Click through below example..($45.00 for 12 months)
Thinking of becoming a life model?
Life models typically pose nude for people to draw, paint, sculpt or photograph, though sometimes this may involve costumes or theme based modelling.
Who hires life models?
Melbourne Life Drawing DOES NOT currently conduct training workshops for life models. However training is provided by the Life Models Society. Workshops are run quarterly at the Princes Hill Community Centre.
To enquire more please contact LMS directly
LIFE MODELS SOCIETY
web: www.lifemodelssociety.org.au
email: livingart@lifemodelssociety.org.au
phone: 0422 409 946
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.
Life models typically pose nude for people to draw, paint, sculpt or photograph, though sometimes this may involve costumes or theme based modelling.
Who hires life models?
- art societies - small groups of artists usually working in a small local community hall, gallery or studio
- schools / tafes / universities
- private individuals - artists or small informal groups of artists working in a private home or studio
Melbourne Life Drawing DOES NOT currently conduct training workshops for life models. However training is provided by the Life Models Society. Workshops are run quarterly at the Princes Hill Community Centre.
To enquire more please contact LMS directly
LIFE MODELS SOCIETY
web: www.lifemodelssociety.org.au
email: livingart@lifemodelssociety.org.au
phone: 0422 409 946
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.
© Linda Robertson
If you are hiring life models through MLD
- 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
© Robert Mangion
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