Ever Fancied Being a Life Model? ; a Television Series has Just Lifted the Lid On Life Drawing, Matt Thomas Meets Two Models Who Take Off Their Clothes for Art and Finds Out About Life On the Far Side of the Canvas.

South Wales Echo › July 14, 2009

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IT'S one of the cornerstones of an artist's training and in France it's a respected profession whose members go on strike over their workers' rights.

But in Britain, life models are still the unsung heroes of the art world.

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Ever Fancied Being a Life Model? ; a Television Series has Just Lifted the Lid On Life Drawing, Matt Thomas Meets Two Models Who Take Off Their Clothes for Art and Finds Out About Life On the Far Side of the Canvas.

While Channel 4's series Life Class: Today's Nude has been giving viewers a new perspective on the process of life drawing, what about the models themselves? Kate Evans, a 21 year old life model from Roath, Cardiff, says you can pick up two or three life modelling jobs...

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