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Jan and Gary's avatar

Well done and well said between the two of you. The idea of keeping the subject model pure and natural is very important in both the purpose of the art session as well as the clean strokes of the artist. Explaining to and giving an option to the parents is best. Keep well, Dan. Nice hearing from you. Jan&Gary 😊

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Edward Bionic's avatar

Hooray for a positive response. I really wish more art instutions would stand up to parents that have no right deciding what their children should be learning in regards to anatomy and figure drawing. In a semi-related but parallel anecdote, I was in a used book shop one day snatching up a couple of very hard to find figure drawing books when a mom with a young daughter (vetweeb 11 and 13 I'd say) came in looking for exactly what I had just procured. Apparently we'd both been scouring the city for books like these and we got to talking. The girl was fascinated by anatomy and had been taking figure drawing classes with a special parental permission form since she was 8. Full nudes. She was absolutely non-plussed and discussed the subject line it was what was for dinner that night.

That... My friends... Is what all kids should be taught in regards to the body, and that we still have parents that hide it and shame it and regard it with disgust and vitriol is horrifying to me.

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