So I was a TA for a figure drawing class and this last semester for little baby freshman. Overall my section students were really sweet and responsive to feedback. But my professor told me something about another section on the last day that had me about to pass out from laughing.
See, this is the first time some of these folks have seen a nude model. Even for me, having seen naked people previously, I still had an, āoh! Thatās a penis!ā moment during my first session in person. (For covid reasons my first semester was models in swimwear over Teams). Itās just one of those things you get over though. Since you need to draw it genitalia just becomes skin, itās not any different to render than a shoulder or a calf.
But apparently.
Thereās a crop of new students that are so shy of the genitalia that theyāre submitting full body figure drawings with a blank triangle where the junk should be.
I asked, āis it X male model? Cause he wears a Speedo sometimes to poseā¦ā
But she said no. She said thereās one student who is SO shy she refuses to draw buttcracks. The professor was flummoxed. Sheād write on homework āneeds gluteal fold for clarityā but this student is just adamant.
The professor went on to say, āThey should at least be making them like a Ken doll! Even Ken has a bulge, these students arenāt even capturing the form of a bulge!ā
