This was my exact experience with my life drawing class at AiTA, ha!
Reviews for "TD-Life Drawing"
Min, 2:33, loved the tribute to Back to the Future!
This is amazing. Totally summarizes what figure drawing is when its forced upon the unsuspecting college art kid. I love this video!
Find bristol, use mech or soft lead pencils, get a plastic eraser. Sit on a chair.
That or be that guy and bring the watercolor sets to a 2 hr. drawing session. People will hate you.
Jesus Christ, I can so relate to this it hurts. I just finished what was my 3rd life drawing class this semester, and let me tell you, everything you were talking about happened to me or to someone else in the class. Although my art school doesn't have those piece of shit horses, we do have these tables that have the most dangerous recoil responses if you try and adjust them (seriously, if you aren't careful, they can take out an eye or two).
Conte crayons are indeed a pain in the ass, and, if you're like me, that shit's going to get EVERYWHERE if you're not careful. I don't know about you, but I used other mediums as well to help add to the depth of the drawing such as ink. If you haven't used let me assure you: IT IS 10x WORSE THAN CONTE. Seriously, that shit is almost impossible to work with, and it just makes an even bigger mess. However, if you get the hang of it, it does add a nice effect to the drawing.
I will say though, I honestly don't mind drawing naked people if I don't know them, but that wasn't always the case. It's the honest to god WORST when you have to draw someone you know, especially if said person is someone you've had a crush on for a while, for 3+ hours and the awkwardness factor just never goes away. I know that nakedness is perfectly natural, but there's just something about knowing the person behind the nude that just makes the whole experience that more surreal.
All in all, fine points all around, I just wanted to share my plight as an artist with you and anyone else with a spare few moments; we artists need to stick together, after all.
Well Dave... I can draw 2 circles and an oval with a stripe at the end and call it a dick. Or make 8===D instead. Suddenly, drawing genitals are the worst part IF you're immature or scared as hell because you're drawing a naked person.