Nude modeling and experiences?

[BuckCanucked]

Have you posed in the buff? Would you today?

I'm asking because an acquaintance is modelling at an art school in his city. He's a regular, weekly 2 hour lab sessions for students in sculpture and charcoal. He's late 40s, reasonably fit, a free spirit (think, burning man), so not a surprise. I think he just enjoys the experience as I'm pretty sure he doesn't need the money. He has cheekily posted some of the work to social media and much of it is very... detailed. 

So, I've been a bit of a nudist and exhibitionist from my youngest days - toddlerhood on up -I'm told that at maybe 4 years old I once escaped my babysitter's grasp after bath time and ran into my folks' dinner party screaming "naked baby, naked baby"-I was looking for a goodnight kiss from my folks.

(Years later, around 2005, I was at a dinner party and the neighbors' three young sons nonchalantly jumped in the pool in the same state of undress and then casually approached the tables to pick fruit off charcuterie trays. It was amusing. Mom and dad were nonplussed. Brothers...).

Decades ago now, I posed for an art class at my university a few times, maybe just three. My female cousin was in one of the classes - that's how I knew they were offering decent money (for a college kid). Of course she'd seen me naked many times before and after puberty because, well, if you can't be naked visiting relatives, where can you be naked? A couple times she, my girlfriend (her roommate) and her girlfriends would also go to the "res" - what passed for a beach - with their boyfriends and then of course, most of us guys, drunk and rowdy after sunset, would find our way into the water for horseplay in underwear or naked depending on each of our confidence, nakedness, and drunkeness. Once or twice the ladies joined us but bra and panties were the order of the day for them IIRC. 

Nothing more lascivious than that, I'm still naked often, sometimes at a resort, k-spa, always in a hotel room (for some reason), but I sometimes wonder if I could scratch that itch posing for folks for this art school workshop. Or maybe at a college... because when I think about it, it might be hard to find willing bodies now that no one even dresses out for school sports anymore. 

I dunno. It wouldn't be for the money, so it might seem a bit creepy (I'm a decade older than my acquaintance and not quite the free spirit he is) that an old guy poses for shits and giggles.

Edited Friday at 12:36 AM by BuckCanucked

[+ RyanDean]

Where do you live?

I'm aware of a number of figure drawing classes that engage a primarily gay/queer cohort of artists in NYC, including at least one that hosts remote modeling sessions. One of the best NYC ones hosts male models of all ages/shapes and another often includes more explicitly erotic poses/sequences. There are also private groups for more serious/experienced artists.

I'm also aware of at least one gay figure drawing group in LA and one in San Francisco, plus one based in the UK that hosts models from all over for artists that are as well. 

But, yes -- your local college maybe, and probably also your local arts society/council, but there might also be other opportunities in the gay communities near you...

[BuckCanucked]

4 minutes ago, RyanDean said:

Where do you live?

I'm aware of a number of figure drawing classes that engage a primarily gay/queer cohort of artists in NYC, including at least one that hosts remote modeling sessions. One of the best NYC ones hosts male models of all ages/shapes and another often includes more explicitly erotic poses/sequences. There are also private groups for more serious/experienced artists.

I'm also aware of at least one gay figure drawing group in LA and one in San Francisco, plus one based in the UK that hosts models from all over for artists that are as well. 

But, yes -- your local college maybe, and probably also your local arts society/council, but there might also be other opportunities in the gay communities near you...

Really? I may need to invent a business trip to the coasts. Of course, if I charge, the whole thing is a write off anyway... (I'm in Michigan.)

[CuriousByNature]

Never ever.  Not only do I shower with the lights off, I also wear a blindfold just in case I somehow get a glimpse of myself.

[jeezifonly]

A grad student in college used my feet for a costume rendering model, but I was never asked to do more. I'm actually at the point where I'd have nothing to lose by posing nude- and students actually need to be able to draw and paint folds...

[Luv2play]

When I was at university in the 1960’s I took a course in fine art drawing. We did drawings of nude models both male and female in charcoal. As I recall the sketches needed to be done in 20 minutes or so and 3 an hour.

I got an A in the course and kept 2 of the sketches as keepsakes, 1 male and one female. I’ll post one. 

[Luv2play]

[Luv2play]

I noticed this guy was wearing briefs but not all of them did. The females were always naked (or nude) lol. 

[+ purplekow]

If you are thinking this long and hard about this, you should do it.  Here in the US, nudity is taken much too seriously.  More Prudity than Nudity.  

I have no desire to see my body, naked or not, but as it happens, I have little concern about others seeing it.  In the evenings, I would walk onto my porch nude if the weather was permitting.  If I needed to take in the trash cans, I would check for traffic, but I found it refreshing to take that brief stroll briefless.  I have also been on stage naked and go to nude beaches and will go nude at the pool if the host is okay with that.  Come to Palm Springs in April, if you dare and see for yourself.  Trying to get into better shape for that but that is not really going to happen.  I wish I had more to be boastful about when I am naked, but I see no point in being ashamed.  I am what I am.      

 

Edited Saturday at 01:34 AM by purplekow

[soloyo215]

I had self image issues as a young man, though I had times when I'd go out looking like a flaming queen wearing tight and see-through clothes. I once posed semi-naked for an HIV/AIDS prevention campaign poster.

I had a two-hour naked photo shoot in 2024 (at the tender age of "not twenty anymore") in Puerto Vallarta, at a clothing optional hotel, so I posed all over the facilities, with some shots of me diving and by the play areas, with the photographer following me.

My body is not exactly "model material" at all, but it was fun. I still have no clue what possessed me to do that.

Edited Saturday at 01:44 AM by soloyo215

[BuckCanucked]

Your poster modeling job reminded me that I was late 20s having dinner on the patio of a casual mexican place when a male stripper performed for a bachelorette party. It must have been late because I was just a witness at another table with a buddy and AFAIK no kids around. (Not a private room, weirdly.) No big "sexy cop" reveal or anything, I don't recall even noticing his entrance until the girls started screaming. Some gyrations in a speedo for a couple minutes and then what appeared to be his chaparone (a guy his age that sat away from the action and seemed annoyed) gave him a robe. I mention it because at the end he made a loud show of the fact that he was a model in a college issue of Playgirl, passed it around, and presented the bride with a signed copy. I remember he was very full of himself and faked humility but in my memory had no particular right to be so proud..., but maybe that was my jealousy that he a, was in Playgirl, and b, got damn near naked in the middle of a restaurant.

It's a weird circumstance but that's the way I remember it. Besides, if it weren't out in the open, how did I ever see it? The 90s, man. I wish I'd have been more aggressive with continuing my model work when my hair had color and my skin was taut but by then I was "building a career".

Edited Saturday at 02:42 AM by BuckCanucked

[BuckCanucked]

1 hour ago, Luv2play said:

Yup, this looks like my body in college. Would have given my last dime to have had 20 more pounds on my frame at the time. Today I've added 40 to it. Ah, glories of aging.

Edited Saturday at 02:50 AM by BuckCanucked

[+ Italiano]

Oh yes!

30 years ago when I was in my 30s, sexy and desirable I was asked by a friend who owned an Art Gallery to pose naked with other 4 guys for a known painter.

I wasn't paid, but the painter named the painting after my profession:)

It was fun!
(I am the one with the visible ass....)

Edited Sunday at 11:57 AM by Italiano

[+ Charlie]

In 1967, my first partner and I had a close friend who published a gay magazine (Drum) that was available to subscribers only. He had recently acquired a young boyfriend who had ambitions to become a professional photographer. One weekend I went away somewhere, and when I got home, I asked my partner what he had done while I was away, and he just said, "Oh, I hung around with Clark and Jimmy." When I received the next issue of the magazine, I was stunned to see that the back cover of the issue was a color photo of my partner, lying naked on his back in a field of grass, one leg discretely raised to hide his genitals. I exclaimed, "Why did you do that?!" He said, "Oh, Neil Edwards [a well-known physique photographer] was with us, and I thought he was just teaching Jimmy how to take photos. Clark didn't tell me it was going to be published." Knowing what an exhibitionist my partner was, I didn't really believe him. I still have the copy of the magazine.

[Whippoorwill]

In the 1980s, when I was around 40, I was a frequent participant at a jack-off club in SF, formed as a safer-sex venue. On one occasion there were photographers from Drummer magazine there, and it was great fun being photographed, and later showing the magazine around to friends. I think all the participants got turned on by being photographed jacking off themselves and others, and several talked about wanting to do more porn. I don't know that anyone actually got into the business based on this experience, however. 

[+ Just Sayin]

I was in New York last fall, and, because I follow several photographers who photograph men on Instagram, I knew about Drink N Draw at G Lounge Chelsea; the Saturday I was there, as luck would have it, Mr. Teddybear was the model; he modeled in multiple positions for roughly an hour with some breaks, and he was totally nude; there were about 8 of us there and I thought the atmosphere was very supportive; I had a great time and would recommend it.

[+ purplekow]

On 2/14/2026 at 4:27 AM, Italiano said:

Oh yes!

30 years ago when I was in my 30s, sexy and desirable I was asked by a friend who owned an Art Gallery to pose naked with other 4 guys for a known painter.

I wasn't paid, but the painter named the painting after my profession:)

It was fun!
(I am the one with the visible ass....)

very nice.  I hope a fun time was had by all.  Lawyers in Love?  

 

Edited Sunday at 08:39 PM by purplekow

[+ PhileasFogg]

I’d do it in a heartbeat.  Not sure there’d be demand for my services 🥲😅🤣

[BuckCanucked]

1 hour ago, purplekow said:

very nice.  I hope a fun time was had by all.  Lawyers in Love?  

 

@Italiano was a congressman back then. "Circle Jerk"

[Whippoorwill]

Reading others' experiences has jogged loose a long-forgotten memory. When I was a freshman in college in the early 1960s, and deep in the closet, we had art classes, including a couple of sessions that were life figure drawing. The students were about 50 men and 3 women. In the class with a woman model, she was a past-middle aged, overweight model, with lots of character creases and rolls to draw, completely nude. No sexual vibes at all. During the break, she would slip on a translucent lace bed jacket. The next week was a male model. Terrified that I would get a hard on, I wore a jockstrap and underwear under my pants. The model was a probably college aged youth, who looked like he needed the income. He wore a posing strap throughout. During break, he wore the same lace bed jacket. We inadvertently met during the break in the men's room, catching a cigarette. We had a little cat and mouse conversation, but neither of us had the nerve to do what we really wanted, which included getting rid of his posing strap and my jock strap. 

Interesting how women can be nude, but penises are off limits. I later had a sister-in-law who was a professional artist. She exhibited lots of nude paintings, mostly of women but some of men. She did say that there was no problem exhibiting female nudes, but she had to be careful where she could show the male nudes. Female nudes were "art" but male were sexual. No question which my bf and I preferred. 

[BuckCanucked]

I had to make a presentation about a subject of my choice for Spanish class and I chose my experience modeling. The rote, "Donde esta la biblioteca" became "?!Donde esta tu ropa!?"

I've read about medical models as well, who volunteer for hands on physicals, yes, that type of physical. I should ask an old roommate about that, he became a physician.

[+ purplekow]

1 hour ago, BuckCanucked said:

I had to make a presentation about a subject of my choice for Spanish class and I chose my experience modeling. The rote, "Donde esta la biblioteca" became "?!Donde esta tu ropa!?"

I've read about medical models as well, who volunteer for hands on physicals, yes, that type of physical. I should ask an old roommate about that, he became a physician.

Back in the day, I was a medical student and we were learning how to do colonoscopy.  Not the nice fiberoptic colonoscopy but the rigid metal colonoscopy.  There was a room set up with about 15 curtained off areas, each with an examining table.  There was an individual instructor for each of the students and a volunteer patient who was paid a modest sum.  The instructor first showed us how the scope itself worked.  Not a big mystery, a 3 inch around hollow metal tube with a plunger with a hard rubber dildo like head which was rounded and allowed for the insertion into the rectum and then was removed through the tube.  At that point, one could see in through the tube which had a light inside.  One would follow the course of the intestinal opening, twisting one's wrist to allow the tube to straighten out the curves of the sigmoid which is s shaped and  then introduce the rigid sigmoidoscopy which was 25 centimeters long, 15+ inches.    The volunteers had this done without medication or anesthesia.  Although fairly easy to describe, the twists and turns were difficult to get through and instead the intestines would be stretched and prodded.  Fifteen of these, going on at the same time.  Screams permeating the room.  "STOP STOP STOP" being yelled by the patient and the instructor.  You were instructed to pull back and then try going forward again.  Sweaty medical students who were told they had the complete the scoping to pass this segment of the course.  The first person done took about 15 minutes and as I recall the last person done took more than 1 hour.  

I just recall leaving the area, drenched in sweat and with the screams echoing in my head all through my trip to the lunch room.  Yes, we had lunch right afterwards. I can not imagine what the volunteers did, but my guess would be they never volunteered for this again.  

Other patient volunteer sessions were not so gruesome.  

Edited Sunday at 11:37 PM by purplekow

[Luv2play]

I looked up another drawing I did in that art class in 1967 and the model was completely nude. Cute also. 

[BuckCanucked]

15 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

I looked up another drawing I did in that art class in 1967 and the model was completely nude. Cute also. 

Do you still draw?

[Luv2play]

1 minute ago, BuckCanucked said:

Do you still draw?

Yes, but not as much as I should. Some of my drawings have been published in books as illustrations. Also paint and do other media but just for my own pleasure. My career took me in other directions.