For artists needing a their own ‘intensive’ – a custom session with time to work directly with a male life model for practice or creation of drawings/paintings emphasizing particular pose types, compositions, and/or anatomical areas they may not have found available during scheduled group sessions. When booking, please be sure to answer the questionnaire (see PDF in “Extras” tab) and get the responses to Avid with enough time to prepare your appointment or get clarification from you. Please keep the request realistic in terms of time and physical capabilities.  We can work with your preference to the extent feasible, for example how much time to spend on short versus longer poses. 

Three-hour appointments require a few rest breaks of around 5 minutes, or sometimes more depending on the physical demands of the requested pose(s).  There are many ways to use a longer appointment like this; here are just two examples showing schedules that are usually feasible (you can provide additional scheduling preferences with your questionnaire answers):

- 10-minute interview/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 6x 2-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 1x 10-minute short pose

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 10-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- 20-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 20-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- 20-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 50-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction, with break mid-way

OR:

- 10-minute interview/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 6x 2-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 10-minute setup and beginning of long pose

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 2+ hours of same long pose, with breaks as needed (approx. every 20-30 min.)

For artists needing a their own ‘intensive’ – a custom session working with a male life model to practice or create drawings/paintings emphasizing particular pose types, compositions, and/or anatomical areas they may not have found available during scheduled group sessions. When booking, please be sure to answer the questionnaire (see PDF in “Extras” tab) and get the responses to Avid with enough time to prepare your appointment or get clarification from you. Please keep the request realistic in terms of time and physical capabilities. We can work with your preference to the extent feasible, for example launching into a single pose ASAP if warm-ups are not needed. 

Two-hour appointments require a couple rest breaks of around 5 minutes, or sometimes more depending on the physical demands of the requested pose(s).  There are many ways to use a longer appointment like this; here are just two examples showing schedules that are usually feasible (you can provide additional scheduling preferences with your questionnaire answers):

- 5-minute intro/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 3x 2-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 2x 10-minute short poses

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 10-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- 15-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 20-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 30-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

OR:

- 5 minute intro/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 3x 2-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 20-minutes of long pose #1

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 25-minutes of long pose #1

- >> short break/check-in discussion, ~5 minutes

- 50-minutes of long pose #2 (or continuation of long pose #1), with ~5 minute break mid-way

For artists needing some time working with a male life model to practice or create drawings/paintings emphasizing particular pose types, compositions, and/or anatomical areas they may not have found available during scheduled group sessions. When booking, please be sure to answer the questionnaire and get the responses to Avid with enough time to prepare your appointment or get clarification from you. Please keep the request realistic in terms of time and physical capabilities. We can work with your preference to the extent feasible, for example launching into a single pose ASAP if warm-ups are not needed. But here are two examples of schedules usually feasible in 1-hour appointments:

- 5 minute intro/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 3x 2-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 3x 5-minute short poses

- >> short break/discussion, ~5 minutes

- 10-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

- 20-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction

OR:

- 5 minute intro/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 3x 1-minute gesture poses for artist/model warm-up, and test/tweak tech setup

- 50-minute pose tailored to artist’s request/direction, with ~5 minute break mid-way

For artists needing a mini session with a life model to practice or experiment drawing/painting a specific pose type or area of anatomy. When booking please be sure to answer the questionnaire (see PDF in "Extras" tab) so Avid can prepare your appointment. Please keep the request realistic in terms of time. We can work with your preference to the extent feasible, but here an example of a workable ½ hour appointment schedule:

- 5 minute intro/collaborative discussion on artist’s specific goals and setup

- 3x 1-minute gesture poses for warm-up, and to test/tweak tech setup

- 20-minute pose (or 2x 10-minute) tailored to artist’s request/direction

Need some extended and customized live modeling poses from which to work or practice? This package includes a total of 9 hours of working with Avid plus coordination by email or messaging to pre-plan your sessions. This allows you to focus the time on specific goals, such as creating a detailed or specific work or practicing with emphasis on particular challenges.

Private video chat with Avid is feasible, and/or your time can be used in webinars set up just for you (you can invite up to 1 additional artist). With hourly rates already discounted for 3-hour sessions, this 20% discount makes private bookings even more affordable

Custom sessions allow the artist to provide specific or general direction for the model to work with, and to determine appointment times and flow suitable to their needs. Dates and specifics for each session can be worked out separately, but select this to receive a 20% discount ($24 savings) by pre-booking 3 appointments.

Need some customized, focused practice including ability to privately video-chat with the model to adjust poses, work on specific areas, customize the session etc? With the model working just for you and only you? This is a great way to do that at a reduced price, by booking a set of 3 two-hour appointments. Dates and specifics for each session can be worked out separately, but select this to receive a 20% discount ($24 savings) by pre-booking 3 appointments.