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Art Model Shandra
Live Model Books serves artists, illustrators, and anyone who needs a human figure reference with high-quality full-color photos of the figure in 360-degree rotation. Our books, disks, and downloads make it easy for artists to get just the pose they want, exactly when they want it and at an affordable price.

Through our Art Models project, we seek to help people further their understanding of the human form by providing quality reference material that can be studied at length and in close-up detail.

One of the ways we do that is through the use of lighting, studio space and camera settings designed to create images of the human form that comes as close as possible to what you would see if you were standing in the studio with the models. Another is by providing a variety of formats that make the images both affordable and convenient—no matter how you choose to work.

The human figure is a challenging subject.  It is a complex form of light and shadow, with subtle variations in color and texture, possessing both complex angles and smooth curves and all interacting in an endless variety of configurations. For many people, learning the figure is complicated by social taboos that make it difficult to find nude art models to study. This fact makes an already challenging subject even more difficult and is the problem that we wish to solve. As a result, we hope to encourage more and better figurative art.

Where to start!

Announcements

Now Available! Art Models 4 with Companion Disk


The Art Models 4 book and CD has over 60 poses -- the product page shows a full list including a preview image for every pose. The photos in AM4 were chosen by readers and website visitor as the best from our entire catalog of poses as of January 2009.

New Review of Art Models 2

at Art History Textbooks Reviews
"A lot of thought and effort went into the creation of this package to make it as useful to an artist as possible, and it very well implemented. I am VERY impressed with this package!"

Model Session Disks Now Available


By popular demand, we have created "Model Session Disks" containing all the photos from a single modeling session. Like the Companion Disks, each pose is shown in high resolution and in full 360-degree surround view with 24 photos per pose. The Session Disks, however, enable you to be more selective in the poses that you choose and they start at just $14.99, or $.50 per pose. Currently, Becca, Mandy sessions 1-3, and JesseShandra are available. Please see the website for details.

The Art Models 4 Companion Disk is now available!

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The Art Models 3 Hardcover Book with companion disk is now available.

The Art Models 3 book and CD has over 60 poses -- the product page shows a full list including a preview image for every pose. The photos in AM3 were chosen by readers and website visitor as the best from our entire catalog of poses as of January 2008.

NEW! The Art Models 3 Companion Disk is now available.


The Art Models 3 CD has over 60 poses -- the product page shows a full list including a preview image for every pose.

See people's choices for Art Models 3
and make your own selections. See the poses that people are choosing for our next book, Art Models 3. You can add your choices by logging in and visiting the Pose Tool page then clicking the letter B above any poses you want to select.

New Model, Valentine
See the results of our new proportional reference in valentine001. This Vitruvian Man pose includes a new view with a superimposed grid of head heights.

Expecting Mother, Carolyne, added!
Please see the New Poses page and look for Carolyne for poses from our new model, who was at six months when she worked with us.

We are planning the poses to be included in the next Art Models book. If you would like your favorites to be included, you can let us know what they are by adding them to your "Book Choices" from the Pose Tool.

Here's how...
1) Visit the Pose Tool and log in.
2) Clear the check from the box next to Available Only, Choose 'None' from the In Book drop down list, and click Apply Choices.
3) For any pose you would like to see in the next book, click the B above the pose to add it to your Book Choices list. That's it!

We will periodically tally the choices and use them to help select which poses to include in Art Models 3.

New Poses -- See the latest uploads.
New Free Pose
Take a look at our experimental lighting and leave a comment.  Mandy302 "The Repentant Magdalene," is now available for free download.
To Get the Pose
Do not add the pose to your cart.  Instead, just log in and click on the ! icon or the "Buy with Credits" button. The pose will be added to you library with no deduction of Pose Credits.  Once you have seen the pose--
Please leave a comment (it's easy to do):   
Log in, visit the Pose Tool and click on Mandy302. Then just type your  comment below the Zoom Viewer.
Thank You!
-Maureen and Douglas

Figurative Art Starts with the Artist's Model.

Painting with nude art models overlayed.
Several Poses can be combined into a larger composition as shown in this 19th century painting by Winterhalter. Click the painting to restart the animation. From technical drawing like Da'Vinci's Vitruvian Man to exquisitely beautiful painting like Winterhalter's Florinda, figurative art starts with the artist's model.
click image to restart Art Models' Jesse in the Vitruvian Man pose
parchment photo by Luc Viatour

Copyright © 2005-2009 Douglas and Maureen Johnson.
All images and text are Copyright © by their respective contributing artists.
Live Model Books specializes in high quality photos designed specifically for figurative artists. This site provides carefully planned and executed photos designed specifically for people who work with the human figure. Our "Art Models" collections are available in Books, Disks and instant access Downloads.