Quarantine Art Club with Elya (Degas' Washing Women Themed Session)

Model: Elya  (IG: @arte_muse)

Very excited to have had the incredible Russia based model Elya for the first time with 2B, with a fab Degas themed session!

“Degas often used sketches as a preliminary step to study the light and the composition for his paintings.

This work is part of a series of drawings in pastels which depict women bathing, some showing women in awkward, unnatural positions. Degas, said, he intended to create a feeling in the viewer: “as if you looked through a keyhole.”  Degas examined the human figure with its many nuances and possibilities in his series of nude bathers. Degas set up tubs and basins in his studio and asked his models to go through their usual routines during their baths and personal care.

He captured them in their natural poses and from different perspectives to revealed new possibilities in his composition. Degas has created an intimate and spontaneous piece of art that captures the dynamic act of bathing.”

(Streaming only)

Financial Transparency: 50% of profits go towards the model as they would in the live sessions.

House Rules: Recording and taking screenshots of the screen is FORBIDDEN, please do not do this out of respect for the model, thank you.