That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 25, 2015

Being an artist’s model is a job that comes with the risk of getting splinters in the butt.

The Bride of Pinocchio?

Another hour in the studio and the model will be as white and cold as the statue!

See those 3 guys on the shelf? That’s how you’ll end up if you don’t stay still.

Samuel Clemens found something better than writing.

Naked and cold! I hope he pays good!

There’s a reason he keeps the studio chilly.

The breasts were higher when you started. How long have you been working on this?

A click-to-enlarge, framed image can be found at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry (yesterday).Working in Marble or The Artist Sculpting Tanagra (link shows pertinent Wikipedia page) is shown, with an unframed image (click-to-enlarge image found here), and described, by its current-location page.It shows the artist working on his Tanagra sculpture (click-to-enlarge image and description, click-to-enlarge detail image and description). The artist/teacher’s Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more) and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).Fourteenth, of the 19 works (20 times, so proud of one pseudo-title, he used it again), by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here (15 times total).

Showing him how she’ll ride her vintage “sit-up-and-beg” bicycle

Her skin was like alabaster…………

Geppetto, glad he wore the apron today

Atsa smart boy, Geppetto.

You know you’ve achieved perfection when you can’t tell them apart.

Is that a spear on the upper left and a quiver on the upper right?

Another work by this artist can be found here.

Does this large chunk of marble make my butt look fat?