[Deborah Chapin]

I'm including more figurative work in my plein air painting, and I am having a difficult time in finding reliable models. Although I can do small figures from the people who are actually in a scene I would like to find models to do more indepth work. Can anyone suggest first how to find good models and second how to keep them working. Also, could you give me some tips how long one generally keeps someone in a pose. Since most of my models have been friends to date and they aren't used to modeling it has been difficult to judge this topic.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best Regards
Deborah Chapin