The naked man does not dance

On a recent Saturday, Amy Albright was celebrating her bachelorette party on West 14th Street. A table was filled with miniature cupcakes and glasses of pink Champagne. Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin' played on the stereo. A shirtless waiter took coats. The guests, mostly in their 30s, sat down, waiting for the main attraction: a nude male model. But not a stripper. A subject, to draw.

"Is this a new thing?" asked Albright , who is 33 and worked at Christie's until recently. There was much nervous laughter all around; each guest was wearing an apron and sitting in front of an easel. "Just as long as I don't have to get naked, too," Albright said.

"Girls want to do something a little cheeky," said Samara Hodgson , an owner with Fleur Childs of the Artful Bachelorette, the year-old company that organised the event (and also does bachelor parties, birthdays and assorted get-togethers centring on live nude figure drawing, averaging one party weekly).

Both Hodgson, 29, and Childs, 30, are from Australia, where lifedrawing "hen parties," as they are called, are popular and considered a tasteful alternative to raucous Chippendales-type affairs. "It's common to bring your mum or aunt or grandma," Childs said. "It's something to talk about and bond with for the day. You'll learn a bit and definitely laugh a lot."

Their sessions are two hours and cost $85 a guest, which includes Champagne, snacks, a teacher, a waiter, a model and a group photo shoot. Rules prohibit guests from touching the model and photographing him while he's naked.

Jess Cohen, 28, hired the Artful Bachelorette for her best friend's bachelorette party. The guests, who were flying in to New York from around the globe, ranged in age from 26 to 75. She made the choice after dismissing options at both sides of the spectrum of decorum, like strip clubs and afternoon tea. "This was the perfect balance of fun, sexiness and creativity," said Cohen, a producer of film and video based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Cara Eisenpress, a food writer in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, is another satisfied customer. "I was very resistant to a stripper, and I don't love to be the centre of attention. I had done a bunch of drawing in high school and college. It was nice to be part of the audience, sitting there with paper and charcoal. It was down to earth with some raciness."

Back at Albright's party, it was time to take out pencils. "Without further ado, this is the lovely Kurt," said Childs, introducing the model, Kurt McVey, 28, a former lacrosse player with styled hair and chiselled features. Albright was asked to remove McVey's towel and she did as she was told, though she looked terrified.

Childs, who has a fine arts degree from the University of New South Wales, called out instructions : "Stick figures are fine at first. No crossing anything out. No erasers. The more you drink, the better you draw." She guided the group through six 60-second poses, among them facing front, facing the wall, one leg on a stool and archer pose. A final word of advice: "Don't forget to draw the male member! It's very important."

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