Man Riding Another Man & Other Drawings

1. Man Riding Another Man             

2. Man Standing Beside Car                                

3. Man Standing In Closet                

4. The Writer                                     

5. Man Standing Before A Mirror     

1. Man Riding Another Man, is another piece that was drawn with a brush and ink, with washes added. It was also done on a scrap piece of mat board. This is a position I like to draw, and it produces various outcomes, regardless of how it is created. This is a good angle to draw, because it displays the most in depth physical perspective of this sexual position, while including much space of the room within the same setting.

2. Man Standing Beside Car, was an early attempt at drawing a car effectively. It is reminiscent of a vintage photograph, and this was my intention. It looks like the time period is around the nineteen thirties or forties. I have been drawing cars more often now, but this one, created in 2005, is more preferable. I like the body of this kind of vehicle, and my style of drawing, translates well with such cars. I was able to draw it freehand rather easily, because of the certain curves and angles that are similar to drawing a figure. Now I use rulers to incorporate perspective more accurately, in which I did not like doing during this period, because of my disdain for drawings that appeared too "mechanical."

I have learned to embrace it more, as my ideas benefit from the approach.

3. Man Standing In Closet, is a drawing that I am fond of, but it is not quite one of my favorites. I think it turned out good, overall, and the perspective is interesting. It displays various textures, with the ballpoint pen's hatching lines, I drew particularly in the figure. I think his body type is definitely beautiful. I decided to add another figure, in the mirror, reflecting a man standing in the doorway of the closet. It was a last minute gesture, as many of my drawings are when I finalize the overall theme. If it were not, I would have thought more, about the positioning of the man's reflection in the mirror. But the narrative is clear, as I wanted to express that look, of someone entering their closet, to decide what to wear, after a shower, perhaps, and suddenly being interrupted by someone else or something. 

4. The Writer, is a tribute to the process of writing. I have been writing in journals for over twenty years. It is my best friend. Writing for me, can be grueling, but self analytical, in which is very therapeutic to me.

5. Man Standing Before A Mirror, was inspired by the character I named Forde. Forde was inspired by the man I would see in the apartment complex behind mine. He would cut his hair sometimes, then let it grow, and twist it. I drew these different phases, and incorporated stories with them. This drawing, was based on my idea, of him spending a few days with another man, he was intimate with. He is standing in the man's bedroom mirror, smoking.