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This piece is titled Cincinnasty Life Model. It’s 11x14 inches, drawn in pencil and watercolor on 100% cotton paper. I made it in 2025 as part of a session where I was revisiting more traditional life drawing techniques but keeping my usual approach—working fast, loose, and with an eye toward simplified form.
The model is seated in a dynamic pose, torso turned, one arm lifted above the head, the other bent at the elbow. It’s a classic contrapposto setup, with the figure shifting weight and twisting in space, which adds tension and elegance. I didn’t go in for detail on the face or limbs—instead, I focused on the gesture, musculature, and light. The breasts, ribcage, and pelvis are all rendered in broad watercolor washes with some pencil structure underneath. I used a gray palette and no background elements except the shaded field, which fades out and centers the figure.
The style is mostly naturalistic, but it’s stylized in the way I broke the body into angular shadows and left large areas of the paper untouched. There are no hard outlines; instead, light and shape define the edges. It’s anatomical, but expressive—this isn’t about photorealism, it’s about rhythm and weight.
The composition is asymmetrical but balanced. The lifted arms draw the eye upward and to the left, while the seated position anchors the figure diagonally. I placed the model slightly off-center to follow the rule of thirds, which gives the piece motion and openness. There's a tension between the figure's elegance and the rawness of the wash technique.
This isn’t necessarily part of my usual queer-themed work—it’s more of a studio exercise, but one that still reflects how I see bodies: as expressive, powerful, and worthy of close, honest observation. It’s also a nod to the kind of academic training I had early in my career, now filtered through a looser, more personal lens.
Details
Title: Cincinnasty Life Model
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on cotton paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Year: 2025
Unframed
Signed and dated lower right
Ships flat with archival sleeve and backing
Original artwork—not a print
FREE SHIPPING
Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks
This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
This piece is titled Cincinnasty Life Model. It’s 11x14 inches, drawn in pencil and watercolor on 100% cotton paper. I made it in 2025 as part of a session where I was revisiting more traditional life drawing techniques but keeping my usual approach—working fast, loose, and with an eye toward simplified form.
The model is seated in a dynamic pose, torso turned, one arm lifted above the head, the other bent at the elbow. It’s a classic contrapposto setup, with the figure shifting weight and twisting in space, which adds tension and elegance. I didn’t go in for detail on the face or limbs—instead, I focused on the gesture, musculature, and light. The breasts, ribcage, and pelvis are all rendered in broad watercolor washes with some pencil structure underneath. I used a gray palette and no background elements except the shaded field, which fades out and centers the figure.
The style is mostly naturalistic, but it’s stylized in the way I broke the body into angular shadows and left large areas of the paper untouched. There are no hard outlines; instead, light and shape define the edges. It’s anatomical, but expressive—this isn’t about photorealism, it’s about rhythm and weight.
The composition is asymmetrical but balanced. The lifted arms draw the eye upward and to the left, while the seated position anchors the figure diagonally. I placed the model slightly off-center to follow the rule of thirds, which gives the piece motion and openness. There's a tension between the figure's elegance and the rawness of the wash technique.
This isn’t necessarily part of my usual queer-themed work—it’s more of a studio exercise, but one that still reflects how I see bodies: as expressive, powerful, and worthy of close, honest observation. It’s also a nod to the kind of academic training I had early in my career, now filtered through a looser, more personal lens.
Details
Title: Cincinnasty Life Model
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on cotton paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Year: 2025
Unframed
Signed and dated lower right
Ships flat with archival sleeve and backing
Original artwork—not a print
