Anyway, as I was saying, I asked if he was alive and Liam thinks he is because his hand looks like it is clutching something…. Most art study I have done is historical and of course the nude is a universal subject in history, But right now?… This photo required barely any modification in iPhoto, just a little light exposure and contrast editing and cropping.

But in my usual stupid perfectionist nature I have taken out what made it art and made it something it is not…. I will modify this same painting and try to regain the base human grit and darkness I had before, hopefully retaining some of the more anatomically correct features as well…. Anyway, you can track the modifications on this painting here as I will be posting updates here.

It was incredibly difficult to execute and Unfortunately i think that the work Involved has taken away some of the spontaneity…. Liam thinks this piece is more happy than the other nudes, my jury is out really it could be the tones in color because the actual pose is quite dark when you think about it…. I don’t have any interpretations at this stage, at one stage it looked like muscle fiber and he looked vaguely dead which was kind-of weird.

actually, relaxing my techniques and trying to create art (as opposed to exact duplicates) has made me happier with my art where before I was never satisfied…. I am unsure if the black and white is what is causing the look of pathos, my choices of image or my current feelings but this painting strikes me as vaguely sad…. the sheen on the paint caused this to not photograph brilliantly, but you can get the idea.