Blues In Rumination and other drawings

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                                                5.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1. Bodybuilder is one of several drawings I've done over the years of my ideas of bodybuilders. Their figures are fun and interesting to draw, for the same reasons I enjoy drawing stocky,bulky male figures in general. There is more opportunity to add various lines and shadows for curves of muscle and protruding shapes beneath the flesh.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. The second drawing is a frontal closer view of the same guy in number one. It looks as if he is posing during a photo shoot in a lobby where bodybuilding events take place.                                                                                                                                                                                                             3.Dogwood in Blossom is an actual location I used to park my car at work. Spring was just beginning and as I sat during my lunch breaks, I noticed the opening white bulbs slowly appearing on the dogwood tree.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. Blues in Rumination was inspired by people who would often stand outside of apartment buildings to converse and unwind from the stresses of everyday life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5. Chocolate Cake was a pleasure creating, because it focuses on one of my favorite topics, sweets! I dreamed I was sliding my tray along the rails in a familiar restaurant. I was excited especially when I arrived to the dessert section of the food display. It seems I wanted two slices of chocolate cake, because obviously one just wasn't enough. I remembered while finishing this piece, I explained to a coworker as I continued to layer detail on the cake, " I want it to look like God on a plate! "