The Body Machine series no. 56 - 60

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Body Machine # 56

2.

Body Machine # 57

3.

Body Machine # 58

4.

Body Machine # 59

5.

Body Machine # 60

It seems like I probably enjoyed the sequence of these five pieces. It was a challenge that I welcomed, with having to create this physical position from different perspectives. I know expressing the intimacy of the scene in ink washes, was especially important and rewarding.

1. Body Machine # 56, is the intro to this erotic set. I wanted each scene to flow, as if one were watching an actual film or video. It was the kind of scenes I wanted to see on a screen. 

2. Body Machine # 57, actually excites me, with the way it turned out visually and technically. The position of the probing hands, exploring and caressing his partner is captured very well. This is another example of a good contrast in texture and value, with my chosen medium.

3. Body Machine # 58, was interesting to position the legs and hands anatomically. Sometimes I place myself in certain positions, to make sure the drawn figure is captured accurately on paper. This is actually the joy I experience, using my imagination and memory versus observing another figure. I turn and twist my own hands and legs in an ideal pose or position, on the bed or floor. I then return to the drawing and execute what was just done in my own style. 

4. Body Machine # 59, is another one of my personal favorites, from this series. I love the way it turned out. It also felt like a piece that really helped create itself! I felt confident and even whimsical enough, to just sit at my drawing table, and sketch out what I wanted to see. I do not recall caring much about how it would look. But I knew there was a particular aesthetic, I had hope would appear. And this is what I received on paper, a homoerotic grace, that bodly and vividly expresses itself unapologetically! The hands, feet and facial expression of the bottom really satisfies me. And the indulgence of the top's expression, pleases me too.

5. Body Machine # 60, is a good closing to this set. The eyes can rest on darkened space, while contemplating what was just seen. But knowing what still continues to take place by the gestures of his crossed legs and feet pointing upward.