A Dude led me to a Blue Nude with a Red Mood.

3rd Ward in Brooklyn holds a Drink and Draw every Wednesday night. You pay 15 bucks to go sketch, draw or paint a nude model with unlimited FREE cheap beer provided. I only ever made it to drinking two beers in 3 hours. I did however end up with sketches of nude men and women. It's just another way I can get some drawing exercises in so I can improve my skills. 

Fast forward to last week. I was at work and I got inspired by a faraway homeslice to create Blue Nude Red Mood. I haven't painted a nude figure since college so I was excited to take it on. I just wasn't sure how to go about it. I image googled nudes, I went to bed and woke up every morning thinking about it. 

It was until I went shopping with my ma and my little sister that I came upon a set of salt and pepper shakes in form of a nude male torso. 

Once I stopped giggling and fantasizing about the kind of person who would own them and use them. A light bulb went off above my head and I remembered I had old sketches of a nude man to work with. Yay! The model was a lovely man with a talent most women would appreciate. wink*

And so I found 2 BFK Rives papers in the back of my closet. That is one of the best feeling ever  - finding something you thought you didn't have or thought you lost. EUREKA! 

I don't want to make it just another nude painting. I keep staring at it trying to find the  Z twist to add to it. Something will come to me. I wasn't expecting to be inspired by an email from a homeslice. 

But it happened so high five for a muse!

Here's what I have done so far. 

A work in progress for sure. I am not sure what has gotten into me but all I want to do is paint. My dry spell is over and now it's time to bust out some sweet visuals. And my next paycheck will go to stocking up on some much needed acrylic paints. It's going to be an awesome week. :)