A Habanero Nude

The blue nude

I'm trying to show the process here.  I started out making four different compositions and chose the bottom one (charcoal) I actually made four different watercolors of the composition.  I wanted it to be more abstract than the drawing, so I laid in the form with clear water and then dropped in the color.

Reclining Nude

Another view of the same nude.  The model held this pose for a long time and as I was doing quick watercolor sketches, I managed to get in quite a few wacks!  (At the paper, that is) This is painted in a handmade journal that I made with the help of My Friend Edwardine.  My original intention for this journal was to dedicate it entirely to sunsets, but nudes seem to be aggressively overtaking it.

One Nude, Four Views

This is four views of the same pose, done very quickly.  The over all composition turned out well.