Sometimes in a life that includes drawing for 4 to 6 hours per day you have flashes of insight. Last week I realized that men’s genitals are darker than the rest of the skin but that you don’t want to draw them that way, or they become a focal point in your work, and then the work becomes either creepy or a piece of pornography. I’m not really into that. You want your work to look good, not necessarily completely accurate. If it’s just nasty, what’s the point?

Today I realized I had had enough of drawing our nude model’s grody colorful genitals. I put a fig leaf over that mess and I am a happier person. For your viewing pleasure: