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Drawings of the Male Nude

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Don Bachardy's skills as a draughtsman are firmly established. He has been drawing and painting from the model for several decades and now that his reputation as an artist is well established it is doubly rewarding to visit his early work. DRAWINGS OF THE MALE NUDE, published with the usual high degree of artistic integrity that has become the hallmark of TwelveTrees/Twin Palms Press, is a large format, generously spacious book that sets off Bachardy's drawings almost as well as looking at the originals. The works are all pencil, pen and ink, and ink wash renderings of friends and acquaintances of Bachardy. With his extraordinary powers of observation he renders portions of the figure full, leaving other portions merely suggested. The eyes have it: Bachardy admits that he always begins with the eyes. But his appreciation of the nude male body is obvious in his choices of pose, and sensuality, his hints of eroticism. Spend time leafing through this book and you will come to know these various men well! Do what you can do to find a copy of this book!