Amy with her Violin

I painted this pas­tel fig­ure draw­ing of Amy with here vio­lin in my liv­ing room at Flan­ders Street in Port­land , Ore­gon. I used to have a large olive green couch that I used as a back­drop for my pas­tels. I couldn’t sit on it for more than 15 min­utes with­out falling asleep, it had the same effect on Amy. This is sec­ond nude with a vio­lin that I’ve drawn and the third with a musi­cal instru­ment. I’ve heard it said that the body of the vio­lin and the cello are based on the female torso, I sup­pose it’s a nat­ural composition.

Nude pas­tel draw­ing done with Schminke pas­tels on Rives BFK paper.