Lakeside

With this one, I wanted to break away a bit from the traditional cheesecake poses that defined so much of the pinup art of the 1930s through the 1960s. And while I remember having a fair amount of trouble putting it all together, looking back, I think the pose itself turned out pretty darn well!

Especially considering I pulled the whole thing out of thin air. No references, no photographic inspiration, just me trying to figure it out as I went!

Where I really struggled was with the landscape and some of the more nature-centric elements of the composition. For whatever reason, those details just weren't cooperating with my hand that day. And it's exactly that sort of thing that makes me want to revisit older pieces and take another crack at them.

Maybe someday I will! But regardless of the struggles, this was a fun experiment and one I'm still pretty happy to have tackled.