I drew James again today, with great pleasure. He was one of my favorite models about a year ago, but he found a job at a bike store in Oakland, and was so busy he had no time to model for me any more. We saw each other at parties and such, but I thought I would never draw him again. But to my great joy, he quit his old job, got a new one as a bike messanger (which is more his passion), and has the time to model again. But only for a little while - at the end of the summer he's moving to Dublin, so expect to see lots of him in the next few months, as I will draw and draw him while I can. Today, I continued with my rowing theme, and I also did a small reclining painting. The drawings will be posted soon. In the meantime, enjoy the photos of my beautiful friend James,

Felix.

Here I am working on his painting, in my living room.

Above, James is weighing himself during a break from painting, and below, in some rowing poses.

The drawing above is one of the rowing pictures I did this afternoon. Below, James is looking on the internet to show me the crew boat, as he was on Crew when in college. We found a picture, and replaced the fully dressed crewman with a nude James, while using the setting (the boat and water) to complete the picture.

And above, James is looking at the painting I had done earlier that evening in the studio.