*Thank you to AchtungNight for editing this story*
Part 11
"So what are you working on?" Amanda asked me. She was laying in my bed reading while I was drawing at my desk.
"Practicing for one of my final assignments. We are doing figure drawings of a live model. We are only given a small amount of time to draw them, sometimes a minute, then a couple of minutes, and at the end of class, we get five minutes to try and get in as many details as possible. It's pretty hard for me to do."
"Why?" Amanda asked.
"Because I am not good at drawing people, and I like to be able to take my time when drawing. Having such a small window to work makes me nervous. There isn't enough time to think things through and to correct mistakes," I said.
"Can I see your sketches?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah," I said as I handed the sketchbook over to her and pointedly looked away.
"Drama queen," Amanda said as she started to look through the drawings. "Wait a minute, are the models nude?" Amanda asked.
"Yes, I didn't exactly know how to say that, but that complicates things."
"I get it," Amanda said, "you are too busy checking out the models that you can't focus on your work."
"That is not true. I have seen just as many naked guys as I have girls from the class. I have seen more dicks than I want to admit."
"Is it too late for me to sign up for this class?" Amanda asked.
"Not funny. Also, several of them are old."
"I had my suspicions," Amanda said as she held up a rough drawing.
"That one was actually one of the younger models," I confessed.
"Oh," Amanda said, at a loss for words at her slip-up, but then she brightened as she said, "Maybe I could model."
"For my class?" I thought, not overly thrilled at the thought of everyone in class seeing my girlfriend naked.
"No, just for you," she said, shaking her head.
"Are you just trying to reenact that scene from Titanic?" I asked her.
"No, but now that you mention it, that would be a plus. I could not shave my armpits for a couple of months if you want me to be like the French girl he drew before Rose," Amanda said.
"I don't think that will be needed, but I will keep it in mind. When do you want to do it?" I asked her.
"We have some time now if you want," she said.
"Ok."
"I'm going to go and take a quick shower. Why don't you set up your art supplies," she suggested.
"Ok," I said again, still stunned that this was going to happen. Amanda kissed me and then went to take a shower.
A quick shower for Amanda was still long enough for me to get my pencils, erasers, and charcoal all setup and then sit there and wait in anticipation. It was still awkward for me to see nude models in class, but at least it was in an educational context and setting. I always got a thrill at getting to see Amanda naked, and now she was going to model for me. I wondered if I could even get any drawing done with her beautiful body in front of me.
I heard the shower turn off, and a few minutes later Amanda stepped out. She had her hair damp wrapped up in a towel and had another around her body.
"I figured it might help you focus on actually drawing if I don't start naked, and also, this way, you don't have to worry about drawing my hair for the first few sketches."
"You know me well, thank you."
"Where do you want me?" she asked.
"Why don't you sit on the edge of my bed in any comfortable position," I suggested.
"Ok, like
this," Amanda said, posing in a silly way that looked the opposite of comfortable.
"If you can stay still for five minutes like that, then sure," I said after laughing.
"Ok, good point," Amanda said. She relaxed, sat against my wall, and started a timer on her phone. She propped it up against a pillow so I could see the timer.
It was distracting drawing Amanda at first. I spent so much time looking at her and taking in every detail, yet when it came time to try and put those details on paper, I was overwhelmed. How could I replicate the sweet beauty in her smile, the little dimple on the left corner of her eye, the fullness of her lips, the cuteness of her nose, or the kind intelligence that danced in her eyes? I forgot all my life drawing lessons from class when, rather than trying to get the basic shapes of her pose, I spent the entire time trying to translate the beauty I saw onto the paper. I was hyperaware of the time yet made little progress as I obsessed over every line. The timer finished, and I barely had anything to show for it.
"Want me to do another pose?" Amanda asked. She had watched me draw the entire time and must have caught my agitation.
"No, I think I will do a couple more of this position, and then I will ask you to move," I said, trying to replicate the art class lessons.
"I love you. You can do this," Amanda said and smiled at me.
"Thank you, I love you too," I responded and couldn't help but smile back at her. I took a deep breath, leaned forward, and started the timer. This time, I was able to better focus on the entirety of her form, beginning with the curve of her thighs, spreading out from them in broad strokes as he drew her torso, following the contours of her body, and then filled in the shapes of her lower legs, arms, and then a rough circle for her head. I was halfway through my time when I went back over my lines, thicker now that I knew what changes I wanted to make to them. I was starting to detail her face when the timer finished. I looked down at my work, a step in the right direction, but I could now see all the places I could have more effectively done my line work.
"One more time," I said. Amanda nodded. I started the timer. I started with the slope of her shoulders and the parallel line of her waist, and then, in quick lines, I connected those lines, continuing the downward lines to draw the outer lines of her legs, feet, and then her inner legs and thighs. I knew that I had the outline of her body done much faster this time, but I didn't let myself get distracted by the timer as I started filling in the details of her body and then her face. When the timer went off, I had much more of her down on the paper than the previous attempts, but I knew I still had room for improvement.
"Is it ok if I see them so far?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah," I said, glad to have a brief break from drawing. I could draw for long periods of time with no problem, but these sprint-style drawings left me feeling exhilarated in the moment but then exhausted afterward.
Amanda looked at the drawings, lingering on the last couple. "I know I need to fix the proportions. They are a bit off," I said.
"Didn't you say these were practice ones?" Amanda asked.
"Yeah," I said.
"Well, stop beating yourself up because even your practice drawings look amazing," Amanda said. She pulled me in and kissed me sweetly. The kiss lingered and deepened, taking my breath away. "You got this," Amanda said. She went and sat back down on the bed, this time spreading her legs so that I could see her pussy. I stared at it, starting to get hard. "Well, are you going to start drawing?" Amanda asked.
"Oh yeah." I set the timer for five minutes this time. Now that I was warmed up and with Amanda's motivation, I could quickly get down the contours of her body. I went back through, going darker as I fixed my lines and started filling in the details. It was easy because the shape of the towel on her body gave me a shortcut, allowing me to use its form to contour her curves but use its rectangular shape to make the process easier. The ripples, folds, and shadows on the towels gave me extra places of detail that I was quick to fill in. The rest of the details came with less effort than before, and with a few strokes, I had Amanda's face on the paper. I was rubbing her paper thighs to get the shadows and her pussy shaded right when my timer went off.
"How did it come out?" Amanda asked me. I held up the drawing, and her eyes went wide. You did that in five minutes? It looks amazing!" she said.
"Thank you," I said, not knowing how to take the compliment. I thought it looked better than the last ones, but I could see some lines were a little off, and I wished I could shade the towel and her skin better to make them contrast better.