"A gesture could whisper something honest without saying a word" 
- Collin Douma
 

At first, I didn’t see the point. Just a room full of people, quietly drawing naked strangers. It felt awkward, a little absurd. But eventually, I started to notice things—posture, weight, the way a gesture could whisper something honest without saying a word.

 

Then it shifted. The poses stretched longer, the lines grew more intentional. It stopped being about bodies and became about structure—how a body holds space, how light moves across skin, how a shoulder can speak. That’s when I started using watercolor. I liked how unpredictable it was. Like the body, it refused to behave unless you met it halfway.

 

I don’t show this work much. It’s not about the result. It’s a ritual now. A quiet place to focus, to practice, to fall in step with others doing the same strange, beautiful thing—trying to hold on to something brief and make it last a little longer.

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