“I like to wear women’s clothes...”

[ReineD]

[SIZE="3"]I appreciate your response. I hope that doesn’t sound (read) too hollow. For a moment there I got the feeling you were making fun of me, or US (non-TG MtF crossdressers) – your “jockstrap” comment was ill-received, FYI. We MtF's get laughed at a lot, you know. I try not to form impressions of people on this site, seeing as how all I have is a few words to go on. Perhaps I “bug” you, and you bug me in return…[/SIZE]

I didn't mean to be offensive. To be honest, a jock strap was the only thing that came to mind for items of clothing that women don't wear. We wear everything else! :D

And you don't bug me at all. Why should you?

[SIZE="3"]Have you ever wondered why male artists (and female artists, too) make so many nudes? It’s difficult to do properly, for one thing, but the effort is made because the artist wants to see nude people, period, and they are not in evidence most of the time.[/SIZE]

I'm a figurative artist as well, but I don't sell work. I do strictly nudes, self portraits although I hate working from a mirror, and my kids when they let me. I can't afford models, but I join the figurative drawing and painting classes at the local university. I'm attracted to nudes for different reasons than you though. I'm attracted to the beauty of the human form (male and female, young and old) and I enjoy representing life. When I draw (I mostly draw), I become one with the medium, with the paper, with the form that I am drawing, with the subject, and time ceases to exist. It's as if I can feel on my body what my eye sees and my hand executes. It's a spiritual experience for me and the beauty of it takes my breath away.

An artist I admire is Lucian Freud.