- I had very low expectations for myself
and the work that's being executed is lower.
(laughs)
(upbeat jazz music)
- Hi, my name is Joyce
and today we'll be taking a nude figure drawing class.
(murmurs)
- Where, we will be drawing some wee-wee's.
- Oh my.
- I'm just here to be a professional.
You guys aren't as focused on your art, like I am.
- We're gonna be doing this art class today,
because we wanna get more comfortable with our bodies
and the relationships we have with our bodies.
- I definitely feel a little bit nervous to paint,
but I'm also kind of excited,
because I haven't drawn with a nude model since 2016.
- I think painting is, like, super therapeutic.
When you're creating,
it puts you in a different mindset of
creating something outside of you in your mind.
And also, who is mad at seeing a naked body ever?
- Personally, I'm feeling a little bit nervous.
Sometimes, like, when it comes to my own body,
I'm like, a little uncomfortable.
- I also feel like, the naked body is something
that people should not be afraid of seeing.
It shouldn't be like-
(gasps)
Oh my God.
We're adults. Like, we're artists.
- Call me out, Curly. Call me out.
- Were professionals. Professionals.
- Well, my experiences with art is that,
I actually did go to film school.
Actually, specifically art school in Savannah, Georgia.
So, I did have to take some fine art classes
with my prerequisites.
I don't have the drawing skill that most people have.
So, it definitely takes me a lot longer to get things done
than other people.
But, I do still make art,
including this piece that is sitting right behind me.
- I ended up, you know, going to fashion school.
And actually, my artwork is what got me
out of the kitchen from BuzzFeed.
So, I'm not necessarily the best.
And if the inspiration is not there,
I don't always create beautiful things.
If the inspiration is here with me today, great.
If it's not, that's great too.
- I have no experience with art.
First grade teacher, she hated me.
She told me that, I was never gonna be an artist.
- But you're proving her wrong now.
- [Angel] We're gonna prove her wrong today.
Ms. Sergeant, if you're out there, I'm coming for you.
Welcome our model for today, Roberto.
Hi, Roberto.
- Hey guys, how's it going?
- Good.
- Honey.
- Thank you so much, for doing this.
Well, we're really excited.
Everyone ready to go?
- Yes. I'm ready to make art.
- He about to get naked. He about to get naked.
- I have no idea where to start with colors, everybody.
Do I make an abstract?
- I mean, honestly-
- Yes.
- ... Abstract is totally the vibe.
- I'm going abstract as well. Roberto, thank you so much
for doing this for us, by the way.
- Yes. Thank you.
- I'm loving the shapes that Roberto's giving us right now.
Like, yes.
- Yes. He's giving me very like,
renaissance, colonial vibe.
- Caravaggio.
- Bertolini.
- DiGiorno.
(laughs)
- [Angel] I like the names of the colors on the acrylics.
Like, mars black.
- Me, I'm mars black.
(laughs)
- I put one stroke down. Horrible.
(laughs)
- [Angel] I gave you more than one canvas girl.
You better switch it out.
- You never waste a canvas.
- You gotta keep going.
- I had very low expectations for myself
and the work that's being executed is lower.
(laughs)
- Low expectations.
- I was, like, tryna gauge how... Where I could start
to draw and place his body.
And I think I didn't gage appropriately.
So, I might not have space for his head.
So, it might all just be torso.
- I think I put my torso way too high as well.
- Also Roberto, this sword. Where'd you get this sword at?
- It's actually a replica from The Lord of the Rings.
- Yes.
- My mother, she used to babysit us with Lord of The Rings,
because she knew it was four hours long
and we were gonna watch the whole entire thing.
(laughs)
She'd go to the grocery store.
She would see her friend.
- Y'all, I can't draw for shit. I'm truly trying.
(laughs)
- Every time I get into, like, the art stuff,
I kind of tend to get very quiet.
Like, me personally, I get stuck in my head
and I'm like,
(hums) But I think, also like, that's kind of
the therapy behind it. Right?
But that's also me.
Like, live it. Like, live it up.
I'm enjoying you guys talking so much.
- No, you're not.
- You would like us to shut up. I get it.
(laughs)
- My Virgo frame. Like I'm like, yeah.
You know what I really love? Silence.
(upbeat music)
- Oh, now I... I touched the thing.
(gasps)
I'm so upset.
- Roberto, do you do this often?
- Yeah. I used to do this all the time.
- That's so cool.
- Are we the most annoying you've ever experienced so far?
- No, not at all.
- Really?
- Really? Stay tuned.
- No, honestly. I really like,
I prefer the background noise and music.
As opposed to being like, super dead and quiet.
- Well, I can entertain you.
Let's start in the reason why Naruto and Sasuke
are the greatest couple to ever exist.
- I mean, they were each other's first kiss, so.
- So, I just painted white, over my markings, currently.
So, I'm back with a white canvas.
- What happened?
- I don't paint fast.
I love Picasso, but can I beat him?
No. Because I'm not a serial cheater and an abuser.
(laughs)
- [Curly] Oh my God.
- I do love Pablo Picasso, but yeah, he had issues.
- I feel like everybody has issues though.
- What are your toxic traits? Go.
- Running away when I'm scared.
- Me too.
- Not holding my romantic partners up to a higher standard,
because I'm afraid to be alone.
- You speak it again. I'm needy, like super needy.
- I'm the opposite. I'm like, very, kind of,
cold in relationships. I don't need a lot of attention.
I'm like, yeah, go do you.
Like, what do you mean you wanna talk to me every day?
What do you mean you want to see me, more than twice a week?
What do you mean?
- Talking about trauma, as we always do.
- Another day, another trauma story.
- Another quick therapy session,
to make sure we're all right.
- I kinda messed up on the booty.
I'm like, no.
- I also messed up on the booty.
- Can I ask you a random question, Roberto?
I'm not as, like, comfortable in my body.
Where do you think your confidence came from?
Have you always been confident?
- It was a lot easier when
I get naked for, like, strangers, for me.
But when it's friends, family or people that I do know,
I kind of do get a little more like, you know,
reserved or shy,
or maybe just feel a little more awkward.
I guess confidence wise, I feel like,
I've always been pretty like, I don't think I've
hesitated in my decisions.
I've always been pretty sure, like, you know,
that's what I wanna do.
And I do my best at it.
I think physically, you know, that's just something that
came a lot easier to me, than it did mentally.
I feel like, mentally, I'm a little more reserved or shy,
when I'm around different social groups or different people.
- So, what step are y'all on?
I'm currently drawing the genitals.
- I'm shading the arm now.
- You're doing some advanced technique, huh?
- I'm drawing flowers in his hair.
(laughs)
- Aww. Yes baby, draw them flowers.
- Now may be a good time to quit,
because the more I'm doing to it now,
I'm starting to like it less.
- I think that when you draw, like, or when you create art,
like, there really is no such thing as like, mistakes.
If your brush went one way,
like, go that way and, like, follow it
and, like, try to get it to a point where you like it,
where you're like, okay.
But, it's like, when life gives you lemons,
you gotta make lemonade.
So, if you draw a little lemon on there,
make a little lemonade, you know?
- Okay, we got 6 minutes left.
- Uh, excuse me? On the invite, it says 12 to 3:00.
- Yeah. It's in case we have tactical issues.
(murmurs)
(ticking sounds)
- I froze and nobody saw.
(laughs)
- It's like, why do I give them quality content?
- [Curly] Well, we all have Roberto pinned.
So, we're not really seeing you.
- Yeah girl, I don't see you.
- That's your problem.
- I'm excited to see everyone's paintings.
- You shouldn't be.
(laughs)
- Who wants to go first?
- I'll go first.
- Tan, ta, ra, tan, tan, tan, ta.
- I made your arm.
That's literally all I could make.
I kept erasing it.
- [Curly] Joyce, it looks like a baguette.
(laughs)
- You can't see the detail.
- You said you were doing shading and all kinds of things.
(laughs)
- There is shading, you know what?
- It reminds me of Starry Night. Like-
- Yeah, that's what I got.
- My elbow. But like, Starry Night.
- Wait, Joyce, you have to name your piece.
What is it called?
- [Joyce] I Tried.
- [Angel] It's called, I Tried?
- Alrighty. So, mine was inspired,
because I was outside and I sitting next to
bushes of roses.
So, this is mine.
- I quit.
I quit.
Wait, what the.
- [Joyce] Why is that so good?
I'm leaving.
- [Curly] Oh my God.
- [Roberto] You really got the, like, the muscles
and the volume of my body. It reads really well.
- [Curly] Woo-hoo. Yes. I really had a good time.
And then I wanted to give you, like, kind of, like,
this feminine touch of, like, flowers
and with the muscles and the chest,
and, like, this twist of the torso, which I really love.
I'm calling mine,
Le Garcon Des Plume.
(laughs)
- So, I drew this.
- [Curly] Wow.
- Wow.
- And this one is... Like gender isn't real,
'cause it's not.
- You gave me a butt.
- It was an accident, but it was a happy accident.
I wanted it to be, like, a little political,
a little, like, messagy.
I called this one,
Truths You're Not Ready For.
- Wait. Which one was your favorite?
(laughs)
- This is not a competition.
- My favorite in abstraction is Joyce's.
'Cause it's like-
- [Angel] How does Joyce win every challenge?
Curly, I just love yours for the aesthetic.
And then Angle's-
- [Curly] Yes.
- Your voice, what you had to say with it,
you know, it's real.
Like, that really speaks to me and it speaks volumes.
- So who won, America?
- I like Curly's.
(all cheering)
- Curly wins one.
- Curly wins.
- [All] Bye.
- Bye Roberto.
- I think nude classes have always taught me that, like,
bodies are bodies.
I know that sounds really, really, like, confusing, but.
- When presented with the opportunity to look at a body.
You don't really judge it in the same way that
you judge yourself.
- Going beyond this class.
Like, I'm going to look at, like, my own body and, like,
kind of a different, like, kind of like, you know,
there's things to appreciate about everybody.
Whether you're, like, perfectly satisfied with
your own or not.
- My biggest tip for everyone is to look at yourself naked.
Look in the mirror and actually look at your body.
And don't look at it through the lens of Instagram.
Don't look at it through the lens of other people
or compare your body with them.
And then when you start to look at it,
you'll realize that the things that you don't like
about yourself, could either be something that needs
to be changed for you, if that works for you.
Or it's something that is really
just what makes you beautiful.
(upbeat music)