Finally hit a point where I’m ok calling this “done”, at least for now. Juggling a lot these days. . #art #gayart #queerart #pastel

I drew this portrait of my childhood best friend/highschool beard/favorite Judy 11 years ago. How insane is that? I’ve been doing art longer in my life than I haven’t at this rate.

It’s my birthday little gay people in my phone. Send 🍆, 🎂, or well wishes. Or buy me a copy of “Hard Boys”, the book of Harry Bush’s illustrations. I waaaaant it.

Started a pastel drawing last night. Any thoughts?

Oh hey. I’m still painting

Started this Wednesday night last week and finally knocked it out tonight. A little graphite doodle of Etthan. . #art #drawing #graphite #doodle #sketch #figureart #gayart #gay #queer #gayguy

Starting my on-boarding to adjunct for the first time since finishing my master’s. I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Trying to get better at how much painting I get done in a single session. Find that sweet spot between an alla prima and a multisession painting, y’know? Gonna need to fix the drawing a bit when it dries up in a later layer tho.

This is the whole drawing by the way. 22x30 on tones Stonehenge. I think I hate charcoal tbh.

Bluesky, save me from ever trying to draw out a flower crown in charcoal again.

Here’s a portrait of a guy way more famous on social media for his other head. 🤭 The water droplets were a pain in the butt. . . #art #drawing #doodle #graphite #sketch #portrait #thisqueersmears #gayart #queerart #gayguy

On account of me playing him for nearly 2 years now, have the first character art I did for my cleric Karaste. Peace domain, Triton/Merfolk/Sirene hybrid from an ocean love commune 😂 (just using triton base) . #art #gayart #dndart #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #peacecleric #watercolor #triton #merfolk

My first completed illustration of the year is a follow up to one of my most popular illustrations (linked below). This new one is titled "Fealty." 😁

An old ballpoint heightened with white gouache. This one was fun to hammer out way back when. The glass table disturbed a bunch of my straight friends for some reason? #art #gayart #queerart #pen #ballpointpen #doodle #drawing #gay #nude #gaynude #gayguy

I knocked out this old ink sketch from a live mode years ago at an open studio. Black India ink washes applied with a brush heightened with white chalk. Probably one of the nicest renderings of a penis I’ve hammered out TBH. 😂 . . #gayart #queerart #art #ink #indiaink #study #sketch #inkwash #gay

I did a sketch dump post on IG (Kyle.reid.art) and figured I’d throw one of my faves up here too. I typically reserve posts for drawings and paintings that take awhile, but like. For an in class interrupted sketch while I taught? I like this. #art #doodle #sketch #gayart #queerart #practice

A little watercolor portrait demo I dod during a class I taught over the summer. . . #watercolor #painting #art #queerart

A little doodle from the 5x8 sketchbook. StrongLyon on IG, idk if he’s here yet. . #drawing #sketch #doodle #pencil #graphite #art #gay #gayart #queerart

Another older one. Made it on a junk sheet of paper, but it was alright. IDK if the model has Bluesky. #art #drawing #practice #doodle #sketch #graphite #pencil

The face that launched a thousand (dozen) drawings. Much better likeness than the last one of him I posted here. This is a lil’ 5x8”notebook I got in PGH visiting @handlerbane.bsky.social a couple years back so of course he’s the first head in it . . #art #sketch #doodle #practice #drawing #portrait

Fun fact: the model I worked with on this one wouldn’t post it on his page or let me tag him because he was worried people would recognize him even under the domino mask. #art #drawing #nudeart #figuredrawing #gayart #queerart #doodle #sketch #male #malemodel #figure

Commission from awhile back. Client wanted me to share the image but cover two parts. TBH I’m not a super fan of self censorship, but this started off as an observational drawing with studio time after and that chair is 🔥. #art #drawing #doodle #sketch #figuredrawing #gayart #queerart

Why does every nude drawing I post wind up with the sexually suggestive tag on it? I don’t really make erotic work, just the occasional nude…. #bluesky #problems

Fun fact: @handlerbane.bsky.social and I met on Grindr…4+ years ago? We bonded over art from two perspectives (he studied art history). This quick life drawing was knocked out in a lazy afternoon two apartments ago. #drawing #art #gay #figuredrawing #lifedrawing #fcf #gayguy #gayart

Basic workflow pattern for when I draw a head. This one’s @spiritoferos.bsky.social . I think from late last year? #drawing #art #doodle #practice #sketch #gayart #gay #queer #queerart #graphitedrawing #pencilart

Spotify wrapped 2024 just called me the f-slur and I’m here for it.

MAN-Drake was a fun little piece from my friend @spencart18.bsky.social ‘s model mayhem awhile back. I’ve run outta time to do them since but this was a fun little push to be less realistic, more illustrative. #art #watercolor #ink #gouache #gay #queer #gayart #illustration #mandrake #fantasyart

Art///////Artist . . No, I have not seen Wicked. I was Old Greg in Drag, obviously.

If anybody spots me on any starter packs (or knows how to wind up in them) lemme know. I wanna sit with the cool kids at lunch too. 🤓 (I have crippling social anxiety)

Start to finish. Idk if Tro’s on Bluesky or not tho. This is a teensy little book of doodles I’ve been working on for awhile but never seem to finish . . #portrait #drawing #sketch #practice #art #graphite #pencil #gay #gayart #gayartist

Took a few days off posting on here on account of the holidays. This one’s @femmiedaddie.bsky.social whom I’ve had the pleasure of drawing/painting a few times over the years. This is the most recent, but not the last. #art #drawing #graphite #gay #gayart #sketch #pencil #figure #figureart

A little drawing from a couple months ago. . . #art #gayart #gay #pencil #queerart #drawing #figureart #sketch #graphiteart #artist #malemodel #pencilart

This was a charcoal life study from an open model studio back in school. My most critical professor told me it was the best piece in my thesis exhibit. 18x22” I think? Entirely hammered out in one session. . . #charcoal #drawing #obsevationalart #gayart #queerart

“A boy and his bear” Watercolor & Gouache on paper. Alex posed for me in person a few times a couple years ago, though we’ve fallen out of touch since then. I hope he’s doing well. . #art #painting #gayart #queerart #gayguy #twink #bear #figurativeart #watercolor

This portrait study of my friend Scott won me a juror’s choice award at Art of the State in Harrisburg this year. I finished 3rd in my category and one of my grad school profs took first. I was in fantastic company. Graphite on Stonehenge . . #art #drawing #gayart #queerart #portrait #graphite

Another from my little black book of portrait drawings. This one’s a greyscale set of Copics with a little bit of black pen and white gel pen. It was fun. . . . #art #drawing #copic #doodle #marker #sketch #practice #gayart #queerart #gayguy #queerartist

A little portrait of @psionicscions.bsky.social from a bit ago. I’ve been filling a little 5x8 notebook with portraits on and off for awhile now. This was drawn with layout/carbon pencils. No erasing. 💀 . . . #art #drawing #gayart #portraiture #doodle #sketch

From the video archives. Scratching in tonal differences on a drawing I hammered out one summer. I cannot remember the model’s name for the life of me on this one, but I think he’s a spicy accountant nowadays? . . . #art #drawing #gayart #queerart #pencil #sketch #doodle

This is an old inktober piece from a couple years back. I really wanted to push what I could do with a red ballpoint pen. . . #art #gayart #queerart #inktober #drawing #pendrawing #ink #ballpointpen #pen

The painting that got me my degree. It sold at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh show two years back. It was an ode to Narcissus and the observational painting program I attended. . . #art #oilpainting #painting #gayart #gay #artist #figurepainting #paintanude

Adam and I met on Gridnr 5 years ago and he posed for me two or three times before moving out of town. I need to meet another funny, hunky pothead sometime soon. . . . #art #drawing #gayart #queerart #portrait #graphite #sketch #pencildrawing

Looking through the archives and I drew this almost 10 years ago? Before I even took a proper anatomy class! Maybe that’s why the shoulder girdle looks shaky. 😭 #art #gayart #queerart #gayartist #portrait #kitharrington #got #jonsnow #youknownothing #fanartfriday

Gonna play a little bit of “Best Hits” from my IG over here in the next few days. Case in point, this beautiful life drawing I knocked out awhile back. Also happy #fcf to those who celebrate. . #art #drawing #nudeart #gayart #queerart #malemodel #figuredrawing #pastel

First post on new platform. This is an old progress shot of a painting that I adored. Hindsight being 20/20, should’ve stopped here. #art #painting #queerart #queerpainting #gay #gayart #gayguy #portrait #oilpainting