Less is more and more is everything (Sketch of the Week for Week 4 of 2026)

Week 4 for is pinups again—where less is more, both in terms of clothes on bodies and lines on page.

My son said this first one was the most “human and dynamic.” I picked it because it was the most arresting: I was fairly confident you’d stop and look and click. At the very least, it epitomizes something that feels really central to the pinup aesthetic, about the power and confidence of the women depicted in these pieces. They may be nude, but are not naked.

Pencil sketch of a classic pinup. A dark haired woman in stockings and little else reclines on the ground, one leg raised, the other bent demurely, hand draped casually to cover (not hide) her breast.

That said, I think I was probably happiest with this sketch, which was maybe the most “poetic” for lack of a better word. It captures something about being lost in the luxuriance of moving through space that I really liked.

Pencil sketch of another pinup. A nude woman dances. In the sketch her body is rendered in quick geometric forms, with only her hair and face revealing notable human detail.