Art movements over the centuries have looked to establish hidden expressions on canvas or paper. Sometimes they have run close to the linear symmetry of lines, forms and colors. At other times they have put more emphasis on the illustrative and the mimetic forms of art. Art forms, in whichever way they have chosen to depict or transform life have been lapped up by waiting audience, connoisseurs have heaped praises on art movements since many centuries and many of the paintings continue to be a rage today. They sell big in art galleries.

Nude paintings are one such dimension of the art form. The nude male and female paintings have deserved quite an acclaim and they have also got it. Yes, the female side has been certainly more erotic and sensuous and male nudity especially the frontal one has seldom dazed even the painters who do it but overall, aesthetic brilliance can be sought in both of them. Let's discuss a little about male nudity here. Sheer anatomical accuracy of the figurative paintings is equally well executed in this typical art form. Nude paintings provide different painters with different stretches of psyche distortions.

Frontal male nudity has inspired many painters who have been able to look above the sheer distaste of painting male physicality. Often the aspersions of being gay have been quite a scar as well for such painters. But look deep down and think: the way torso joins the hips and nipples stand outside the areola. The way the pubic hair meets the knob and the testicles symmetrically protrude out of the pelvis region (especially in summer). Men are also shaped by Gods and if they are graceful, well! The paintings automatically absorb the brilliance. In each of their movements lies the key to the swings in mood which are being depicted on the canvas.

Today painters are aligning more to the acrylic medium. It gives them the facility to paint on paper as well as canvas. One more thing; the acrylic medium dries faster and hence the paintings can be completed faster. This way the models do not have to wait for tiring long hours stretching into days. While making nude male paintings on Acrylic, it is important to keep a wiping cloth ready. Such cloth helps in keeping the paint from blotching on the surface.