Larry was right about the students wanting to model for me. Larry’s always right. We had so many, I got to choose the ones I wanted, which was good, ‘cause a lot of those students really aren’t that fit. I think they don’t get enough fresh air and exercise with all that studying and all. But Larry knew which ones were into rowing and stuff, so I knew which ones to choose. Larry always says he likes to look at fit bodies, so I thought if I did those, he’d like them even if no one else did.
One of them was this Japanese guy, Ren. He was short like Larry, but he had lots of muscles. You could have made two of Larry out of Ren, easy. It’s not the kind of thing I go for, but I thought he’d be interesting to paint ‘cause he was so different to Larry.
His skin colour was really tricky to get ri
