Month: February 2024
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100 Day Project 2024 Day 1
Just in at the last minute for Day 1 of the #100dayproject, although this blog is being posted on Day 2, but that’s how I roll. It was after 10pm here when I remembered, so this is a quick sketch using a selfie profile photo for reference. No daylight for taking the pic of the…
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Painting Over Perfectionism
Yesterday I spent some time on the oil portrait I have been working on. I am not much used to working in oils, so the learning curve is, well, curvy, and steep. I realise I have become quite comfortable in making art fast, and I enjoy that process, and it definitely helps me be loose and…
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Continuing practise
How is my practise and word of the year going? Well, it’s the start of February and I have managed to blog on a loosely weekly schedule. There’s no schedule, that word is glowing up the vague remembrance to actually write something on the website I pay for. I notice the weird internal dialogue about…
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Critical Comparison Crap
I’m working on two paintings this week, both using the same reference. Here’s one of the works-in-progress with the background and underpainting blocked in. I’m enjoying this immersion in portraiture so much, and I’m having so many ideas for paintings. Recently, I saw a portrait by another artist in the online class/community I’m participating in,…
Thrummie Bizzum 