My commission drags on. Well, actually that’s a bit strong. I’m having fun with it, I’m enjoying using the medium, especially the texture of the oils. It’s like painting with butter. Dear jeebus, if you haven’t played with some oil paints yet, you really ought to give it a shot – yes there are practical issues, like the drying times and the smell. But seriously, they feel good – I use W&N Artisan water soluble oils, which some purists think are not ‘real’ oils, but I think such purists can go and fuck themselves. I don’t agree with purism at all – it’s just a thin justification for being a condescending prick.
Anyway, I thought that you all would appreciate another picture from my sketchbook so that everyone knows I’m not neglecting the blag. I was going for something a bit like a giraffe, feeling a bit like ripping off inspired by Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins and really just mucking about with pencil and watercolour. Funnily enough, when I posted an image of it on my Facebook page, a friend of a friend thought that it would be totally awesome to comment ‘it’s a giraffe without spots….’
Yes, I fucking know, I painted the fucking thing and I got distracted and the paper was getting beaten up before I got around the the fucking spots.
Fucking purists.
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