Today, transferring the underdrawing for 'Punishment Of The Sun'. An arduous process of tracing with oil-paint, this involved nearly an hour of cleaning at the end so that I can re-use the polyester drafting film. I feel more assured in my artistic direction. I'd like to paint bigger, but this is a compromise of size vs. quantity. It's easy to paint one large painting a year, but I prefer 10 or 20, and so prefer to vary the size. Anything over 1M framed begins to limit a painting's entry into competitions or open exhibitions. Anything over 2M limits this to the Royal Academy alone, or a commercial gallery; almost no open competitions would permit something that big.
After that, some keyboard playing for Mike Drew's latest song. Thus the day flies. It's 28 degrees in here, the hottest it's yet been in 2026.
