wot I've been up to....

I've been painting all thru the night since before Christmas, doing portraits and my own stuff.
That's it. No clubs, parties, pubs or gigs, just painting.

The commercial work I do consists almost entirely of line drawings for foreign publications...VERY rarely do I get painting work, even rarer are portraits, as outside of LJ and the grape vine I'm not known for doing them. And until very recently (under a year) all my OWN work was in pen and ink and mixed media too.
So I'm finding it a challenge to translate my visual ideas and imagery into pure, 'proper!' painting.
Portraits are excellent because they pin down the subject matter...primarily a LIKENESS, and when I work on one, its really a good way to learn how to paint and to evolve a way of painting that is my signature.

The Long-Distance Painter....3-night max.



I have twigged on to the value of eating a lot and regularly, thanks to expert advice from deltress, as I tend to burn off energy very fast, so I haven't lost too much weight during these weeks of 24-hour days. (These include a couple of loooooong sleeps when my system eventually dictates shut-down...after 3 nights)
I do consume a lot of 'empty calories' while I'm working at night tho (eg 6 chunky KitKats in a night) and I'm smoking again.

Normally I eat very healthily but there's something about painting at night that discourages it.



( The Night diet is about as healthy as Chernobyl or Wales.
BUT...note the healthy green cress there peops)