At work today I beat my record of selling our coupon calendars. A grand old 8 sold today compared to my old record of 7.
[I'm a really lame salesperson and calendars are boring to talk about].
In exciting news, I'm going to be painting some close to 8 foot high Vikings soon for job number 2 so while I'm attacking and experimenting with acrylic paint, I can pretend I'm pillaging a village instead.
[Actually I'm pretty sure I'd also make a lame Viking too. My dad likes to tell me we have a Cossack ancestor but I highly doubt those genes were passed down to me. Same with the salesperson genes.]
The main point is this: the last few days I've been going over in my head the best way to paint with acrylic on a see-through surface, where essentially what I'm painting has to be seen more clearly from the side I can't see rather than the one I can. Which gives me multiple possibilities:
[Skip this part if you aren't an art nerd]
1. Paint two layers, a pretty one for the outside and a duplicate on the inside so it will be a double-sided Viking
2. Paint in tiny sections so I can get the layered effect I want without rick of the acrylics drying too quickly and me ending up with blocks of colours on the outside with no real detail.
3. An artist's worst nightmare [ok, this one is probably a bit of a stretch. I'm sure my previous painting instructor would scold me for linking acrylic paint to a nightmare].
Anyways, I'm excited and therefore so should you. If only I could get to bed at a decent hour.
Please don't judge my entire artistic being on this one sketch.
Much Appreciated.
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