I’m excited to say, I bought some decent (Schmincke Akademie acrylic) paints today—along with some gesso, new brushes, and other bits and pieces to move my painting forward. Can’t wait to try out the new colours!
Some decent paints!
Painting
Fine art is not scalable.
Gábor Svagrik, on The Artful Painter
Initial sketches
From what I’ve read recently, drawing is foundational to good painting, so I’ve been focusing on that to begin with. Here are some of my better sketches from the last few weeks.
Feijoa 
Copy of van Gogh’s ‘Old Nag’ 
Fake succulent 
Glitter bottle 
Elephant piggy bank 
Shoe line-drawing exercise 
Leaves from a Waitakere bush walk
