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Who is trading Up - Bernie or his wife
PS I did my usual of being so intent on the painting that I ended up with Slavica floating (yes that is her name! Perhaps it is Bernie’s pet name for her). I made her legs too short. To rectify that problem I put her on a small podium which is apt for F1. I have since found out that Slavica filed for divorce last November. Im not surprised, billions wouldn’t make me marry him even if I was the right gender.
So, when your pet fish gets too big for its bowl take it to the local pond and let it trade up. I lost my reference photo of Woodland Gardens for the setting so more than a little made up, in the end. Colours are meant to be muted so that “Goldie” stands out more (in theory anyway). And yes, goldfish should be a bit more chunky, mine has been working out a bit too much.
Leafing through Guardian, at a loss for a subject on this topic, I came across a picture of potting up seedlings. Thought it would do, and decided to try it with loose washes and pen & ink. I spent two evenings getting my drawing of the hands just right, washed the paint roughly all over and then c
ouldn’t see my pencil marks for the ink! Another example of spoiling a perfectly good drawing I suspect, but I’ll persevere.
Plenty of opportunities at the moment to trade up in the housing market.
The bird has decided to ‘trade up’ to the leafy suburbs from a dead end nest. I’m interested to see what other people do, as I thought it was a difficult topic to paint.
