God, how I love painting, it's so intrinsically tied into my self esteem that when it goes right, it's the best feeling.

Which, as you could follow, means that it's a pain when it doesn't go right..

Anyway, I'm starting with straight portraits: I haven't done any paintings for nearly two years, so while they're like trains to me (boring, skillful but essentially boring: I love some peoples portraits mine aren't excellent in terms of skill) they're necessary for me to remember how to paint.
Granted, it ain't like you Forget, just that the tiny aspects that seperate you from 'Joe Bloggs the A-Level artist' need remembering and augmenting.

So, hopefully tomorrow I'll upload the painting I'm working on at the moment. It's derived (pretty straight from, actually) a collection I found of a professional photographer who uses fantastic contrast and lighting.

You'll see!