A very quick post from me because I’m shattered.  It’s been my first night off in weeks and I’d planned to write a blog post, maybe do some drawing and get an early night.   Instead I corked my map of the world board ready for a new map of the world (continuous improvement, remember?) and watched a crap load of TV.  Everyone needs a night off every now and again. My art classes are going really well, I’m not overly happy with the things I’m producing but that’s the point of i

I love to body paint.  I love creating optical illusions using the glorious canvas that is the human body and I love the temporary, perishable, bittersweet beauty in that we have to take a photo to capture this moment before all the pigment gets washed down the drain.  It all has to be perfected in one day.  There’s no getting tired, sleeping on it and coming back to it in the morning.  Models get restless, they get cramp, they get cold, they get hungry, and crabby, they are