May 2025

May has been fun and fairly quiet. I've been working on projects in other aspects of life but I did manage to get a little painting done. Sadly due to my terible internet connection I'm having a real hard time uploading stuff but I'll try to continue with these bigger photo updates when possible. 

The big news for May! 

The big news in may is painting related but a different type of painting. I recently enterred a canvas piece inspired by the lord of the rings into a local gallery (a few streets from my house) and even though the exhibition ends today...the piece sold on friday! I'm overjoyed. I love painting miniatures but as it is such a niche and I kind of "know" that I'm able to paint in other ways, It's just nice to have the artistic validation and confirmation. I'm so chuffed and I will be painting more canvas soon! If anyone wants a canvas commission I'd love to talk about it. 

And how this links to some more exciting news: 

I've been looking for somewhere to run a painting class for beginners and I've been looking for somewhere to host it. The gallery has offered to put me up for a bit and I am excited to say I'm working on the lesson plans including which types of miniatures to bring along and what we will learn. It's such a cool idea and I'm really looking forward to this. 

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This is the W.I.P poster, I need a better photograph and I've blanked out the QR code for the landing page. I will be finalising this in the next few weeks. The tabletop gaming hobby is really on the rise but this does mean that a lot more people are finding their "steam" again and are painting for themselves. Covid kind of "killed" this business a bit, I barely get any work any more, so I have decided that this could be a cool pivot and I can use the skills I've developed over the years, plus I can endulge in sharing my "stress free" painting style that I try to encorperate into all of my work. 

A little eye candy for the month

I recently finished the 40K ruins I had on the board, they were a lot of fun and I really enjoyed using the thick and contrast heavy green stuff world paints to get the little details to pop. 

Dungeons and lasers:

I've been finding a little time here and there to paint the Dungeons and Lasers models. I was pretty excited to paint this Hobo with a backpack (or trader) and the lady washing her clothes in the river. Sadly I find the custom bases a little limiting and I wanted a clean beach so I carved off the fish on her base as I doubt she'd be stopping to do some serious clenaing in the middle of a washing session.