Being created for an auction to be held on the night of the Stanleys (National Cartoon Awards) there is currently a large poster doing the rounds to the comic strip artists of Australia. Being number 7 on the list I had to break out traditional water colours and at least 1 litre of red wine to complete the task..
So I think I've done well considering how inebriated I was at the time. Been a hectic year and hasn't really slowed down any for me. I had fun going back to watercolours and am reconsidering doing some for a solo exhibtion soon too.
Normally I've been pretty particular about how much definition there has been in my work but when I did this there was definitely a whole lot of little concern for how precise and anal the work would be. I really liked seeing other artists whose normal body of work was tight and discovering there more natural side where you see the mistakes. I decided if I was going to make any mistakes that they be seen. I'm no perfectionist any more with regards to that. It gives a better feel to the watercolour work for me.
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