Trampled by Geese

Trampled by Geese is a reminder to myself to look at the positive side of life and to endeavour to only write about things that inspire me rather than focus on what is negative in the world. Kirkegaard once wrote, “Being trampled by geese is a slow way of dying, but being eaten to death by envy and greed is even slower and more painful”.

Monday, June 02, 2025

White does not exist! (chapter 3) | Solving chalky paint colours

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 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 Hmmm... hat reference?  Oh, I know.   A halfway finished hat painting .  We can use it as a metaphor for just scratchi...
Friday, May 30, 2025

White does not exist! (chapter 2) | Solving chalky paint colours

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  CHAPTER 1 in case you missed it Welcome back.  Nice Hat! We want to prevent chalky colours in our oil painting.  Sure there are loads of w...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

White does not exist! (chapter 1) | Solving chalky paint colours

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 So you want to get better at colour mixing and painting lovely things?   Welcome! (slightly evil laughter) What if there was an exercise yo...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Painting the Glorious Revolution 2025 - chapter five

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  Here you can read the journey that is this painting so far.

Painting the Glorious Revolution 2025 - chapter four

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 Values aren't always easy.  In this case, it's the light and darkness of the image that I'm trying to get right, or just a bit ...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Painting the Glorious revolution 2025 - chapter three

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  The mars black stiffens beyond use in only four hours.  Which is good as it will dry quickly on the canvas, but sad because it's one o...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Painting the Glorious Revolution 2025 - chapter two

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 Thankfully I was able to get one of the printouts big enough at 12x12 inch so I could use it to trace the design onto my canvas instead of ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Painting the Glorious Revolution 2025 - chapter one

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 The 25th of May is A very special day on the Discworld.  It's a day for remembering those we lost. In the book The Nights Watch by Terr...
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