In the beginning!

Well Hi,

Thought I should kick this blog thing off.  My awesome wife Shan got me into this blogging thing... by the way check her brilliant jewelry creations out at Inishkea.

I have always had a bit of a hidden desire to do more art type stuff.  I have tried various things throughout my life but never really painting in the traditional sense...on canvas.  About a month ago I decided to get a comic print of Captain America (Marvel Fan!) to put on the wall.  I could have asked a mate who is a great sign writer to do it when I had this silly plan to just attempt to paint it myself.

So I got a few acrylic paint and a canvas, printed my favourite 'Cap' comic frame and traced it to canvas.   The rest is history really.  I painted the main black line work on the canvas and then coloured the rest with some shading and finally painted back over the line work.

Once I finished I stood back and when 'HOLY COW...I painted something'!

I've kinda had the bug ever since.  So what you see here is my first ever canvas painting.  This one means a lot to me as it make a new creative path in my life and who better to do it with than Captain America.  Oh and this one is handed under my hand so may end up being rare! hehe I wish  

So I've assembled my paints and my blog and I'm ready for the fun ride!

Cheers 
Todd