This is going back a while in my archives, but last year I was commissioned by a friend of my best friend Henrix to paint a dragon painting for him. This frightened me like a mouse would a cartoon elephant as he had never seen my dragon drawings. I’m not good at dragons. I can’t do the dynamic, powerful beasts justice by a long-shot. However, this guy was persistent, and I wanted money, so after making sure he knew just how terrible I think I am at painting dragons, I decided to give it a shot.
I painted it over summer. It was more or less impossible to get a single canvas of a proper size without paying a premium for a custom canvas, so I got three square ones and got cracking. The thing I’m most proud of is the texturing I did with the acrylic paints. The thing that makes me cringe is the wing, which looks absolutely dreadful in my eyes. I decided to hide my insecurities when I delivered it, though, because he seemed happy and, again: I wanted money.
PS: Update on the topic of previous post, if you care: I’m doing better now. I’ve spoken with Marit about it and also my Personal Development Tutor at Napier, and I have a couple of choices for how to proceed. Now, all I need is to figure out which of those choices is the best one for me.
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I really like the dragon! It reminds me of the one in the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty.
Perhaps you’re not very good at certain styles of drawing dragons, but I think this one is awesome.
I’m glad to hear that things are looking up for you a bit and that you’ve been able to find some options for yourself, even if you don’t know which one to pick yet. I’m thinking of you and sending rays of hope and happiness!
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