Well I think this is a pretty damn iron-filled round on the part of both the finalists! I thought both the entries were ambitious and full of theme when I looked at them prior to reading this thread, and all the moreso given what the painters have been suffering through. I've been in a final round of IP, and I don't know that I'd have managed to get anything done if I'd suffered from a back issue or a cold, so hats off to you both!

And hats off just for the entries. I really like that they each highlight a different aspect of vertigo, with PM's highlighting the dictionary definition and Bex's tying in more to the fear of heights from the movie. I think it's also very interesting/fun that the gender of the painters is fairly evident from their pieces. I don't envy the judges their work on this final round of judging. Though if I remember correctly all previous entrants can judge, so I'd better sit down after I get some food and wake up a bit and have a closer look myself...


Quote Originally Posted by demonherald View Post
Bex exercising between painting sessions has become a must for me now.. I start my painting sessions out pretty much like a gym session with a ful muscle warm up and take regular breaks to do windmillsand back stretches as well as have a small set of dumbells near my desk ...
DH, might I suggest a new tutorial for the next issue of Wyrd magazine or to post up somewhere? A workout for painters to keep backs hale and hearty. I mean this as a serious suggestion. Someone on CMON forums posted a few months back about having started to do a few strength exercises that really help him at the painting table, Bex mentioned some arm exercises, and you sound like you have a whole routine. I have exercises for my arthritis problems from a physiotherapist, though they don't help as much with the pain I get from painting as I'd like. I think the younger folks need to hear about the idea of taking breaks and stretching if they want to keep doing this hobby when they're less young. I know a few people who have problems that seriously cut into the time they can spend at a painting table.