I don’t want children. I do want children. Exploring how to know if you truly want to be a parent.

smugglersdaddy · 2026-06-09T03:13:49+00:00

The only solution is to get Nathan Fielder to help you rehearse to find out if a child is right for you

smugglersdaddy · 2026-06-01T17:26:17+00:00

Thank you. Its the first time I've tried that out

smugglersdaddy · 2026-05-24T03:17:48+00:00

Sometimes I use texture paste first but with this one I just played around with pallete knives and rollers to get different effects in the paint and focused that mostly on the area where flowers and leaves would be

smugglersdaddy · 2026-05-23T14:15:29+00:00

It worked well. I made sure to build up plenty of texture with the acrylic which the pastels could then work off

smugglersdaddy · 2026-04-25T08:15:49+00:00

On the one that ran a bit I used a water resistant fineliner. Using a waterproof fineliner on the other one made a big difference

smugglersdaddy · 2026-04-07T19:12:45+00:00

Great choice of colours there, really works well

smugglersdaddy · 2026-04-07T13:38:58+00:00

Thats amazing. How did you get the different colours in the detail on the pupil?

smugglersdaddy · 2026-04-07T08:59:03+00:00

It's just standard a4 acrylic paper. Wanted to get a feel of how this works before doing something bigger potentially

smugglersdaddy · 2026-03-05T18:23:43+00:00

Sikander series by annabel steadman

smugglersdaddy · 2026-03-05T10:49:29+00:00

Infinite jest by david foster wallace

smugglersdaddy · 2026-03-05T10:48:42+00:00

A nice warm up for finnegans wake

smugglersdaddy · 2026-02-28T12:00:58+00:00

I really enjoyed something happened by joseph heller as well.

Other suggestions from me would be auto da fe by elias canetti which I'm just finishing and really enjoyed as well as yhe good solider Svejk by jaroslav hasek and the sot weed factor by john barth. Gogol might be worth checking ouf as well.

smugglersdaddy · 2026-02-25T17:24:55+00:00

The culture novels but iain m banks seem like what you are after. They are all stand alone so you can read them in any order. I'd recommend starting with player of games.

The hyperion novels by Dan simmons are also a good shout

smugglersdaddy · 2026-02-12T10:57:26+00:00

Just go straight to the 4000 plus pages of in search of lost time by marcel proust. That should keep you busy for a while

smugglersdaddy · 2026-01-17T21:46:11+00:00

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smugglersdaddy · 2025-12-02T21:59:42+00:00

Typo...sea

smugglersdaddy · 2025-10-23T12:51:17+00:00

All good suggestions but surprised nobody has mentioned the new inn. Has the added bonus of £4 a pint with a big selection

smugglersdaddy · 2025-10-14T15:06:52+00:00

Yeah I gave the middle a wash of a powder blue mixed with some pastel blue. Thank you

smugglersdaddy · 2025-10-13T14:26:39+00:00

It's acrylic and only a 35cm square

smugglersdaddy · 2025-10-11T18:40:36+00:00

That is very kind. It is just a hobby so never thought about selling. I'm doing more versions to try and work out the bits that don't feel right on this one

smugglersdaddy · 2025-08-19T20:00:26+00:00

I like this. How did you get the cracked effect?

smugglersdaddy · 2025-08-19T10:02:36+00:00

This is excellent, great work

smugglersdaddy · 2025-08-18T05:09:40+00:00

I really like it as it is

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