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I’m sure you’ve all seen me waffle on many times before about how much I love fantasy and fairytale images and this one’s no exception, although what’s drawn me back to Paul’s painting throughout the day as I’ve been showing Painter’s new designer around the website and trying to decide on a Pic of the Week is not the subject matter but the style. The vibrancy of the texturisation in this image is really in keeping with what it’s about - it evokes the crackle of leaves and the glorious colours of autumn (Not that I’m wishing away the short British summer!). Visit Paul’s Gallery now and take a look at the large version of the image and you’ll see a wonderful assortment of splatters, crackles and tracing lines that almost make the painted butterflies in the foreground look like they’ve been shot using this extreme photography technique!

This particular painting style - vibrant, energetic, scribbly and showcasing the handpainted nature of what we do even with photo references -  is really popular in digital art at the moment, so keep an eye out for issue 33. We’ve been watching the amount of images utilising this style for a while now and thought we’d share its wonders with you later this summer!

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