Jany Belluz

After painting a bit, I also found that the turpentine-mixed colours look dull, and then I realised that doing the whole picture well would take ages to get right because of all the plant leaves, kind of bit more than I can chew, or want to chew today. Anyway eventually I wasn't into it any more and I stopped there. I didn't get to painting the bird, maybe another day.

@letterror@typo.social very nice! Will start making my chats fishy immediately!

Usually the paintings I do will dry within a week, but this new paper doesn't soak any oil/spirit at all. One problem is that I'm not using turpentine, but another more eco-friendly spirit that also takes longer to dry. So I thought today I'll try turpentine again, in hopes it dries faster. However turpentine really stinks; I had forgotten how much, and it also dries too fast while I'm painting, so it's not very pleasant. Maybe also because I'm not used to it.

@simoncozens good discussion, thanks for the sharing the link. I wouldn't say though that recognizing issues and asking for solutions is "utterly misguided". What else can or should Greek designers do about their language being maimed in digital environments? What can we do to help them? I think raising awareness is a good first step.