Weekly Affair - Week 12

12th Dec BBC news Article: Squid may become favourite UK meal as seas become warmer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38265395

I wanted to do something a bit different for my affair this week (like I always keep saying). But I wanted to challenge myself with NOT including people in my illustration and NOT having it in the same portrait format. And I like to think that this was a success! It's important to work with a range of formats when thinking about editorial, because you would never just work in one format, you must create work that would work with a variety. 

I also realised now, and I have no idea why I haven't considered this before, the choice of stock is very important. For every other painting I have just painted on cheap paper that I found in the paper draw... But for this weeks (and for every other week from now on) I will be painting on a soft white somerset paper, which gives such a nice texture.