You don't? But what if one of your pictures goes on display? I usen't to worry about it either, because no-one ever commissions a watercolour from me, and all my watercolours are kept in folders. But when I auctioned "Oh, Aching Heart" for Haiti, it struck me that I often use colours that aren't lightfast, and that if this picture would be exposed to strong Australian light, it would fade. So I actually warned the buyer about that... Your Oscar/Bosie and Gawain watercolours I have attached to the doors of my art cupboard, on the inside, because I don't want to keep them stowed away, but I don't want them to be directly exposed to light either. Now they are in the kind of place where some men keep pin-ups of scantily-clad women, but... *g* At least I get to look at them a lot, and they're safe :).

Heh. You're not obnoxious at all. You know how highly I value your judgement. Your critiques always make sense. But sometimes I'm torn between sense and, I dunno, a kind of idealism? The look of this picture is the look that I want. I know this; that makes it difficult to ignore it for the sake of speed. At this point I don't think it is at all realistic for me to expect to be picked up by a publisher, ever. I'm resigned to the fact that I'll always need a day job, which means I can't prioritise my comic, which means I'll probably never arrive at routine and speed, which means it's not realistic to expect publication, and there we go again. But it does mean I'm free. This has its drawbacks. So I intend to exploit its advantages. Such as, taking the time I feel I need.

Okay for the panels and such. I'm on it :).