Jump to the moon

Grab the bull by the horns

It is a wet and grey morning outside of my window, and today I started my initial sketch for a larger painting I will be creating over the next month. The main subject in the painting is a leaping bull, so I have spent a fair bit of my morning studying photographs of bulls and laying down some initial lines.

I blocked in some colour to give me an indication of how these might work on the final painting. I went for a bold red as the background colour, as I'm planning to keep the bull quite light.

Magical Bitcoins

Taking inspiration from a digital collage I created, Grab the bull by the Bitcoins, I have given this bull some special Bitcoins between his legs. The Bitcoins may give him the boost he needs to jump to the moon. But is that the moon in the picture or the sun? I guess he won't find out until he reaches it. The moon may be made of cheese, but the sun can burn. Maybe the bull doesn't know the story of Icarus who ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, the wax in his wings melted and he fell out of the sky and plunged into the sea where he drowned. I hope it is the moon though, much tastier.

Down below the people look up to the bull, well most of them. Some hold up their forks, others attempt to touch the bull, and some try to fly.

Little spheres of light make their way up to the sky, floating on the breeze higher and higher. These spheres may be made of something stronger than soap, maybe they will never burst.

'Leap of faith'

Water-based paints and pencil on paper

Now the initial drawing is done it is time to start work on the larger painting!

Redbubble shop

Have a great day!