Hello, and greetings from the UK

Hello Pete, hello fellow forum folk. I'm Zaquiel and a long-time lurker in the YT comments on Pete's videos. I sometimes even comment on them. I'm also known by the screen name Umbra_Arcana on IG and BSky.

A little bit about me, I studied fine art at A-Levels but was not allowed to continue it into university. I spent a chunk of my life in the merchant navy and when it spat me out...well art has been keeping me sane ever since. I primarily work with encaustic wax, it's my favourite medium to work with, closely followed by acrylics. (Though I don't tend to publicly post much of my encaustic work anymore because of GenAI scraping. My work got scraped.)

I will dabble and experiment with anything at least once and if I don't like the medium/material, it gets passed on to an arty friend. If I like it, it gets added to my hoard of art supplies and experimented with when the inspiration strikes. It's nice to meet you all and I look forward to chatting with all you arty folks.