#then again i've only ever painted on canvas so idk about any other materials you could paint on that look exactly like the first screencap

[mettywiththenotes]

*puts on my Delusional thinking cap*

Okay so... I feel like the painting Will gave Mike in the van is not the same painting in the first ep of season 4

Here’s a comparison

What we first saw

What was shown

Both paintings show the same colours - black, brown, crimson, someone with black hair, a stick (something thin at least). Those are the most distinguishable features

But it strikes me as odd that, in the progression shot of the painting, the crimson and brown of the “dragon” is so thick. Looking at the dragon on the bottom picture, I can’t think of anywhere where the thick bold lines fit on the dragon except it’s wing (where the red line is)

But even then, the angle shot in the first screencap suggests the black blob and stick are opposite of the red, next to it at least, whereas the wing is up in the air and not at all near the character who is supposed to be Mike

If that thick crimson in the screencap was supposed to be a part of the dragon’s body, then it doesn’t match. The red on the dragon is lighter than the brown and crimson are. If Will were to try and blend the colours together and then paint the shape of the dragon, that would be one thing, but what he is painting in the first screencap is so dense that I just can’t see any way that that shape would become the dragon

So, I honestly think this is a fake-out. Both paintings have the same features shown - a big crimson colour, what looks like a person with a blob of black hair, some kind of stick that could be mistaken for a sword or a weapon, and other figures next to them. The angle in the first screencap is just wonky enough to make you maybe not question the placement of everything. It has enough of the same colours and shapes to make you nod and think “yeah, they’re both the same one”

But it’s not the same. I’m so sure those are different paintings

Which makes me wonder if 1 of 4 things happened

1) Will mistakenly picked up the wrong painting but ran with it once he realized

2) Will’s dragon painting is a sort of fail-safe. Like, he painted both of those pictures but took and showed the commissioned dragon one because it was safer than revealing all his vulnerable feelings with such a heartfelt painting as the one in the first screencap

3) Will got home from the airport and painted over his first painting

4) The dragon painting is not Will’s painting at all, it’s some kind of poster he bought, but he played it off like it was his own

Perhaps it is just me being delusional but... I really don’t think they’re the same one