Headaches after painting; am I the only one?

[Emir of Askaristan]

Good to hear some advice from my day job having a practical application at long last ....and someone that listens.


Now just to convince the drillers........oh never mind !

[Momotaro]

Shorter paintbrushes might help too - you're not getting a sharp stabbing pain in the eye are you? 

[FramFramson]

Clearly you've got to lay off the junk - there are safer intoxicants! Just because a dropper bottle looks temptingly shaped to go up a nostril, doesn't mean that's where it belongs! 

[dhtandco]

You can buy fluorescent daylight tubes I've a six foot one in my painting room which supplements the desk lamp and means I can sit back and reeeelax while painting

[Argonor]

So I've changed the location of the lamp, I'm forcing myself to sit upright, with elbows on the desk (apparently I measured that before I built the desk; it's a perfect fit), and I'm taking small breaks, at smaller intervals.

I built an elevated desktop to place on top of the desk; I now can reat my wrists on that, steadying my hands that way, without having to stoop. Making sure the chair is comfortable and drawn close in also helps.