Doodle on depression
I haven’t created any art this week, unless you count 
this doodle I made at Art.com’s ArtPad flash painter. It’s a really rough study for a piece in my “Depression” series. It’s crap, but the program is fun to play with. Try it, and see. Then email me your picture. I’d love to see it. The ArtPad is kind of a fun way to try out ideas without wasting any materials.
I still think about art most of every day. I work out my next images in my head, I do research and study. I look around and try to really see the colors of things, and the shapes of things. The effects of light on things. I’m still really weak in composition, but I think I’m making progress with color theory. It’s all so complex. It’s a good thing the creative act is so fun and addictive, or I might get discouraged.
I have some ideas for religious themes, but I know the images I’m seeing will ruffle many feathers. I’m trying to overcome my fear of being lynched or castigated by critics. Art must be fearless in order to exist at all.
