It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

- “Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

PS one of my sketches is featured on www.designinstruct.com.  Click here to check it out.

Yours Truly,
T.

Started these awhile ago.  They’re coming together slowly.  Just taking my time whenever I get the chance to really put my head into the paintings.

And so the show must go on.  Recently I have been working on duralar/mylar with a Faber Castell 1.4mm pencil.  I must say it is great stuff to work on, for me at least.  I also wet my finger with spit and smear things around where I find necessary.  I’ve been trying to fine tune my work recently and not focusing on too much of the shadow shapes but how the light reveals the form and I must say there is a big difference.  Some of these drawings are finished, some of them I am still adding to their compositions, and some still a work in progress.

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oh yes he is.

I finished this painting last week on Monday I think.  I first started with the underpainting, pushing raw umber and gamsol around, placing edges where I saw fit and keeping it simple yet informative.  I didn’t have in mind the yellow flowers in the initial underpaint but I did know I wanted to add something to the mix…especially since I grabbed the image somewhere off of google. I changed several things around so I could deviate from the original image that I referenced.  I also paid very close attention to the composition and placement of light, shadow, warm vs. cool (although I may I muted the colors a little too much since I was using a decent amount) and the form.

All in all it was a good excersize for me and I learned alot from this lil’ guy.  I think I’ll name her “Yellow Yellow”.