A fear of painting....

 Not necessarily a fear.. or a how-to,.. But the journey of painting itself...(for me),. Obviously you should read these pictures from left to right as if you're reading a book. Commitment.I start with no commitment. I'm using a pre-primed gray canvas, white paint lets me configure my shapes.violet paint lets me determine them. Orange, turquoise, and dark green allow me to find my shadows... just like a happy tree ( any Bob Ross fans???)

Next I start defining lines,this is the time to be bold, as you can see I've outlined the penis.... 

at this point I have a pretty good idea of where I'm going... it's all about clean lines and expression, also I felt that the canvas was empty.. to me this is a dark painting, a sensual place... alone but not wanting to be.So adding red to his background to seem like the perfect accent. 

Wait no!... I hate it!!!!!! white out everything! Don't be afraid to start over (in paintings and in life) if you did it once... you can do it again, probably better. However I was too close to this painting, what I didn't realize at the time was I connected his belly to his elbow ( making him fat)

I go back in with deep purple some blacks... but I've lost interest so I white out again. But, by this time I lost interest... I have never finished this painting it's rolled up in my pile of used canveas...