Recently, a
close friend of mine called me out on some things that she feels needs to
change about my character. And, as a result of seeing a TED video about a computer
programmer who decided to take a 30 Day Challenge to change something about his
life in 30 days has inspired me to do the same. I found it on Pixelovely.com while looking for
photo reference to draw from. I will only talk about the artistic portion of
this challenge not the more personal things she and I spoke about. I’ve had an
issue with not being all that good at painting so this is a challenge for me to
create three paintings a day for the next 30+ days starting today. I’ll post my
work here. For about a week and half, I slacked off because of my work schedule
and lack of real discipline. As a result of this, I’ll paint 143 paintings on
my Nintendo DS using Colors DS over the course of 41 days. This is starting
from about two weeks ago when I first announced the challenge to my friend and,
not from today. Technically, I know close to nothing about how to effectively
use color. I can paint but, to make a painting sing like some of the great
artwork I’ve seen online is a different story altogether. I need to study and practice. That’s where this challenge
comes into play. I finished my first painting this morning and plan to do more
as the day goes on.
Also, I saw
a video by Steven Silver that has inspired me to do great things not only with my
art but, with life in general. He says, “What I am worrying about? What can I
do about it? Here is what I’m going to do. When I am going to start doing it?
What is the problem? What caused the problem? And, how do I find a solution to
the problem?” The advice Stephen gives in the podcast is valuable not only for
artists but, for anyone.
There is
more. Watch the video. J
