[Marta Prime]

Hi Carl,

The shooting stars concept was actually one I resisted, but it's what they wanted.

I'm not terribly happy with the way this painting looks in here. I take the picture, reduce it to the number of pixels it says must be, and it somehow loses most of it's detail, so it almost looks cartoony. It takes steel nerves to post anything because the other portrait artists that post in here are just so awesome. I start worrying " Does my painting really look this bad, do I get so involved in the painting that I lose touch with reality?" But then I go down to my studio and salve my anxiety with a look at some of my favorites. I wonder if everyone has these kind of mind boggling self doubts!