[Mike McCarty]

I would like to propose a new category...

It seems to me, from my own experience and from what I see others struggling with, that we not only need help with our painting technique but with our selection of resource material. It pains me when I see so much hard effort put into projects that should never have been started. In my own experience most of my failures were cinched long before I laid paint to canvas.

For those who must paint from photo references, we could have a critique section for those references. The more experienced folk could point out the shortcomings and problems before we labor mightily toward an impossible goal. I think this is a huge subject... judgment of project selection.

Any other thoughts on this matter?