Literally.
It was for a birthday party. Instead of seeing a movie, or going out to dinner, we all met up at this place I'd never heard of—Painting with a Twist.
Painting! With a twist! |
My work space. Appropriately labeled. |
My sky. Minus moon and stars. I was mostly happy with it at this point. |
We'd break periodically and take our canvases to a table in the back where, two at a time, we hit 'em with some hot air via a couple of hair dryers. Then we went back to painting, without the fear of smearing what we'd already painted.
After the wheat and the hills, we moved on to that famous...green thing...in the foreground. I think it's a tree. I've always thought that, but our artist talked about it like it was up for debate. So maybe it is. Either way, I think mine turned out pretty darn good.
Pretty much the last thing we did was add the buildings. I didn't go too crazy with them. I was afraid I'd spoil the painting. The smaller details were already giving me trouble. So I stuck with painting a church. And two little buildings. I probably could have added more without it looking bad, but I decided not to risk it.
My finished product! |
Anyway, it was a lot of fun to tap into some creativity I don't usually work with. I play it safe and stick to writing typically. But this was so much fun. It made me want to branch out and stretch some creative muscles I tend to ignore. I used to love to sketch, paint, what have you. This experience made me take a second look and think, why not now?
Fun is fun. Creativity is creativity. Why limit myself to one form or another? It's all fair game. And hopefully seeing this hanging on my wall will be a daily reminder that just because I think I can't do something, doesn't make it the truth.
Ta-da! Move over, Van Gogh. There's new talent afoot. ;) |
7 comments:
Love it!
I want to have my birthday there!
I had a similar experience last year at college. Now I am kinda hooked on painting. It helps me clear my head. :)
Your painting turned out REALLY well. Starry Night is also one of my favorites and I've got it hanging in my house in my office.
The concept of going to a little workshop to paint for a few hours with your friends is awesome. I know my group of friends was looking into doing something like that, but it was pottery which I think would have been pretty fun as well.
In any case, it looks like you've got some real artistic talent there, keep it up! :-)
Love it! Way to go exploring your artistic side :)
The paint was very nice.. I like the combinations of the colors.. And the finished product was very good.. Keep it up.
Hey, that is great! Way better than I would do!
@Loryn—I highly recommend it! It was a lot of fun. :)
@The Reading Bear—I love finding new things to take up. :)
@Kate—Thanks so much! And I agree, pottery would be a lot of fun!
@Maggie—Thank you, ma'am!
@Temp Walls NY—Thanks!
@Ariel—It's better than I thought I could do! Ha! :) Thanks!
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