painting picturespainting picturesHi all
Thought i might as well talk about a hobby! I recently did a course on oil painting. It was something completely different for me - I think of myself as having creativity zero and manual dexterity zero so I decided to challenge myself!! It was definitely fun, but geee its certainly a challenging skill. I have finished the course but still have plenty of gear so the challenge now is to keep practising!!! Well done, the only thing I can paint is a wall.
I would love to paint 'properly. I would also love to be able to play a musical instrument. All the children learn to play and my eldest daughter learn classical guitar. She used to play beautifully. Wendy http://www.busheyk9.co.uk
If you can't be a good example........ you will just have to be a horrible warning i would definitely put myself in the 'i can't paint' category!!
But i leart from doing the course that if i just forget for a while that i'm bad at painting and just keep at it even though i am thinking it's dreadful, i CAN actually improve I suffer from a bad case of 'if i can't be good at something in the first 5 minutes i'm giving up' So just the sticking at it is a good lesson for me!! Re music yes that's something I've been meaning to get back to for ages. I played clarinet at high school and played guitar a bit (out of school but around the same time). I find painting in acrylics better than oils, as it dries quicker. Not being a person of untold patience, I got out the hairdrier on my last oil when the airing cupboard hadnt dried it in a week! Watercolours are even better and probably capture a moment best. I have tried different media and sometimes mix it, I love being creative with the stuff. Basically I hate the thought of spending hard earned cash on art, I just pick up ideas and try making my own. Ok so I'm no picasso, but they are all seahorse originals!! . Just develop your own style, there is no right or wrong in art, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Looove chucks!
I scraped through Art A Level at College, then worked in Advertising for a number of years.
But I still can't paint, useless. I can draw and I can do some pretty nifty stuff with marker pens, but that's all. What get's me is when people analyse Art which is just a load of paint chucked at a canvas. As soon as I see a BBC2 documentary, I say "Art ****y" time again and turn off !! But I do appreciate people who can paint and use imagination. It's just if a picture says 'Blue Jug', I expect to see some resemblance of one ! I did Louise's bedroom wall as a scene of hills with a windy road, church in distance with clouds etc. using emulsion which I was proud of. Next time I see Helen (her Mum) I'll ask if she still has the photo Richard PS. Everytime I go to London I go in the National Art and National Portrait Gallery. I do appreciate it - honest !! New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
PaintingHi,
not very good myself, but if those top galleries will pay thousands and thousands for a pile of camel s**t, my daubins should be worth something! Mike Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.
arty skillsHi Tassie.
Fear not my friend, if the famous Tate Gallery in London will pay £30,000 for a pile of camel dung, your scrawlings MUST be worth something! Mike Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.
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