Ever given up a hobby because you stopped enjoying it?

Both in the same boat! I also sketch, but without the same sort of interest I used to have for that also. Hopefully someone will be able to advise both of us how to get that interest back!

I hope that ability comes back to you. Maybe we all have a 'muse', and then they desert us for some reason. Your's might have stayed in your other house, or got lost on the way, LOL! Whatever the reason, hopefully we can get back to doing what we love(or use to!).

Thanks for the tip, I really must try to at least do a little bit of painting each day. Maybe you also should get back to doing your cross stitch, just for your own enjoyment.

I've kept all my painting gear, in the hope of one day resuming, and like you, I also collected stamps, but that was years ago and I can't see myself ever getting the urge to do that again, though.
If your friends keep on encouraging you, as my family does with me, maybe we will both take up painting again, although you'd be starting from scratch.

Hi Feona, the reason I took up painting was because there was a show on telly, and it followed an Aussie painter as he travelled around painting. I thought at the time 'that's so cool, I could do that' and I bought the gear I needed and started painting. Sometimes I found it was two or three oclock in the morning when I finished, and didn't even notice time passing! Now, I always find some excuse, like I'm too busy, or haven't got any room to set up, or nothing interesting to paint. Oh well, I guess as you suggest, I should remember the guy that made me start in the first place.
Now Feona, I don't think anything about you is too sad....well there is....oh, and that and....oh, and of course.....not to mention that.....Alright, I can't really think of anything, LOL!
Thanks for your suggestion...Hugs.

You are a very arty person, from all the styles you do, and it is great that your hubby gives you so much encouragement, especially after what your mother thought of art. I agree that parents should be supportive of their kids hobbies, especially if it gives them enjoyment, and negativity should never come into it.
I thought your tree was pretty good, and I like the creativity with the scrolly look!
I might have shared one of my paintings, but my computer/internet connection is slow, and it takes forever to do certain things, that's why I don't bother with photos and such.
I feel as though I'm getting closer to picking up a brush, so hopefully it won't be too long before I'm painting again!

why thank you!
is artsy a good compliment or not haha! i am still not sure, oh well!
thanks for thinking that my tree is pretty good (i hope you didnt choke when you write it LOL)
i always like scrolls and that is the first time i tried it as well and i am happy with the outcome
yes, i am very grateful that my man have provided me with all the support, love and materials i needed all this time.
yesterday he went out to meet his colleague and on his way home he drove to this arts and crafts store and bought me all polymer clay accessories and even some other plain blocks and lots of whites. i told him last week that i dont have a white one and i am very touched that he remembers that and gave me a surprise gift.
i am very overwhelmed.
i think he wants me to be so busy that i dont have to bug him while he is working hahaha
anyway, my mom is a good mom just frustrated i guess at that time coz she is working 2 jobs just to provide for us (we are three kids) and it is not easy if no one is helping out. so i just tried to understand her as much as i could though it hurts at times. i was so in to it and it is not that easy to be rejected and be put down. hmmmm!
BUT i learned from that and i guess that is all that matters, i am not gonna do the same thing to my future kid and i will support them in any way possible and im sure my husband will do the same and more - i kinda see that the kid will be so spoiled (in a nice way) coz he spoiled me big time haha!

i hope you pick that brush any time soon coz my birthday is 2 months from now and i will not mind having one as my gift hahaha!
PM me whenever you get a chance to upload a sample of your art as i dont know if you will post it or not - hope you dont mind (im sure you can wait a day for it to upload LOL)

wish you all the best!

I actually meant it as a compliment, believe it or not, LOL!
I was also going to say that hubby was probably trying to keep you busy and out of his hair, but you beat me to it, LOL! Whatever the real reason, you keep it up, and yes, I can imagine you'll be really good parents, and your kids will be very spoilt! Nothing wrong with that.
Well, your birthday might be an incentive to help me start painting again, and hopefully it'll be this years birthday, LOL! No guarantees on the upload, but I will keep you in mind if I do get started, and I get a few hours spare, LOL!

ok i buy that words even though i think you are trying to pull my leg LOL
hahaha, yeah i am very aware that he wants me to be busy that is why he provides me anything that will amuse me - he didnt know he is my major amusement so i cant help but bugs him LOL
yeah, i am hoping that we will be a good parents. i will see a obi-gyn on monday so hope i can be a fit future mom im excited and worried and nervous yay!

hmppp!!!! yeah i hope it will be this year's birthday and not next year i may no longer be in mylot or you so i better take advantage of that while we are both here haha!
just so you know i am waiting and i dont mind late delivery

anyway, i am so looking forward to see your artsy
so hopefully you can make me

takecare

LOL, I don't know why you wouldn't trust me! I'll see what I can do, but don't hold your breath, I don't want you turning blue!

hahaha, and you even wondered why i wouldnt trust you LOL
haha, dont worry i can hold my breath pretty long NOT in swimming though (i have a trauma there but i am hoping to cope with that someday) so dint worry bout me turning blue.
if i do turn into something i think it will be purple as i am tan (ok a little darker than that) LOL my hubby will attest to that hahaha!
ok, ok, i will just wait alright!
happy?

Thanks ella1bella, maybe you are right, and now that I have had a long rest from painting, I will now enjoy it more.
I agree also with what you say about classes, it wouldn't work for me either if the teacher was dictating what I had to paint. I went to one, years ago, but got nothing out of it. In fact, at the time, my dad said I painted better before I went to the classes! That was the end of that, LOL!

I have done that with mylot too, found that it became a drag, and couldn't find anything interesting on here, so I took a couple of months off at the start of the year. I do enjoy it again, but I guess I'm not the busiest member here anyway. Hopefully it has worked the same with my art, and I really will enjoy it again one day. Thanks for the advice.

You're welcome, hopefully your passion for fine arts will come back to you again. All the best and have a great day .