Paint Your Dreams

United States
April 5, 2024 9:17am CST
Do you paint or have you ever? I surely would love to once again. I oil painted even as a teen. I was really enthusiastic about it back then and won an art contest too. It was a lovely cottage in Ireland with the green and the ocean behind it I painted.
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@Shivram59 (32014)
• India
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm As a middle school student we had drawing and painting as a subject.It was in those times I had to paint drawings made by me.I was not good at drawing.
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• United States
6 Apr
I did draw but not anymore.
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@Shivram59 (32014)
• India
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I also don't draw anymore.
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• United States
6 Apr
@Shivram59 We are boring.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Apr
I don’t think I ever painted before. I would love to. I can’t really draw though. So how can I paint if I can’t draw? Unless I can take an existing drawing and then paint over it.
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• United States
5 Apr
Yeah those paint by numbers.I used to do those when I was a kid and loved them.
• United States
5 Apr
@lovebuglena Near you, it says Michaels or Barnes and Nobles for a start. I guess you don't have Walmart nearby.
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@lovebuglena (43081)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I’ve never seen them in person. Where are they sold?
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@sabtraversa (13014)
• Italy
5 Apr
I bought acrylic supplies last year and tried once. I thought I was bad at it until I had art therapy sessions and was satisfied with the results. I think all these years I spent looking at stuff improved my drawing and painting skills. Looking at stuff in general, but maybe watching other people drawing and painting was what made the difference. Social media often suggests me these videos. Yet practice makes perfect so I started my first very own painting. It was going well until I improvised something in the background and ruined the whole thing. Oh well, I'm going to try again once I have some free time and space to do so. You should get back at it again too. You even won a contest, that's fantastic!
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• United States
5 Apr
Aw I know what you mean about ruining a painting..that is so frustrating. And it puts you off for a while painting.
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• United States
5 Apr
@sabtraversa Yes did you try NightCafe? It is awesome for digital work.
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@sabtraversa (13014)
• Italy
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm That's why I used to mainly consider digital painting and discarded the 'real thing', until AI images became popular so no way I'm gonna compete with those now.
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• Nairobi, Kenya
5 Apr
Nice photo. I'm glad to learn that you loved painting and even won. That is awesome.
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• United States
5 Apr
Thank you
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• United States
5 Apr
@mildredtabitha No I don't paint now.
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• Nairobi, Kenya
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm you're welcome I hope you still paint even now. I've never painted. Maybe when I was a child only.
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@jnrdutton (2576)
• United States
5 Apr
I think you should get back to it, I'd Love to see more than what's in this post, though it's great.
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• United States
5 Apr
I didn't paint this though
@jnrdutton (2576)
• United States
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm oh? Well I look forward to seeing what you do paint.
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• United States
5 Apr
@jnrdutton I'm going to paint that monster that live upstairs..tar and feather J
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@grenery8 (2559)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Apr
congrats on winning the contest art subject in school got me hating painting but a few times when i tried on my own, out of school, i felt relaxed about it. this is a good hobby
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• United States
6 Apr
I am sorry you hated it in school
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• United States
7 Apr
@grenery8 Aw...bad teacher
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@grenery8 (2559)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Apr
@RebeccasFarm frustrated teachers who gave me Bs and i deserved morethank you
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Apr
I hope you will paint again! I did watercolor in my childhood - but in college I discovered I like acrylic. I loved the smell of oil painting . . . I was just too impatient for it to dry .
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Often it took days. I tried to cheat a project that I did the night before it was due . . . used a blow dryer but of course that didn't work .
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• United States
6 Apr
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• United States
5 Apr
Yes and if it doesn't dry..what a mess.
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@tkonlinevn (6417)
• Vietnam
6 Apr
The picture is really beautiful. I wish I could draw. I didn't study when I was young.
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• United States
6 Apr
I did not study either..I just liked to do it Polang. Maybe you do not have to draw only paint.
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@JudyEv (326155)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr
Is that your painting? It is really lovely. It's a pity if you can't/don't paint now. My mother was good at art but not me.
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• United States
6 Apr
Oh tis not Judy..if I could paint like that..these days I am lucky to hold a cup of coffee She was RIP your dear Mother was so gifted.
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@dya80dya (33655)
5 Apr
Yes, I used to paint when I was a kid. Now my therapist suggested I paint. But I am not in the mood.
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• United States
5 Apr
This is it Diana..the depression prevents us from doing things we love.
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• United States
6 Apr
@dya80dya There is not a way for me to force myself, I mean I have tried, but..it does not work, so now I no longer try to force.
@dya80dya (33655)
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I wonder if we should force ourselves to do things we enjoy. Have you tried this? I forced myself and it helped me, but not always.
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@LotusEyes (2716)
• India
5 Apr
Wow... what a great drawing. I loved the color
@Beestring (13387)
• Hong Kong
6 Apr
I am not good at painting.
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• United States
6 Apr
You are good at anything else.
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• United States
6 Apr
@Beestring Welcome xo
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@Beestring (13387)
• Hong Kong
6 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Thank you.
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@Ghostlady (390)
• United States
5 Apr
Wow...love your painting. And the flowers are awesome! Always wanted to paint, but haven't since the 7th grade except paint by number. My mother painted some beautiful pictures, mostly on Velvet. But you have talent..keep painting. Wish I could paint like that.
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• United States
5 Apr
I didn't paint that!
• United States
5 Apr
@RebeccasFarm Ok...would love to see some of YOUR paintings. I have a paint by numbers painting, been sitting in my office for over a year, just can't get up the confidence to paint it...been over 30 years since I painted even plaster crafts.