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Did this 8x10 pastel painting today. (Original Post) LiberalLoner Aug 2020 OP
Beautiful! Very nicely done. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #1
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #3
Looking! Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #2
Thank you so much! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #4
Inspiring. Newest Reality Aug 2020 #5
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #10
Beautiful and very peaceful. Kudos! hlthe2b Aug 2020 #6
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #11
Very nice. I'm jealous of your talent. :) nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2020 #7
❤️ thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #12
Very nice, LL. You're definitely in control of your medium. brush Aug 2020 #8
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #13
Lovely! Love the colors and shading. redstatebluegirl Aug 2020 #9
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #14
All of those are amazing and beautiful. Wbrady10 Aug 2020 #15
Thank you!!! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #16
You are talented and skilled. Way to go! CommonHumanity Aug 2020 #17
Thank you so much!!! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #20
It is very beautiful serene. MLAA Aug 2020 #18
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #26
It's dreamy! lunatica Aug 2020 #19
Thank you so much! ❤️ I've been trying to learn oil painting and I think it's helping me improve. LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #21
Exquisite as always! And so calming and peaceful, too! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #22
Thank you so much!!!🌹 LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #23
Very nice! bif Aug 2020 #24
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #25
Atmospheric LunaSea Aug 2020 #27
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #28
I love your happy little clouds. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #29
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #30
Very nice. sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #31
Thank you! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #32
You know, I pretty much gave up art as a teenager because LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #33
Thank you for this addition to your post! lunatica Aug 2020 #34
Thank you so much!!! LiberalLoner Aug 2020 #35

CommonHumanity

(264 posts)
17. You are talented and skilled. Way to go!
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 02:57 PM
Aug 2020

That is beautiful. While waiting for link to open I was anticipating an amateur attempt which, while far better than anything I could do, was still full of awkward dimensions and spatial relationships. How wrong I was, it is truly a thing of beauty. I love it.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. It's dreamy!
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 02:58 PM
Aug 2020

It’s so gently dreamlike. Very soft and calm with a wonderful atmospheric lulling feel to it. A moment of stillness in the day for all living creatures. Perhaps a siesta interlude of stillness as the day starts giving way to dusk. It has a golden haziness. I love it!

LiberalLoner

(9,931 posts)
21. Thank you so much! ❤️ I've been trying to learn oil painting and I think it's helping me improve.
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 02:59 PM
Aug 2020

LiberalLoner

(9,931 posts)
33. You know, I pretty much gave up art as a teenager because
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 07:52 AM
Aug 2020

I felt I wasn’t good enough. I saw other students who did much better work than me and learned faster.

I let shame get in the way of doing something I really enjoyed.

When I had the transverse myelitis/MS attack that left me disabled, I realized I might not have all that much longer to live. And I asked myself, because I was grappling with depression at that point, what would really make me happy, make me want to get out of bed and face the day?

And the answer was playing with art supplies.

So I gave myself permission to buy some art supplies and do art as badly as I wanted to. The goal wasn’t to produce anything that anyone would like, it was to get me out of bed and to stop me from feeling sad for awhile.

It was just therapy, to rehabilitate my emotional state and also my right hand which became clumsy after a lesion in my brain near the “hand knob” took away my dexterity.

It turned out to be good therapy for me and I’m so grateful for the time, the resources and the space to be able to play with my art supplies.

And now, several years later, I’m even occasionally producing a painting that one or two people like enough to accept as a gift.

I hope to keep improving. Gives me something to look forward to.

I learned something. Life is too short. Give yourself permission to do something badly if it is something that brings you joy and doesn’t harm anyone else. Even if people laugh at you, it doesn’t really matter, because you only have one life and whatever happiness you can squeeze out of it, you should go ahead and take.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
34. Thank you for this addition to your post!
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 01:56 PM
Aug 2020

I came back to take another look at your painting and found this. You’re so right to give your advice about how important it is to be true to yourself because that’s what counts the most. Sometimes life forces your hand and opens the door of your own gifts to you and everyone around you can feel enriched.

I looked at your painting again to recover the feeling of stillness and peace it gave me and it worked it’s magic again. I love the colors, and their contrast of the warm sky, also reflected in the water with your broad, loose strokes punctuated with the fine sharp lines of the tree trunks and branches. Your use of the dark blue as the shaded side of the closest tree is inspired. It’s visually delicious!

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