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(115,281 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Farmgirl1961
(1,493 posts)Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talent.
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(9,761 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)It draws you into it and evokes a mood.
Excellent art.
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(9,761 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Binkie The Clown
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(9,761 posts)brush
(53,475 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Wbrady10
(15 posts)Thanks for sharing. You are truly talented.
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(9,761 posts)CommonHumanity
(246 posts)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.
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(9,761 posts)MLAA
(17,165 posts)Beautifully done!
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(9,761 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Its 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!
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(9,761 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)bif
(22,560 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)LunaSea
(2,892 posts)Nicely done!
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(9,761 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)💖
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(9,761 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,281 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)I felt I wasnt 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 wasnt 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 Im so grateful for the time, the resources and the space to be able to play with my art supplies.
And now, several years later, Im 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 doesnt harm anyone else. Even if people laugh at you, it doesnt 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)I came back to take another look at your painting and found this. Youre so right to give your advice about how important it is to be true to yourself because thats 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 its 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. Its visually delicious!