If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. --Vincent van Gogh
I am a living, breathing, painting example of this quote.
A dear friend told me about an organization on Amazon wherein you send them a photo, and they return a 16"-square paint-by-number canvas, paints (36 tiny pots) and brushes. She did one of her dog that turned out great, so I went for it with a favorite Barney photo. I started painting it in early October, thinking of it as an end-of-October birthday present for my husband. 95 hours later I finished it, on December 17. I did the entire thing through a lighted magnifying glass with a teeny, tiny paintbrush. I will get it framed in the next couple of weeks. I couldn't be happier with it.
My husband was stunned with it. Mouth agape. WOW! SPECTACULAR! and many questions. I included the teeny paintbrush with it so he could see the main tool I used. This explained the many hours I kept him out of the woman cave while I was working on it. The joy in painting it and in him opening it was well worth the effort. And as he suggested, I learned a lot doing it.
MERRY! MERRY! JOY! JOY!
Leta
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| Barney forever!! |
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