{"id":558,"date":"2011-04-26T14:07:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T14:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2012-08-31T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T22:35:58","slug":"art-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Art Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Art<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve decided to do something fun in addition to all the health stuff and recipes I post here. I\u2019m a pretend artist and it\u2019s one of my biggest loves ever. I dream of being a real artist someday\u2026I doubt it will happen, but a girl can dream, right? I am very new into this whole painting thing. I just started oil painting about a year ago, so I\u2019m very much a beginner. I\u2019ve never painted with acrylics or watercolours from a tube. A few weeks ago I started doodling Manga style, but mostly, I just doodle away however I like. Then I stumbled on this image (below) with the 30-Day Challenge on it and I was inspired. I knew that I needed to expand myself beyond my own art journals, sketches, and doodles\u2026and this was it!<\/p>\n

Then\u2026I realized that if I did one of those projects a day I\u2019d wear myself out. I lead a busy life and to add that to my daily agenda I knew that my art quality would suffer. So I came up with a plan to still do this challenge. I would see the Challenge as a list. As soon as I finished project one, I would then get on with project two once I had time. Once I start to do things fast, the quality drops like a rock.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

(image via Pinterest<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For me, art is an outlet. Whenever I have emotions I need to get out, I need to talk, journal, write songs or poetry, draw, or paint. I can\u2019t keep things buried inside. There\u2019s something about painting or drawing that is very therapeutic\u2026it transports your imagination to a different world. It\u2019s very relaxing and there\u2019s something about blending the paints and mixing colours that seems to make me calm. That is, until I get frustrated for not getting what\u2019s inside my head on the canvas\u2026this, of course, breaks the spell. *smile*<\/p>\n

This is my latest painting I just finished a couple days ago (the beginning of it you can see in the top photo). It\u2019s of one of my nieces. Her family recently got a photo shoot done and I fell in love with the pictures and knew I had<\/em> to paint one of them!<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

So I hope you enjoy this little journey as much as I will! Maybe you\u2019re an artist and would like to hop in on the challenge?! I would love that.<\/p>\n

What activities do you find relaxing?
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