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I LOVE to design and to paint whimsical items that will put a smile on your face. Each day I share my simple life with you as I try to encourage, to inspire and sometimes JUST to make you smile as I recount my life growing up on a dairy farm! I've never had many material items in my life, BUT I have been blessed beyond words with love and encouragement from WONDERFUL Parents who instilled in me WHAT was important. I have had EVERYTHING that I needed and WAY too much of what I wanted. I am slowly learning to be a better person each day through my interactions with my friends on Facebook. Some day I hope to be as good as people seem to THINK I am! I am BLESSED! Welcome to my little corner of the world...Please stop by and visit often!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

JUST PAINT...Wednesday, February 5, 2014



Sometimes in life, we worry about THINGS that don’t need to be worried about!  AND the reverse is also true—we DON’T worry about the THINGS we SHOULD worry about…crazy, huh!




When I did the tutorial the other day of THAT KISS, I told you a couple of times NOT to worry about a mistake BECAUSE it was JUST PAINT…That is WHAT I believe…



I paint because I enjoy it…NO, I LOVE to paint!  Painting has given me so much joy and I know, many of my paintings have also brought Joy to others…THAT is what I try to do…



Painting relaxes me…it allows my mind to go places that my body can’t go…it fills my life with COLOR and more than that…it reminds me EVERY time that I pick up my brush that I am blessed…





God gave me some talent…He did NOT make me a great artist, but he gave me some skills that I could develop.  I have chosen to develop those skills.  I paint so much better than I used to and I hope one day to make that statement about WHERE I am today…I WANT to improve…



I paint WHAT I like.  YES, I can paint more difficult things and I enjoy a challenge sometimes, BUT the bottom line is that I want to ENJOY what I do…I want to help OTHERS enjoy this art that I love.



With that said…it STILL is JUST PAINT…If I make a mistake, all I have to do is start over…IF I make a mistake, no lives will be changed~~WELL, IF I’m doing a special order and mess up and send it messed up, MAYBE it will change a life…sigh…





FOR whatever reason, and I’m just about to the point of not asking WHY anymore, I was given the task of caring for my elderly parents.  They struggled.  They had to endure moments of declining health that were HORRIBLE…I did the best I could and neither I nor they wanted things to get as bad as they got at times, BUT you know, we made it.  They are now in their new HEAVENLY Mansion and having a BLAST with those they love dearly and one day I WILL join them and the circle will be complete, BUT for NOW, I am here to SERVE my fellow man and to hopefully be used as God’s hands and heart to help people…



PAINT is JUST PAINT…IF you are spending time fretting if you signature is perfect, or you don’t have the exact color that is called for in a pattern, or what color a smile should be, or on and on…THEN I THINK you have lost ALL perspective and you MIGHT need to get a new hobby or living, BECAUSE in the grand scheme of LIFE…it is JUST paint…PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE…



I have three examples of WHY I say that a mistake is not a big deal….

As always, I use Americana DecoArt Paint...I think it is the BEST available, AND it is made in the USA!



I painted this owl on a canvas and I think his "ears" are well, HILARIOUS…






I added some of the background color and covered part of them and MAYBE it looks a little better…I will look again to see if I wish to do something else…BUT I’m not going to lose any sleep over it!  As a matter of fact, I THINK I just decided what I will do...It should be very easy to do what I want....




I made this sign in honor of how Mother and I laughed so many times about this saying, I did NOT like how the shading of the head showed through the hair…





I added some flesh tone to the top of the head to cover the shading, and added more hair and it is fine now…EASY PEASY…took me less than five minutes and I’m happy with it.





This magnet was cut out and painted during the night for today’s post…







WHEN I photographed it, I didn’t like the white on the beak, so I covered it…I saw a whanky dot above the right eye, so I covered that…AND I thought I needed to add a float under the bristles of the brush, so I added a dark float of color under it…DONE…I’m happy again…BUT you know, I wasn’t miserable BEFORE…=)





Life is so fragile…THINGS are THINGS…YES, I LIKE my things…YES, I heard my mother tell me DOZENS of times, “Anything worth doing, is worth doing WELL.”…I understand WANTING to do a good job of painting and I try to turn out a product that I am proud to offer, BUT at the end of the day…It is JUST PAINT…Blessings to YOU…~charlotte♥

4 comments:

  1. Just Paint.. I love it. Years ago I would throw my finished pieces in the trash, I would get so frustrated.. I went to my mother in laws, and what did I see on her walls? My thrown away pieces! My husband (x) had been digging them out and taking them to her.. I was in shock! Those horrid pieces displayed for all to see.. LOL I then started chucking them into our wood stove to make sure that didn't happen again.. looking back, I wish I hadn't.. they must not have been as bad as I thought if she liked them, after all.. it was Just Paint.

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    1. I guess I had NO SHAME because I would SELL my stuff...LOL...it was BAD from what I do now, BUT someone liked it and bought it AND in all fairness, that WAS the style back then! I STILL do things that I think should PROBABLY go into the trash, BUT it is all ok...IF NO one buys it, THEN one day I will donate it to GOOD WILL...AND someone can buy it and PAINT OVER It...LOL...it is JUST PAINT!! ;)

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  2. I'm with you! It's just paint! The way i look at it, is if you're a perfectionist, you're not very creative, since some of the best "handmade" items start with a mistake. =)

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    1. WHILE I understand that we ALL worry about DIFFERENT things, BUT some of the people in a painting group that I USED to enjoy WORRY about the most idiotic things I have ever seen in my whole life!! I speak as a person who has sold THOUSANDS of dollars of CRAFTS and the things they have worried about, WELL, they need to sit beside the bed of a dying person and LEARN what is important in life!! I KNOW...JUST because I don't think it is important, does not make ME right, BUT I think I have tuned into SOMETHING...;) I am ALSO amazed at the painters who NEVER step out in faith and try something DIFFERENT from the pattern...sad, really! =) IF someone has painted for several years, SEEMS to me, they should have learned SOMETHING about mixing, blending and matching COLORS...GEE WHIZ...it is JUST PAINT!! ROFL! =)

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