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So today I was in the mood to paint something but struggling to figure out what when my husband suggested that I revisit an old painting and recreate it. That what a great idea I thought.
Then it occurred to me exactly which painting to recreate. You see my very first painting experience last year was a truly awful one. It was in oils and I had no clue what I was doing, it remained cast aside, unfixed and unfinished. It was supposed to be of my cat Twinkie. So today I set about repainting in acrylics, and I have to say that seeing progress was a real confidence booster for me. Here they are together.
Does anyone else have a similar compare and contrast?
Carrie
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Carrie, my first painting experience, like you was last year. My first attempt at grapes went terribly wrong. You can see, they look like sprouts. The next one I did soon after to prove to myself I could make a better attempt. The third is one I did recently. We learn from our disasters. I still laugh when I look at the first picture of grapes. I like your cat by the way.
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Those are some gorgeous pictures Denise the glass in the middle painting is fantastic, I see what you mean about the grapes.
Seeing the progress made is such a confidence booster I think, it was a really useful thing to do and I may end up revisiting some other old paintings and trying them again I think.