IS THERE A PINK ROSE PAINTER HIDING INSIDE YOU?

A RECENT 2009 PROJECT

OK my Bloggie Friends...I'm getting ready to bare my soul here! Do I get an AMEN?

THE FIRST PAINTED PROJECT

I SOLD ON EBAY - 2003

Yesterday I blogged excitedly about Shabby Chic Finds and Hand Painted Shabby Pink Roses! In it I showcased a bit of my artwork hand painted upon a sweet vintage find, an old Sewing Machine Cover. As a result of that post (I think we've got some shy girls lurking in bloggie-land shadows) :), I received several direct emails about PAINTING PINK ROSES, asking both where and how to get started...

Well now! I truly believe that somebody besides ME needs to write a book or film a tutorial about this subject because I'm not even sure there is a name for the technique I use. I don't even really KNOW if it even IS a technique...

MY FIRST EBAY LAMP - 2003

As you can EASILY see, when I first started offering up hand painted pretties (I'm using that term loosely here!) on eBay I DID NOT have a clue what I was doing. I really didn't (I still don't think I do!). I only knew I wanted to paint and at the time that seemed to be enough for me...

Now...when I look back on some of those early offerings (like the lamp above) I want to curl up and die...or maybe just FAINT! The work was not very good...my paint colors were muddied up and I was using the wrong brush. But you know what? I was trying! I was trying! And, had I not picked up that very first paint brush back in 2003 I might not be painting pink roses today... Everyone has to begin somewhere, right? Isn't that what we all say?

ONE OF MY FAVORITE 2009 OFFERINGS

Local Craft Shoppes offer up to the beginning painter many books on how to get started painting florals. You can also find amazing books and ideas on line... Many have been very helpful to me, but in the end it was the studying of deeply loved works that ended up helping me create and define my own style. I love staring at vintage china painted plates and then trying to emulate what I see using acrylics.

A SWEET SIGN - 2009

Little by little I began to understand more about color and shading, applying the right brush stroke as well as using the correct brush. "Is there a secret to getting better?" You ask?

It's what all rose painters say...

PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!

THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE SIGN - 2009

I seriously doubt I'll ever become the artist my favorite rose painter, Cathrine Klein, has become...it's not even in my thinking. What I do hope is that I will enjoy to the fullest every passing of my brush and that I'll fall in love over and over again with each God-created color I see upon my palette...

PAINTING JARS LIDS ARE ALWAYS FUN

Do you have a hidden talent? Maybe it's painting pink roses?

Blessings to you as you seek to uncover the passion that lies within you...Rebecca