The womb girls arts and crafts

Yes often people use photos from all kinds of places as reference currently I am working on a painting using a photo from my calendar of penguins and I am adding some difference as the picture I am using is a daytime one and I am doing a nighttime one. So I don't see any problem with your suggestion and thank you for your thought and kindness.

Again, lovely movement in this picture!

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This has to be my favourite painting I have done up to now. I realised the reason I started this thread and why I love it too is that you can get a lot of relaxation and therapy out of arts and crafts and a lot of pleasure. I have found myself in a weird bit of emotional pain, things have been very trying to say the least although I think a few things have been sorted now and I have my bone scan this Thursday.  I find I can escape in my art, although I can't decide what to paint next? Although I fancy doing another penguin painting, or a bear or a wolf or something completely different. I started going to an art class which is helping my confidence and I am learning so much and having a great laugh too, the art teacher is hilarious! But that's what its ultimately about isn't it, to enjoy what you have created. I hope you enjoy my little painting.

That's adorable Gbear! I love my art classes too, I totally know what you mean about how important they are to keep a grip on all the things we have that are good, rather than fretting about what our next medical trauma will be.

Wow GBear

Your art is coming along in leaps and bounds. That’s such a lovely picture. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it and finding it a good outlet for your emotional pain. I hope your scan goes well and you don’t have to wait too long for results 

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GBear, that’s a fab picture. Well done. Lots of good wishes for your scan on Thurs x

Fairycake thank you for your well wishes. I am going though some mixed emotions at the moment and a lot of frustration too. After my GP forgot, she has told me that she's referring me to cardiology and orthopedics and my renal speacialist to my compete surprised has written to my GP basically saying its about time I got my back checked out. But ultimately its really got to me, I realised I feel I am back in the same situation I was in this time last year and it has totally floored me, its made me pretty angry and confused. I started my art class about just over a month ago and the others in the class are really supportive and welcoming and its helping to ground me, for that time in the class I feel safe, something I don't feel much at the moment. But my love of art has been something that has surprised me but glad I found. My Dad wants me to do a series of waterfall paintings I did for a friend, they had autumn falls so winter, spring and summer so I may do them in the class or something else I love painting animals their expressions are great, people are hard so I want to learn that too. Someone asked me to do another painting of a penguin and one of the ladies in the class suggested painting a wolf from a picture we saw. She said my eyes light up and she said you can see if something really grabs you, so maybe a wolf I did like the picture of a bear though. So once I have decided and completed which ever I will share.

Oh wow GBear, this is really impressive, your work is really developing into something.  Do keep at it!  Xxxx

I just love the northern lights! Seeing them is definitely on my bucket list.

Loads of love

I thought I'd give you all a laugh, and send this as a Christmas card to you all. My 3 year grand daughter 'decorated ' the Christmas cake yesterday!!  Happy Christmas to you all.