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someguyfromcanada  ·  2979 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Are any of you artists? Do you draw?

I am an inept no talent artist in every sense of the word. (Except for found object art which I am good at.)

But there was a time when I hosted a dinner party every week for about eight to ten. One day I was walking home and there was an art store that I had walked by hundreds of times but had never bothered to check it out. But this day I decided to. I ended up buying about $1,000 of brushes, canvases, oils, tools and an easel.

So that week it became a rule at the dinner parties that you could not leave until you made a painting. It was amazing seeing what people came up with. Everyone got to take their creations home so I do not have any examples but whether they were good or not was irrelevant. It was creative and unexpected and fun.

Here is the one example that I still have. Oils, Gin, tonic and doobie ash. Technically it is multimedium as there is a photo and part of a newspaper article buried somewhere under that oil. Yeah I already admitted I was no talent so....

I miss those days.





thenewgreen  ·  2979 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds like a lot of fun. I would love to attend a party like that. Hell, I may throw a party like that. Great idea