Monday, August 18, 2008

Art & the Master

I've learned a new form of art. Actually I've never really done much of any art before so it's very new to me. I'm starting to learn how to paint, impressionism for now. I started with that because it seems very easy on the eyes, a soft look I guess. Plus it seemed to me to be an easy form of art to learn. Ha! Not exactly! Well to start you still have to put down the back ground which includes drawing on a blank canvas or what artists call "blocking in". So I did that then I started with the background (using real paints), adding in all of the light values,etc. The thing I've been working on lately is the mailboxes, you see, my painting has about 10 mailboxes in it. They are all very colorful and bright and just interesting to look at. I thought it would be cool to paint but it has also been very detailed. I get frustrated at times but after a little bit of adjusting the color, adding and taking away I end up with something that actually looks like a mailbox! I just wanted to write about this in my blog because painting reminds me so much of spending time with God. I sit down to paint and next thing I know it's time to go home and I feel good, like I learned something new, it added to my life and I am at peace. Same as with God, I sit down next to the Master, read His Word and next thing I know it's time to do life. It's very peaceful, soothing and I forget about all of the stresses of the world. Some people get a massage to forget about their worries, some people get a manicure or pedicure to forget about their worries and some people even hit the gym to forget about their worries but me, well I've found that sitting with Jesus is the best thing I could ever do to forget about my worries and what comes in close to second place? Painting. Every time I mix a color I think about God and how He must have enjoyed coming up with colors for the trees and the flowers and even mankind. Life is good. Try painting some day, you never know you just might like it!

5 comments:

David Baumgartner said...

So are you going to share a picture or two? Would love to see what you're creating.

Rachel said...

Yeah well if I can ever finish it I will! ;-) I think I might start a new project in the meantime because those mailboxes are really getting to me. But I will try and post a pic as soon as it starts to look like something recognizable

David Baumgartner said...

So you want your "impressionist" painting to "look like something"?? Hee hee =0)

Rachel said...

Oh, I guess you would call that an oxy moron right? Well you're not alone in that thought because my art teacher says the exact same thing and she said she "noticed my attention to detail." But it's got to at least resemble a mailbox right?! (And not look like a big yellow blob???)

Caroline said...

You are completely right. Painting is a very God exalting moment when all of one's emotion seeps out through the finger tips onto a canvas.