My Hidden Talent

Two years go this December I came across a hidden talent. I discovered a very much happy medium...well the medium of acrylic paints that is. I have always loved to sketch and doodle while in school. I took art class all 4 years of high school. In high school I was ok at painting and any art, but I wasn't great at it. Sometimes I wonder how I got from point A to point B.

As I look back and compare myself from then to now I have realized the difference. Back in high school I wasn't painting just to paint or painting for myself. I had to paint for a grade, paint for my art teacher. We were constantly working with one medium to another. Never really getting to just sit with your favorite. And when put on a time schedule for a grade...lets just say things didn't get done or was done in a fast manner. Painting for me now is a lot different. I get to paint on my own terms. I can take all the time in the world. Use as much or as little paint as I like. And the only person I have to get the approval of for my work is myself. No grades, no time schedule, no bouncing around from medium to medium. It's just me, my mind, my brushes, and a blank canvas.

I think the first time I realized I had a passion for it was at my Dad's Family Thanks Giving two years back. I was just playing around with a few things and my aunt mentioned to me that I was quite good at what I was doing. Which to me was just toying around with some cheap paints and brushes. A month later I had a lot on my plate that I was dealing with. I had some issues with school, knee surgery, and Lord knows what else. So I turned to painting. I decided to paint my mom and my sister Christmas presents because one it was cheap, and two I needed something to do to get my mind off things. Lets just say painting was a great outlet for me.

By the time Christmas Eve rolled around I had put out three different paintings. Two for my mom and one for my sister. When it came time for my mom and sister to open their gifts we all realized what a gift I had. Now I am not saying I am the queen of painting. And that I am the next Van Gogh, but I definitely had a talent for it. My sister called it my "hidden talent".

So here today I am creating this blog to share with you all my hidden talent. I will post my projects and my artwork for you all to see. I might also share some knowledge of art and how-to's and such. So this is me Jenny...from the tip of my paint brush.