"Texas Proud"
Pen & Ink/Rouged Oils

DECORATIVE PAINTING                  
What is Decorative Painting anyway?   I have been "painting in some form or fashion since I was a child....always the "creative one".  I have always longed to be the perfect painter.  Not possible...but it's been fun learning and trying to do what I have seen in magazines and pattern books.  It wasn't until a few years ago that I actually considered myself an artist.....I was told by a very wise woman once..."if you pick up a brush, pen, or pencil and put it on a surface...you are an artist"....

I know from experience that anyone can learn to paint.  All it takes is the desire to do it....
I thought I would share this definition of "Decorative Painting" with you....I read it somewhere and thought it's so true....

*Decorative Painting is the application of paint to any surface to enhance and decorate.  Decorative Art is used to beautify our surroundings and includes the use of many media and surfaces.  Decorative Painting is a "teachable art."  Anyone can learn to paint and create beautiful projects on both functional and strictly decorative surfaces.

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This is especially true doing the Pen & Ink/Oil Rouging technique that I teach and love so much....if you have always wanted to learn to paint...give it a try...you will be amazed at what you can do even if you can't draw a straight line or have never picked up a brush before....it's mistake proof and lots of fun and results are guaranteed....
check it out...take a look at my website for information... judybdesigns.com 
The pictures I have posted are two of my original designs...you can do it too!


"Bluebells & Butterflies"
Pen & Ink/Rouged Oils on glass



Creativity... What is creativity anyway? Webster says it is "the ability or power to produce something new through imaginative skills, to make or bring into existence something new." I hear all the time "oh I can't do that--I'm not creative".

I believe we are all creative in some way. I have heard that we are born creative and as we grow we learn to be uncreative. I think it is inherently "in" us as humans we just have to be aware that is is there and be willing to try new things. There are lots of ways to be creative, painting is just one. As kids we were uninhibited when it came to artistic expression then life happened and somehow we decided we just had no creativity.

Try something new...take a class, help a child with a project, take a walk and look at nature....take a picture...inspire yourself...you might just surprise yourself.

You cannot use up creativity...the more you use the more you have....Maya Angelou

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