Did this 12x18 soft pastel this week

[LiberalLoner]

Art is kind of keeping me sane these days.

https://pin.it/6pogjfxtrd7bvx

[WheelWalker]

1. Reminds me of Yellowstone and the 1988 fires.

[LiberalLoner]

8. Ooohhhh....hadn't thought of that!

[Ohiogal]

2. Gorgeous!

I’ve never been able to conquer pastels. Your creation is superb.

[LiberalLoner]

7. Thank you so much!

[Karadeniz]

3. Is it the skyscape on Pinterest? If so LOVE IT!!! WONDERFUL! It'll go fast! Congrats!

[LiberalLoner]

5. Yes! Thank you! I'm not trying to sell my work yet though. I want to get better first.

[WePurrsevere]

4. That's beautiful! I know what you mean..

about art helping to keep you sane. I feel much the same.

[LiberalLoner]

6. It's a nice break from reality. If I had magic powers

I would give art supplies and art books to everyone in the world who had depression or anxiety or anything like that. If I ever win the lottery maybe I can do that...

[WePurrsevere]

9. Art is wonderful therapy and way to take a break.

I'm a big fan of encouraging creativity in others of all ages. It reaches through and across so many boundaries.

[applegrove]

10. You really get that feeling of awe that sunsets provoke. Lovely.

[LiberalLoner]

11. Thank you so much!

[grantcart]

12. Beautiful

[LiberalLoner]

14. Thank you!

[Duppers]

13. Talent! You have it!

Just followed you on Pinterest.



Note: my largest board there is "current events." Yep, I take politics to Pinterest, bigly. It tends to be a repub place but there are other DUers there.

[LiberalLoner]

15. Thank you so much!

[Perseus]

16. Well done, very pretty

I admire people who do pastel, requires a lot of patience...I do oil, requires less patience.

Good job, very real.

[LiberalLoner]

25. Thank you so much! Gosh I started pastels as therapy to rehabilitate my

Right hand which suffered when a lesion near the “hand knob” of my brain made my hand very clumsy.

I couldn’t sit up for all that long at a time and I couldn’t use my right hand very long at a time so I used pastels as therapy because they come together so quickly and they always stay “wet” so I can start and stop without any problems.

This painting only took a couple hours of work at the most. In oils I have no idea how long it wouldn’t have taken, maybe weeks?

So I think it’s oil that requires more patience! 😀

[BigmanPigman]

17. Very nice indeed!

[LiberalLoner]

26. Thank you so much!

[Alliepoo]

18. That is just beautiful!!

[LiberalLoner]

27. Thank you so much!

[barbtries]

19. beautiful.

i followed you.

i just started painting again for the first time in about 12 years. I don't have your talent but it is so relaxing! I can paint for awhile without even smoking let alone thinking about how the world's going to hell in a handbasket and i can't find a job and all that noise. the noise goes away.

sometimes i make a painting that i like but it's more of a fluke when that happens than anything.

[LiberalLoner]

24. Please keep on making art! It's such a nice "in the flow" experience

And that place is where we are the most happy in life!

[alwaysinasnit]

20. Great one. Invites introspection. I'm a bit envious of your talent as I have nothing to keep me

from losing the few marbles I have left. Keep at it!

[LiberalLoner]

23. Thank you so much! I don't think I have any natural talent, I just keep

Trying, I’m stubborn, I keep painting.

I used to love coloring in my coloring books when I was a kid. Then I got a Spirograph and I was really in heaven although I never had the special colored ink pens and always wished for them.

Basically I just never grew up, I guess, because i still love coloring. For a long time I was in the Army and I didn’t do art, was just too tired (had MS all my life since my teenage years but didn’t know it, but the chronic fatigue from it kicked my rear end) but now since I’m not working I have enough time and energy to color again.

[alwaysinasnit]

31. Sounds like it is great therapy for you. Please continue to share your paintings. Talent is an

ability to communicate something of one's self through a medium, in your case through painting. It "speaks." Again, thanks for sharing.

[left-of-center2012]

21. here

[LiberalLoner]

22. Oh gosh! Thank you so much! How did you do that? I'm not very good at this

Computer stuff I’m afraid.

[Freedomofspeech]

28. Well, you are incredibly good at pastels!!!

Absolutely stunning!

[left-of-center2012]

29. How to Take a Screenshot On Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS

What is a Screenshot?
When used as a verb, "screenshot" means capturing a static image of your device's display. In other words, it's taking a picture of whatever is showing on your computer, mobile, or tablet screen at the time.

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-screenshot-1701742

[LiberalLoner]

32. Thank you! I know how to do a screen shot though, it's posting it here on DU that has me flummoxed!

[left-of-center2012]

35. You have to upload to a photo host

Read this:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/103659987

This is the section I use:
“I want to post a photo that I have on my own computer. It is NOT on the internet (yet!)”

[LiberalLoner]

37. Thank you so much!

[lark]

30. OMG, that is so beautiful.

I absolutely love the colors as well as the title. Excellent painting, I hope you are proud of it.

[LiberalLoner]

33. Thank you so much! Well, I don't hate it, which is my usual reaction to my own work, so

It’s apparently better than my average work.

[lark]

34. It's always difficult to judge your own work dispassionately.

You look for imperfections, I just look at the beauty of the colors and how it makes me feel happy and calm. I do the same when I make something or my flowers are blooming, I always think I could have done more or done something different and had a better result. I am trying to stop being such a perfectionist and just appreciate the result without all the critical mess going on in my head. I am working hard to focus on the good, not the bad, but it's not that easy.

[LiberalLoner]

36. Thank you all so much! Your kind words and support are greatly appreciated,

I am so glad to have my DU family, you guys mean a lot to me.

[bif]

38. Very dramatic! Nice use of color.

You've got talent, that's for sure.