Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

Here’s one of Anya’s drawings, before she went and painted it on canvas.

And you know what?

For some weird reason, after seeing this drawing, I had the urge to paint on canvas – just something. Anything!

It’s a very similar urge that I had some time back, when I suddenly felt all itchy to paint. I went for it and painted a ‘family tree’ on canvas in the wee hours!

Strange.

But anyway.

I did it again this time! Yay.

Less than 8 hours after Anya drew the girl above =)

(Mad decision, I know, because I am no painter, it’s past midnight, I didn’t get much sleep the nights before, AND I still have tonnes of other work to do – which usually I gradually clear when the kids are all in bed!)

Aaaanyway.

I went on to browse the internet for ideas on what to paint, AND I loved the works of Rachelle Levingston on etsy.com!

And I thought I’d give the sheep and the lamb painting a go =)

(I chose the sheep-lamb painting to remind me how we too are like sheep, easily lost and can’t find our way home, unless the Great Shepherd comes to find us)

And.

Here it is!

I know. The body is not quite proportional. The legs are not natural-looking =)

But, this officially is my third painting on a canvas *YAY*

My first painting on canvas was a ‘Wedding Tree’

My second was a ‘Family Tree’

Happy that I followed that mad urge to paint that night! =)

Therapeutic, and fulfilling.

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Btw, if you’ve been itching to create something too, perhaps it’s time to … GO FOR IT?

Have a great week, everyone!