I've always been a creative person. I can remember getting a drawing kit for Christmas one year. I had tried to enter those drawing schools, you know the ones. They were the ones with ads in the back of magazines, inviting you to draw a figure and submit for consideration. I think if I would have drawn a stick figure they would still have asked me to join their art school. That's marketing for you. My husband bought me my first watercolor kit. ... http://www.squidoo.com/weborglodge_how Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:53:30 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:52:14 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/weborglodge_how I've always been a creative person. I can remember getting a drawing kit for Christmas one year. I had tried to enter those drawing schools, you know the ones. They were the ones with ads in the back of magazines, inviting you to draw a figure and submit for consideration. I think if I would have drawn a stick figure they would still have asked me to join their art school. That's marketing for you. My husband bought me my first watercolor kit. I was inspired, you see, by a scene of a character painting in the movie, Enchanted April (1991). Then and there I decided that I wanted to paint. I followed many artists through my early painting days, following exercises from books. I took a few workshops along the way. My painting, I'm happy to say, is entirely my own. I don't follow trends or sales. I follow my heart. I paint the scenes I love or wish I could visit. I pour my soul in every work I complete. Painting gave me a gift too. I remember distinctly one day looking out and noticing how many different greens there were in the trees. Painting opened my eyes to color. That has been the best gift I've ever gotten by picking up a brush. Share your passion. Make your own lens. Check out my art  on Etsy Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:52:14 -0600