My first ever painting.

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Hi everyone, tonight is a first for me, i painted a picture for the first time in my life, and it actualy looks half decent!

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For those who don't know me, whilst i can usualy knock up an ok looking craft project, when it comes to painting, i have always been useless. In fact, if i may quote the famous Blackadder for a second, when it comes to painting "I have all the artistic talent of a cluster of colourblind hedgehogs....in a bag!". I have never been any good with paint, so have avoided it any every oppurtunity.

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Enter Maddy....yes Maddy spent the evening with me and my kids, showing us how to paint with acrylics on canvas. This is particulary funny because Maddy has never painted before either, so she made it up as she went along. The results were very pleasing for a first effort and it has certainly given me the enthusiasm to do some more. They were not copied from any picture or anything, just made up as we went along.

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So the above painting is mine....here is my youngest daughters....she's 12 years old....enjoys art but is very self critical and like i say, has not painted like this before. If you are wondering what the "tyre tracks" are doing leading into the lake, i have no idea......they were intentional, she has a strange sense of imagination...

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Below is my 13 year old daughters first painting....she has never really been one for art, thinks she is rubbish at it and steers clear of art if she can. We always encourage her and with perserveranace she can accomplish bits she is proud of...takes some doing though....so she is chuffed to bits with this.

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I am so proud of the kids paintings, they've done a few paintings at school before, but they were typical kids stuff. This is thier first try at something a bit harder.

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Not bad first attempts considering all we used was some paintbrushes that i had in my shed which i use for painting my skirting boards with!

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A big thank you again to Maddy for being patient enough to get us through these paintings, lets just say it was a bit challenging at times.

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Hope you like them. :)