painting

For my sisters birthday I decided instead of doing the same thing we try something new...painting. Angela and Teri did not at all want to do this with me but I think because they didn’t want to hurt my feelings she said she would go and Teri showed up. We get to the studio, open the wine and grab the brush! Right away we were all laughing at each other and critiquing our yellow background. Teri’s point of view…. Teri’s was perfect, Angela and I had used the wrong yellow and we were only on step one! Teri said, “Do yall not know how to follow instructions?” We get to the blue paint, without hesitation I ask my first of many questions, and a fellow painter asked my sisters while pointing at me…. “Did she get the blue memo?”More laughter. The next step was the vase; all three of us looked over at each of our vases and made eyes at each other while reassuring each other all of ours looked the best….lots of laughter!
On to the flowers….Teri kindly let the art instructor know that an hour into the session she was now a professional because the steams Teri painted with her paint brush could not have been from the same brush that she painted with. Angela’s flowers were amazing; she kept asking us if she needed to do more and both Teri and I told her to stop…yes she kept painting. Let’s just say my flowers were not even close to what we were told to do…..again more laughter.
It’s funny how in painting there is the word "pain", last night while "pain"-ting I really thought it was going to be painful....boy was I wrong. It was a blast and totally worth trying something new. In the end, I would have to say I am not sure what I enjoyed more, the painting, the laughing with my sisters or the excitement to do it again as soon as we finished!