AES53 Painting

I love painting, it’s one of my favorite things to do. My love for painting grew because of how I was such an expressive child and I just loved playing with colors. Painting, also really helped with my anxiety, I feel like it is something that really makes me calm. In the process of mixing and matching the paints that’s the best part. I can really paint out the things in my head because sometimes no words can really describe how im feeling. So if you want to know how im feeling just looks at the painting im making. 

Painting was also that one thing I felt confident doing. As a child I felt like I couldn’t do anything, I just didn’t saw value in myself. So painting really helped me to see the value in myself, it kinda gave me hope that I am actually capable of something. It was a life-changing thing for me. Even tho I knew that I lived in a society that the value of mathematical skills will always be greater compared to art things. 

I usually use a canvas, but now im actually into making paintings with watercolor. Because when you use watercolor you can add more detail with a drawing pen after the painting is done. I like to add lines in my painting I think it just makes the painting alive. Recently I haven’t really been painting because I am busy doing other things, and that really sad. I really wish I had the time and energy to paint more often. 

This picture, it’s me when I was in 3rd grade while I was painting in one of my mom’s friend’s place. My mom had a friend that was a tattoo artist but he also did regular paintings, so he was basically my tutor.