my blank canvas...getting started

As a teenager and in my early 20s, I did lots of drawing & painting. After not really doing much of it at all, I started dreaming a year of so ago of getting back into it. Maybe it's because my 40s are now creeping up on me. But for whatever reason, I missed it. I missed getting lost in creating something new, exploring all the possibilities, letting my imagination wander for awhile. I'm notorious for making excuses of why I can't do something I really want to do - what is that?!? However, I also feel like God sometimes just drops things in our laps for a reason and we should not question but just say "thanks" and follow His lead. As I wanted to take some time to "create," I bought some new paints and a couple of canvases, only to have my dad call me out of the blue saying he's having his windows replaced in his home and did I want some of the old ones to paint on. Uh, yeah. That would be great. I've never painted on windows before, but hey, let's do it! I'm off and running now. Well, truthfully, I have had them for quite a few months and only painted a handful so far. Then, I got another call with a "window offering." Okay, okay...I'm really doing this now. Hence, the blog...

I'm not much of a writer - that's my husband's and daughter's thing, my sister, too...their creative outlet. Me, I paint. I've never been great with words. It happened during my quiet time a few mornings ago though. The blog occurred to me as my accountability. I record what I've painted so far. I may fail to create what's in my mind exactly like I saw it or fail to get rid of all these windows I create, but I cannot fail to CREATE. The gift is here and it's my job to pass it along...all these ideas in my mind need to be on windows - who knew it would be windows? A window to my soul perhaps...hah!...no, seriously, that's cheesy...but windows, no less. For now, windows. Maybe something else down the road...we'll see.

I let life's daily chores get in the way of making time for my painting. So I'm challenging myself to have at least one picture per week of something I'm creating until the windows are complete. I'm recording what I have so far and then, next week I'll update with more! And this will be the most I write...that's one thing I AM sure of.