New Pastime

It's not really a new year resolution but I'm trying to be a bit more active and join 'things'.

I've been going to a dance class for about 18 months and still enjoy it. I take every week as it comes - I don't believe in 'no pain, no gain' - but so far so good.


Towards the end of last year I signed up for a 10 week art class. (Learn to paint with acrylics). I hadn't painted since high school days but I thought I would give it a go. I loved it! I hadn't used acrylics before - we didn't have them in school in the olden days. The 10 weeks passed too quickly and the class finished just before Christmas.


After the new year break I signed up for another 10 week class. I've now been to three classes. I really feel I am learning something and I look forward to going to class. It's only a two hour class and the tutor talks for 20 - 30 mins so we don't get a lot of time to paint but it's amazing what we are all achieving.



That is the beauty of painting. . It's creative; it's subjective - does it really matter what someone else thinks - for me the main thing is the enjoyment of doing it; your focus is on the painting activity and other problems and worries just disappear for a while. You don't have to be a genius to enjoy it.


And you never know.... you could end up with a work of art to hang on the wall.