tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post7630983089702991479..comments2024-01-18T04:44:42.443-06:00Comments on Carrie's Creations: How To Find Your Painting Style and Lose Weight At The Same Time!Carrie Waller Watercolorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10950677994996699686noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-90951810418939166092011-10-09T18:03:10.772-05:002011-10-09T18:03:10.772-05:00so....did you order the 'shelf genie' :D
...so....did you order the 'shelf genie' :D<br /><br />Great post Carrie and it is all true.......but is there a secret tip for a flat belly?Mary Sheehan Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739304038978908921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-1594382086580711112011-10-07T08:55:43.116-05:002011-10-07T08:55:43.116-05:00Great post, Carrie! I'm guilty of having searc...Great post, Carrie! I'm guilty of having searched for my own style and found out first hand, that my focus was in the wrong direction. Tackling a larger surface really helped shake up the mindset I'd gotten trapped in. I was so overwhelmed by the space, I forgot to think about style! Yes, paint paint paint but it also helps to change something in the routine to shift habitual thinking. I don't have a great title but how 'bout something simple like: <br />"Summer Memories?"Lorraine Shirkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289581724600276889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-23631698723960139312011-10-06T07:40:41.198-05:002011-10-06T07:40:41.198-05:00Amazing post, Carrie!!! Something to think about...Amazing post, Carrie!!! Something to think about!hmuxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132343095188658107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-72117133564706502012011-10-05T20:17:01.117-05:002011-10-05T20:17:01.117-05:00I love this post...Also just had the best new name...I love this post...Also just had the best new name for the mason ball jars in light of what you and your husband do for all of us...How about Battalion? Hmmmm- like that...waiting to serve:)Kathy Cousarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953673216135274293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-33776705545948680792011-10-05T19:51:56.853-05:002011-10-05T19:51:56.853-05:00In total agreement, Carrie. Finding your style is...In total agreement, Carrie. Finding your style isn't all the be all, end all. Enjoying the process is a good day in my studio.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990918975497129508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-76546369793293153892011-10-05T18:07:30.116-05:002011-10-05T18:07:30.116-05:00Oh, I couldn't agree more: Especially the par...Oh, I couldn't agree more: Especially the part about paint, paint, paint! Great post!Diane Hoeptnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124052826927571423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-56673029884364936852011-10-05T15:23:40.703-05:002011-10-05T15:23:40.703-05:00YEA!!!!! i can stop now? i don't have to find ...YEA!!!!! i can stop now? i don't have to find a style?? you have no idea how much this post helped me today. and i also needed a good laugh! brilliant! thank you carrie!suzanneberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702748663139114422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-79367370781217143622011-10-05T12:24:41.984-05:002011-10-05T12:24:41.984-05:00Super post Carrie. Something very much on my mind ...Super post Carrie. Something very much on my mind too, just recently anyway. There is no pill, no panacea, no silver bullet, no wonder brush, no magic paint. I'm just going to enjoy painting from now on and a style of my own will surely emerge. It's a lot like handwriting, playing a musical instrument, or even making a curry! Thanks for sharing your encouraging thoughts on this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423986562925121890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-14779861868108235312011-10-05T11:08:05.728-05:002011-10-05T11:08:05.728-05:00Great point! And, congratulations on Dick Blick!Great point! And, congratulations on Dick Blick!Pam Holnbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569629104736368674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-67766958425291625102011-10-05T10:55:09.116-05:002011-10-05T10:55:09.116-05:00I love your Style Kit! Made me laugh. I'm lo...I love your Style Kit! Made me laugh. I'm loving other people's posts, too. Lots of thoughtful comments. <br /><br />And I love YOUR style, by the way!Virginia Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00135585280436374598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-73991964328059164822011-10-05T09:23:32.562-05:002011-10-05T09:23:32.562-05:00Carrie, I LOVE this post! That is exactly where my...Carrie, I LOVE this post! That is exactly where my thoughts have been the last few days - must be "something in the air"! :) I am so glad you wrote this, as I was ready to quit painting altogether.Studio at the Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900305750995808779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-70765563800876820562011-10-05T08:46:58.322-05:002011-10-05T08:46:58.322-05:00Love this post Carrie! And do you know style has b...Love this post Carrie! And do you know style has been on my mind recently too? I just had a post all written up in my head before i saw yours! Strange! I heard an artist that I admire say once that she felt the need to paint looser and looser (she's a pretty awesome realist) because of peer pressure I guess you could say. But every time she tried it she felt like the work wasn't finished. Her friend told her "Stop fighting it, it's how you paint!" So she did. Happily. <br /><br />If you ever figure out how to paint and run on a treadmill at the same time I'd be very interested to know, and see it too. ;) <br /><br />And I loved Sandra's comment too. :)Crystal Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665844725894074136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250068323501618005.post-33536311815473570582011-10-05T08:28:35.408-05:002011-10-05T08:28:35.408-05:00Loved this post Carrie!
I didn't think I had a...Loved this post Carrie!<br />I didn't think I had a style either - until I looked back on past work and realised that I hated almost everything I had done for my Arts Foundation Course (all of which is on my blog), and had been totally repelled by the fact that I seemed to be being moulded in to something I wasn't meant to be. I was never going to 'lunge' at my canvas. I could never just comfortably throw paint around either. I was learning to follow a trend, a fashion. How on earth was I to find out how Sandra Busby paints when all the time I was being told to paint like someone else, or in a way which feels un-natural to me. The only work I have done which I like are the ones that had nothing to do with my course such as the Teddy Bear, the baubles in a glass, the marbles, the bubbles etc... Looking back, quite aside from the course, which makes me feel entirely lost, I realised that I do have my own 'natural' style - These paintings are all quite similar because they truly came from me. What has come from my own heart with no thought about style seems to have developed in to one quite naturally. So - the course is soon to be a thing of the past and that is when I believe my artistic journey will truly begin. So, I totally agree with everything you said! <br />P.S. Can you please let me in on how to look 20 years younger for just $19.99? lol ;0)Sandra Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622208510609673242noreply@blogger.com