My Painting Connection

Olivia Simpson

Painting 1

M. Zimmer

August 22, 2017

My Painting Connection

   My Classmates,         

          For me, painting isn’t something that I can just do. I plan out, sketch and recreate what I paint in order for it to all come together in the end. I have loved art since I was younger, after watching my grandmother paint and draw for the five short years I knew her. Before her, my great grandmother was a wonderful painter who worked primarily in oils. I have at least 50 paintings in my house of hers that have always given me the inspiration I needed to carry on with my work. I have done a lot of watercolor, and acrylic works, but oil is something I have yet to conquer. It will be a new experience that excites me and drives me forward. Painting isn’t just randomly smudging paint on a canvas to me. It’s using a brush to create a picture how you want it to be seen. Everyone’s connection to painting is different, and it’s the same with mine. Although they can be similar no two are truly alike.