rock art lots of fun too......

👍🦋 never too old for ur frst childhood.......worked bou coup hard my whole life......dont need permission to play hookie at my age.......

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sounds even better coming from u........happy trails and thanks.....

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what u said......actually helped (s) a lot......i can always come back to it.......sure i knew it........but others. ........when they see us on a day off after billions of hours..........yep........lazy and bitcher just like his family said.........

so ........god love friends and allies............Man.........i know Snowdaze......u dont.......ur way oofff base..........get lost pal........

we shouldnt need to justify oursleves to anyone.........and yet some

never got the memo...........

thanks for the support......../ur suporot/comment

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harvey said thanks for Snowdazes kindness

and State Farm,/////////he brought me some rocks to paint.......sounds lfe fun!!!

just adding color with colored pencil.......many ways to do things

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perfectly honest......the whole thing is an experiement...frustrated with my painting....soooo u look what works and borrow from others.......the colored pencils is from others and and ......who knows........and the more u do........like baseball ........the more u confidence comes........i really didnt know whther this would wrok or not.........but unlike omg years ago.........i was so uuptight about mistakes.......coming out of vet med............and how would i fix it and .......now

ive learned i can cover it with certain ways........omg.......what a relief.......anyone who puts their nose next to the painting and says.........ah ha........see he had to ......

who ..........cares what that kind of person thinks..........these are designed to be seen at a distance not 2 inches as so many people fret about........who sees wildlife that close anyway?? ......and.........i can keep......adding.........set it down......and next week .......oh didnt see that or..........what if i...............im just an amateur......so what.......its affordable .........the costs of woodworking and tohers........not affrodalble .........howeveri can desing anyhting in wood ........now.........that much is true......i cant afrfrod a plane bt.........i sure can have fun paining one..........close enough for this fella...take care........

ink colored pencils.. and acrylic (walmart lol )

wolf painting

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one problem i have is ideas.......i havent had internet ...so rediscovering inspring pctures from Pininterest.......omg like a chocolate factory!! sooohelpful......all u have to do is find one that grabs u and just do the outlines....just adjust.....ive relaxed over tme and its like a short order cook..........man after 50000 omlets.....sinks in.........thats what works for me.......and the right groups......we all do what ever is cool for us...............each one is a learning project......some work some dont......even the msters had duds.....so what........why i read about varous pepole and artists.......and muscians.........not evry song is a top ten......ya so what.........below is one.....thats callng my name........sometmes ihave no idea ...how........takes mesome time to figure.......just see the outlines andthen comes to me later.........take care dont let me bore u. see this is inspiring and helps pull me out of the blues and think forward and...........but on my own......never would have thought of this........im not selling it so .......doesnt have to be original.......

but is wow to me...................so........the moutain outlne .....or really the back ground then the mountan......add the details and rock and roll.......foregrond last.......

had no idea waht to do 30 years ago........

mountain scene..

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yes - and since it doesnt have to be original- i/anyone can decorate their place of make a book coveror computer cover.....and decorate it......or cake or anthing......just layers like print screening.......its easy and in this group.....no critics......really..........i get stuck because .....people dont want it and wanted to donate it as a way for chairties.......but......not happening and....knw what...just do it for yourself.......such is life.......or do it for somoeone imporant and put thier name on it.....whatever..........i was stuck on ideas........and found what many know...the internet full of ideas and mages.......i need ideas and inspiration.....works for me.......and comics......creatvtry can go in any dimension ..of course......sure u know that.........what interests u ? what are ur interests thing that u love or passonate about? something to look forward to......life gets to be a grind for most people ......need someting to look forward to and be rewarding ........sometmes its work but sometmes it cant be......so .....their is outside work............as u know.........soometing to look forward to.........sure u know this

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feel free to write if u have questions or ......and tons tons of super sympathetic people here .....all mowed over by life.........no .......plasticy perfect im here becauuse im perfect and to help all u ............none of that........all survivors here......all people here dealing and coping with life bosses jobs famlies and the thrills ..........of living..........so to speak.......pretty safe here......i just dont like writing too much and dominating the conversation.......take care

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did u ever see the series on MASH 4077?? lot of wisdom in that show...gurney races...Col Potter painted.....golfing with Par 45 ......people and schedules can be wound too tight and they need time to decompress and blow of steam and stuff........occupatonal retrainig .......ya so? pretty good about not judging ....so a guy has a wheelchair.......he can still play the piano.....or they keep each other going......ish......no judgmentalism lectures and ...oh i wouldnt do that......and all.........whatever is useful.......is game...remember when they made a bowlin alley?

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nose and face need devlopemnt but like a cake.....just keep adding and messing with the icing......

no t finished painting of great kudu

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thats right you're never to old to be a kid and have some fun!

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there u go.......what ever a person looks forward to......as a kid i was a paper boy...each house......was a lesson .....about people........some loooooooved Elvis and .......but taught me so much about people and diversity of interests and

why any system would say......well these are the approved lists and these are not.........hey in Michigan they have log cutting contests......or curling.......or polka.......or square dancing...........who are the people telling us...........i grew up in northern idaho.......what parents .....we were working at 5 and ten years and last thing i want is some person to impose their values on anyone........glad that doesnt happen here.......i was burned because i was in horses........the privaldged set.............ah maybe some.......i just rode all the problem horses........they dont let u say that............lots of biases in the system........lots of ignorance......thanks much.....

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as a caretaker......i dont force people to study trig or calculous when what they really want is to plnat flowers.........i look for what they love and i see that spark in their eyes again.........all relatve as u know.........some people got the memo and some havent.......thanks much

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hey and not fautling........but lots of people get into art and thik they have to have expensive stuff.........fine but u can make an eisel with a stack of books and student grade painting stretches the budget..........soome like cross words.........i still prefer a paper and phone book.............looove like my old customers.......sit and read the paper......now thats........a luxury........or large print books........ahhh...

thats why i prefer the client model.......and i dont lke the term were doing our mental healht.........???? ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh u mean were doingthings that make us happy and fofilled...........need to go back to the earlier version............all these clincial terms...........trash bin tme.............ooh henry is sad or .....toss all these clincial terms adn put them in the text books.........were people not texts and not some doctor convention..........

to each his own but i dont care for the term mental health and mental illness.......no.....by buddy is bit downtoday.......his grandmother passed..........now........thats right.........

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Patch adams was totally right ....who likes to be talked at like a thing or a case......or a condition..............even dogs and people have siezrures and .....ya so what ......what are we doing about qualty of life and stop calling my freind the epiletic........he has.............epilsepsy.......hes not...........an epilsptic.....he or she also rides bikes fixes them........and speakf 4 langauges..........besides.......the conditon

oh ya.............hate to sound snarly but.........Patch Adams should be required trainnig for medical doctors.........and had to remind other caretakers who were trained never to talk about people.........yet........there they go.........hey........he can hear everyting u say...........

all doctors nurses and caretaker should be a pateint no less than two months......then.......the system will change.......my doctor......not a doctor......hes just a whatever.......a patient ..then .......the real education and enlightment will happen......is that what we soudn like...............yepp........everyone been saying it.......

nothin better than role reversal

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Hi Brig. It looks like a fun coloring book. I remember Huey, Dewey, and Louis.

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it is and i use those as references if i want to make cards etc.......so much fun tks for playing

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I haven't put my hands on a coloring book since I was a kid. Man, what a great idea. I would probably spend hours on this. "Never too old for your first childhood"...... those words rung my bell. Thanks!

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thks fun!!!

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tons of fun to play...i do serious stuff but lke a piano person.........does Motzart but knows how to jam with bootgie woogie.........all work and no play does indeed make jack a dull boy......think they pegged it on that one..........i do the serious stuff for me but also so people will take me seriously in the outside world.......here no.......i applaud the use of colorng books......my painting got started with a paint by no kit by Dr Nair and dr Li......genius rosetta stone .......system***** like training wheels on a bike........whats wrong with that..........its all laid out and teaches a person to see shades.......and where to put lights and darks.........genius........what they gave me was keys to the car......so to speak................total rosetta stone.........ish.............tons of fun and they never looked down their noses at us.........prob where i got my postive attitude about not judging........i compete against myself sure but that my journey..........first started out brnig water so to speak............i certainly never ever thought id be doing this stuff.........never..........once u start to see and .........get the system and slowly bulld confidence..........Contact!!!! ready to solo.........even pilots get trained..........there are some progenies.......so what........not helpful to hear .......well .......so and so is making master pieces and hes 5 .........so what........not helpful thinking or attitude...........liek paino.........lots of practice with fun tunes...........rather than the formal.........least to me.........to start with.........makes a lot more sense and a lot less suffering..........

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essentially a paint by no kit........everytign has an underly ing system.......

great kudu

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I 110% support regressive therapy... I often see my art as just that... I'm having fun with all the colors and brush strokes... I stay away from any mind-bending projects because I do this for fun, not brain strain. Enjoy my friend....and have fun.

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sooooooooooooooooooooo helpful............soooooooo thak u sooooooooooooo much

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brilliant briilant movie...couldnt agree more....

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my left foot is anohter ....really insightful one.......

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welcome- we had a guy at the vet school markedly impared.....had a huge computer.....designed and ran alll...............the research in the place........same as people who stutter..........sooooooooooooo ...why do u think the invented art or .....all of us know this........some see us as.........the labels in their heads.......not ours........

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im not limited by brain power.........i can design most things and have.......limited by budgets........oh see he cant do woodwroking or build houses or barns or run equiepment...........dude..........thats old old news pal.........u give me the budget........i do art because thats all i can afford........people here dont pigeon hole or stereotype..........just like they used to treat African Americans........total bull........i dont accept their view..........i know better.........