Paint – Five Minute Friday!
If you’ve been with us a while, you know it’s time for Five Minute Fridays!! We write for five whole minutes without worrying about anything in the world except getting those words out. No editing allowed! 🙂
If you haven’t participated before, I encourage you to do so either here with us below in the comments, on your own blog, or on our Facebook page. I would love to read YOUR masterpiece with words!
The prompt word for today is: PAINT!
Ready?
Set!
GO!
My daughters and I love to gather all of our painting supplies and sit down at the table to paint our grand masterpiece of the day. Whether we’re painting figurines or free-handing lighthouses and ladybugs on the canvas, painting is soothing to our souls.
My daughters love the different colors and spreading them across the canvas with the various different brushes. The smaller brushes used for the finest details, while the thicker brushes transfer beautiful colors for the bulk of the picture.
We took an art class recently where my oldest daughter and I painted a beautiful peacock. She did better than I did, of course, but it was time spent together, which we loved!
My youngest daughter really had a desire to paint as well, so we enrolled her in a class where she painted a beautiful mermaid, her absolute favorite in the entire world.
When we were all finished, we stepped back to look at the beautiful display of colors on the canvas and how it was arranged so beautifully to make the grandest picture ever … that we crafted and created with our own hands.
Then I think of how God must have felt after He created for six full days, and then stood back on the seventh day to soak in all of the beauty that He had created. All He had to do was speak, and there it appeared before Him in all of its radiant glory. He breathed life into each animal, each person, each plant and tree in the forest. He formed them all and painted the most beautiful skies … all for His glory and delight.
STOP!
My oldest daughter painted this lighthouse for me … for Light, Love, Hope!
“If it wasn’t for the lighthouse … where would this ship be …”
April 11, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
Hi there! We are FMF neighbors today. I love when parents share their gifts and passions with their kids. My boys and I love to grab sketch books and just draw together. Thanks for sharing your beautiful reflections today!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
Hi Casey! Thank you so much for visiting with me today and for sharing your precious time with your sons, too! I love reading things like this with parents bonding with their children in this way!
April 11, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
What a great idea. I need to write with out the cares of the world
April 12, 2014 @ 11:18 pm
Yes!! There is such freedom in writing like this, Tara!
April 11, 2014 @ 2:50 pm
I loathe painting, after we painted our entire main floor several years ago! We have vaulted ceilings and there is so much prep work! The colors always seem to look different in my home than in the store too. It does really refresh the house though and gives it an entire new personality!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:18 pm
That is too funny, Heidi. I know what you mean though. It is different when you’re painting for pleasure versus working hard painting your house! We did that when we built out house years ago. We did all of the painting on the inside and the outside! It was hard work, but it was well worth it.
April 11, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
LOVE the lighthouse painting!! I wish I could paint…
April 12, 2014 @ 11:16 pm
Thank you, Ricci! And here she doesn’t even think she did that great on it. I told her she most certainly did! I can’t wait to show her these comments to let her see that others recognize her talent, even if she doesn’t!
April 11, 2014 @ 6:37 pm
What a fun way to inspire creativity. I love the painting!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:15 pm
Thank you so much, Ellen!
April 11, 2014 @ 6:55 pm
What a great idea!! I like the idea of setting a timer and just getting your words out there. 🙂 Great way to write, and great writing!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:15 pm
Oh I love it, Tabitha! It is something I look forward to every week! I encourage you to try it also! It’s great not to worry about editing and pouring yourself over it. Just let the words flow!
April 12, 2014 @ 12:40 am
Amen! Very beautiful!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:14 pm
Thank you so much, Rebecca!
April 12, 2014 @ 8:38 am
Love the lighthouse! What a talented daughter! I’m not much of a painter except for spray paint and painting walls, but I love artwork!
April 12, 2014 @ 11:13 pm
Thank you so much, Alli! I thought she did an excellent job – much better than I could ever think of doing!