Dealing with anxiety

[dreamshell]

this reminds me of schizophrenic outsider art or that meme of what a room looks when having a stroke

so pretty

[Buttweave]

LMFAO I'm loving the description

[frozenash]

I wanted to paint a (paper) tea box because "it's relaxing"... it wasn't. Now, I'm painting that damned box since yesterday and I am not feeling good about it. I just want to throw it in the trash. And I probably would end up doing so.
I miss vinyl glue

[Do_The_Evolution]

I wanted to paint a (paper) tea box because "it's relaxing"... it wasn't. Now, I'm painting that damned box since yesterday and I am not feeling good about it. I just want to throw it in the trash. And I probably would end up doing so.
I miss vinyl glue

Noooooo don't do it! Put it away, don't look at it until tomorrow. It will look better!

[frozenash]

I wanted to paint a (paper) tea box because "it's relaxing"... it wasn't. Now, I'm painting that damned box since yesterday and I am not feeling good about it. I just want to throw it in the trash. And I probably would end up doing so.
I miss vinyl glue

Noooooo don't do it! Put it away, don't look at it until tomorrow. It will look better!

I hightly doubt that...
I'm trying to adjust it...

I mean, it's my fault because I hadn't a plan. I was "oh tea is finished, it had a good box, I can use this box but I don't want to seeany tea-informations" so I start to painting it but then it went worst... :/

No, my idea is to cover it all with mandala.



I never finished a mandala before

[frozenash]

Btw this is what I'm working with and I remember them to be like 20years old

[dreamshell]

do like buttweave & make it your no-mistake tea box. do paper tea boxes cost a lot? maybe you can diy some, origami style

[frozenash]

do like buttweave & make it your no-mistake tea box. do paper tea boxes cost a lot? maybe you can diy some, origami style

it costs 2€ with tea inside
but I just wanted a place to put all the samples they give you when you buy some cosmetic things...
with origami hmmm
let's say I've a complicated relationship with my hands and space -.-

[Do_The_Evolution]

Btw this is what I'm working with and I remember them to be like 20years old

Suuuuch memories

[Buttweave]

I wanted to paint a (paper) tea box because "it's relaxing"... it wasn't. Now, I'm painting that damned box since yesterday and I am not feeling good about it. I just want to throw it in the trash. And I probably would end up doing so.
I miss vinyl glue

I have so many of those projects- one being a slightly large wooden chest. It's been 4 years and I still don't know how to save it

If you have any cute scrapbooking paper you can try to modge podge it on

[Buttweave]

Idk if y'all have Hobby Lobby or Michael's or any other craft place, but if so you can try fixing it with the silicone frosting they have. They come in different colors and usually have different frosting tips included.

I used it on the edges of the frame and just put a picture with clear plastic over it to protect it in the middle

[frozenash]

^ I love it!

Nah, it isn't worth it.
The main fault is me starting things without an idea.
I mean, I started with acrylic paint (an old tube, applied with half of a sponge you usually use for dishes), because the cardboard was "lucid" then instead of layering the paint as a patient one would be I went out with this idea "let's paint it all green, because some green shows from the images below, so it would all blend (spoiler: it didn't).
I wanted to use an old light paper and stick it on the box with bucolic (edit: vinyl) glue, so I wasn't really worried, but then I keep.layering watercolor on watercolor.
They aren't meant to be used like that

But I did it to pass time, time passed, so it's ok


(((edit:I smashed the thing)))

[JimothyZombie]

yeah, I remember when I discovered how not to use water colours.

[nagoline]

you mean, like this? although this is acrylic

[JimothyZombie]

Nah, that's fucking rad.

[nagoline]

it's just a self portrait i made when i used to paint for quick cash

[JimothyZombie]

hmm why don't you do it any more? Acrylics are fun. I want to paint.

[nagoline]

creative block, that's why i don't write much anymore either and people aren't buying street art anymore, not even tourists, they prefer to just take pics ._.'

[JimothyZombie]

Creative block is evil. I used to end up just writing endless stream of conscious trash when I got it. Not sure if that helped. I always wrote trash anyway. Funny, I never had creative block while doing 3D stuff. There was always something I wanted to try. I think overcoming the limitations of the software and hardware always made it interesting.

Sucks people aren't buying stuff anymore. If anyone took a photo of my paintings I'd give them a very long and hard

[nagoline]

i'd just passive aggressively walk right in front of the cameras tourists man