Paint Picnic

I don't know how to paint professionally, but I've always wanted to try it so my bestie and I planned a painting picnic. First, we got some drinks from Island Girl and food from our favorite Thai restaurant. Then, we went to Ypao beach and sat on the benches to enjoy our pad thai.

After our lunch, it was time to make some art. We were both scared because we didn't know how to paint at all. Instead of worrying about the results, we just decided to have fun. It started raining so we couldn't have our picnic on the grass. We set up our picnic blanket on the concrete under the big pavilion and organized our supplies; acrylic paint, brushes, canvas, water. To decide on what we're painting, we looked through YouTube for tutorials. We wanted to paint something that looked nice and simple and found a video of a waterfall tutorial.

Although the tutorial was simple, we were having a hard time making ours look as nice. We were so focused, and we kept pausing the video or playing it back. The painting from the video looked completely different from ours. Whenever I made a mistake, I tried to cover it up and it ended up messing the paint even more. It was also getting dark and there was no light at all. While we were painting with one hand, we were using our phones for flash with another.

After a couple hours, we were finally done. Even though we followed the same tutorial, our painting looked a bit different from each other. Although neither of them turned out as perfect as the tutorial, I still loved itthem. We decided to trade paintings so we can have each other's art in our room. Art is frustrating, especially when you want everything to be perfect. However, I realized that the process itself is fun already, especially when you're doing it with someone. Plus, the only way to learn and get better is to practice...so get creative!