Hand Paintings With Acrylics - Family Therapy Turned Hobby

Do you have an elderly parent in your home and looking for an activity that he or she would enjoy? I found painting for my mother as an outlet. I have known for years because of previous nurses training that hand painting as a creative outlet is very therapeutic.

If your parent or your child has experienced high stress and is suffering from anxiety or other mental or physical problems hand painting is wonderful therapy. And if you are a person in good health consider painting as a wonderful hobby or as a new career.

My mother and I may have started acrylic hand paintings as therapy, but we discovered that we like it. We have been currently specializing in acrylic portrait painting. You may wish to start as we did doing landscapes.

As you are painting your landscaping, you learn how to hold your brush, how to use the brush, and which brushes do best at making trees or flowers. You will learn that each brush has its unique purpose when applying acrylic paint to canvas. We also found that we needed to practice painting on the canvas paper. The canvas texture is very different from smooth practice paper.

If you should make a mistake, do not worry. As many artists say, "it is a happy accident" and they are right. The mistake or accident will turn you into another direction which you did not consider and will do better.

Acrylic painting is very affordable. We did not find it to be expensive. All that is needed to start is a variety of paints or just start with prime colors, brushes, and acrylic canvas paper. Starting with prime colors teaches you how to mix colors and create new colors as needed.

You may experience, as we did, that as you improve you will want better painting tools and purchase paint sets and easel to make painting easier.

My mother has been doing so well that she is now considering selling her paintings. I will do the same. We are currently putting our collection together and will start displaying them at arts and crafts shows.

Acrylic hand paintings may be for you as well. Start drawing and you may be amazed to discover a hidden talent. Take lessons that are needed and before long you too may be selling your works of art.