I painted something by number once. It was about as ugly as anything I’d ever done. But better (sort of) than what I could have done free-hand. Not being abysmally stupid, I decided to do something else with my time.
I was about 19 or 20 before I realized that if I blurred the lines between segment, those paint-by-number things looked more real and less . . .structured. . .I know, I know. . .slow learner . . .but we didn’t have ANY art in school when I was a kid . . . and you’d go to hell if you colored outside the lines. . .have got some of Sue Coccia’s coloring books now . . . watercolor pencils. . .very kewl. . .
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
I wonder how Opal’s finished work will look like if she chose different colors on different numbers.
sirbadger over 5 years ago
It’s autumn so leaves can be different colors.
Dirty Dragon over 5 years ago
I call this one “President Emmett Kelly with Churchill and Stalin at Malta.”
KA7DRE Premium Member over 5 years ago
The fire in Opals heart is still burning as hot as ever to do stuff like that!
i_am_the_jam over 5 years ago
That’s showing them, Opal!!! :D :D :D
stairsteppublishing over 5 years ago
Paint by numbers kits are still available?
Concretionist over 5 years ago
I painted something by number once. It was about as ugly as anything I’d ever done. But better (sort of) than what I could have done free-hand. Not being abysmally stupid, I decided to do something else with my time.
dsidney49 over 5 years ago
During my “anarchist” days, I used to color outside the lines… third grade straightened me up…
Zebrastripes over 5 years ago
“SCREAM”!
jagedlo over 5 years ago
Opal Picasso?
iggyman over 5 years ago
Opal, a true trailblazer in the artistic world!
khmo over 5 years ago
They still sell those?
BearsDown Premium Member over 5 years ago
Born to daub.
Breadboard over 5 years ago
So Opal you went to Woodstock …. how was it ?
walstib Premium Member over 5 years ago
They might have some fun if she used Earl as a model for “Retired Adonis”.
cubswin2016 over 5 years ago
Oh, Opal! You are SUCH a wild woman! LOL!
1953Baby over 5 years ago
I was about 19 or 20 before I realized that if I blurred the lines between segment, those paint-by-number things looked more real and less . . .structured. . .I know, I know. . .slow learner . . .but we didn’t have ANY art in school when I was a kid . . . and you’d go to hell if you colored outside the lines. . .have got some of Sue Coccia’s coloring books now . . . watercolor pencils. . .very kewl. . .
Bill The Nuke over 5 years ago
Woah! Living on the wild side, isn’t she?
MichaelHelwig over 5 years ago
I wonder if she reads music this way. G? I think I’ll play C sharp instead.
KEA over 5 years ago
Wow! Opal’s a socialist! (kidding)
eladee AKA Wally over 5 years ago
That’ll show em!!!! And while you are at it have some rattlesnake chili!!
Alberta Oil over 5 years ago
But then you run out of one color and have too much of the other.. Being a rebel leads to complications.
Cozmik Cowboy over 5 years ago
So, basically she’s Warhol………
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 5 years ago
Completely scramble the corresponding colors and numbers. Probably more fun to do digitally
ChessPirate over 5 years ago
“And sometimes I don’t stay in the lines!”
zeexenon over 5 years ago
Opal, nolo contendere to me, I can’t tell the difference.
soaringblocks over 5 years ago
hahaha! good one!
Jim Kerner over 5 years ago
Venus Paradise paint by numbers
jaynel about 5 years ago
Original!