Homebody Hobbies

One thing living on your own teaches you is that you have to be completely comfortable being by yourself. Which can get lonely at times. At first, Netflix is your best friend.. you spend every late night hanging out and watching random/ tragic TV series. But one day you either run out of new series or you just get bored of what you do when your bored. It only took about 2 months for me to hit the true brink of boredom. Leaving me in search of a new hobby to fill out some of my time at home.

What twenty-something girl doesn't want to be the cute artsy girl at one point or another? Taking to Pinterest, my favorite time wasting website. I love Pinterest for multiple reasons, the first of which is it has a million great ideas. But second of all it makes you feel like you can do anything with the help of a little tutorial. In reality, the end project never quite turns out the way you want it to, and you're left with a more abstract piece of art. But what the hell, I always seem to come back for more. 

Current hobby I'm totally mastering (well not really, but i'll let you judge that in a minute).... Watercolor painting tutorials. I've tried sunsets, and flowers, and then there's paintings that are just plain abstract.... Well it didn't start out with intention of being abstract, it just sort of ended up looking like Rorschach Test, so I just went with it. I can say following well written tutorials like this one from Barksblog http://www.barksblog.com/2013/07/watercolor-poppy-painting-tutorial.html gives you sense of accomplishment and success. This poppy tutorial so far is my favorite and sort built the confidence to take a risk and just be creative. 

So here are a couple others that i have painted. Nailed it or failed it? 

It's still a work in progress... Maybe I'll get better, or maybe I'll find another Pinterest Hobby to try. 

Do you have any pinterest nailed its or failed its?