If you're reading this that means you're either considering painting yourself or you're simply interested in how I made this painting. And both are reasonable. So let’s dive into things! First, what you’ll need for painting is pretty simple. First, a medium canvas, then you’ll need your chosen paint colors, paint brushes, a cup of water, napkins and a towel to keep under your paint project. (Please create your own painting if you’d like because that is how you find your own style of art. But if you would like to make a relic of my painting, you are more than welcome). But you can choose your favorite artist, band, or scripture to put over your background. Now it's time to go a little deeper and share some tips. First pick a background (use a picture to help you copy it). I used the album picture to create my background. You can do a beach, mountains, or a river.

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One thing you wanna keep in mind, don’t create something beautiful and keep adding more to make it greater. I did this and it usually didn’t get any better. I had to keep redoing the desert in my painting because I I tried to paint over the lines in the sand, thinking they would show through but instead the paint covered them and then the color of the sand was too dark. I had to keep trying to fix it. Sometimes it’s better to go with the flow. Let this help you destress and not get you frustrated. This took me around four hours to complete and it took patience but it was worth it I promise. Some tips (that I learned the hard way)

1 when you start giving out of room on your painting for your chosen lyrics or words, make some sentences smaller and squeeze them in neatly. (I used a stencil sheet for most of my lyrics to get them real neat and a sharpie marker).

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