Painting on Canvas

Jesus, the Good Shepherd

Sprite snatched the paints and a drop cloth and disappeared in her room one night with the one remaining canvas. I had no idea what she was creating. I was far too busy getting my Taobao account set up. I’ll be blogging about that later, I’m sure. It’s basically a Chinese Ebay, but I’m getting off topic. Back to art.

I’ve always said that art supplies don’t count. And Sprite knows I’m a total push over for buying brushes, markers, glitter, felt, and so on. It’s true. I feel that a person must have materials for creativity. Without them, how can we express ourselves? Now the last canvas is used up. But no worries. I’ve already located them on Taobao.

She has covered much of her bedroom wall with an outer space themed set of drawings done with oil pastels on canvas. I had them all framed and was quite pleased at the supportive comments I received from the frame shop employees and the customers who saw them. They oohed and ahhed and seemed to understand clearly that I was trying to support my daughter’s creativity by framing and displaying her work.

To be honest, I was surprised at their reaction. In the past when Sprite and I have sketched outdoors, we’ve received open criticism, “Your sketch is terrible.” “She can’t draw at all!” But here were kindly women nodding with approval at my daughter’s art and smiling knowingly at me.

Thank You, God. It is a small but beautiful blessing to be understood. It’s one of the hardest parts about living in another culture — being misunderstood.

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