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Our Sailing Hideaway Blog and YouTube videos will remain active. Join the HideAways as we tell, through blog stories and videos, what life really is like on a small, 23' Com Pac sailboat. The joys, thrills and chills of the sailing life, but also what it takes to maintain a boat, trailer and truck. You are just as likely to learn how not to do something correctly as to do it right. That's important too! New! The Hideaways take to the road! Lately, the Hideaways ran aground on the “healthcare reef”. We can no longer sail. Travel with us as we explore the art of “Seeing” expressed in painting storytelling, and videos with tips on how we roll and places we visit. What works and what doesn't. Good places and bad. Should be interesting!

Saturday, November 29, 2025

How to Paint Confidence - You've seen the videos --Now What??

 Gripped by the Fear of Painting, or rather the dreaded Painting Panic? 

 You’ve witnessed gallons of expensive paint, expertly applied to canvas, without of fear of failure, and with stunning result by, schooled artists.



What now?  Courage and optimism, can only carry you to the moment when you realize the blocked in stage, is dry.

 Painting Panic has arrived.

 Don’t’ worry, so much, about ruining your art – at some time or another, you will anyway, why stress over it now?

 Nobody is born with painting software preinstalled.

 The act of painting, is less important than learning how much paint is required on your paint application device, to render reasonable success.

  Relax and enjoy the process!

Stop, when you want to, or if you do throw something.

 Now, take your brush out of your coffee, and go have some more fun today!

 

So, how long did it take you to learn to ride a bicycle?