Miscellaneous: Today, I finished a drawing that I spent over 14 hours working...

By Mandy - 09/05/2009 06:19 - United States

Today, I finished a drawing that I spent over 14 hours working on for my mom for Mother's Day. I took it outside to seal it with fixative. I took of the clear lid, shook the can, then sprayed red spray paint all over my art. FML

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By hackling fellow - 10/03/2011 13:17

Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML

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By StillPissedOffAtIrony - 06/09/2014 17:25 - United States - Hialeah

Today, my mother yelled at me for not doing all of my homework. She got so mad, she tore up a drawing I'd spent over a week working on. That was my art homework. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/06/2013 11:43 - United States - Quakertown

Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML

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By Anonymous - 28/09/2020 08:08

Today, I spent almost two hours drawing a scenery. I was tired halfway in and took a break. Came back to my room to see it getting scribbled on. FML

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By I'm Trading Up For A Dog - 14/12/2014 20:28 - Finland - Pori

Today, I finished a painting I'd spent 3 weeks working on for an exhibition. When I came back from lunch, my cat was perched above it on my desk. He looked at me, then down at the painting, then jumped down onto it. He slipped and smeared the wet paint everywhere, ruining the whole thing. FML

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By Llaurin - 24/01/2011 14:43 - United Kingdom

Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML

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By Bwberry - 29/11/2017 19:00

Today, I spent hours hand-painting an awesome design on a gift for a friend. My husband was supposed to assemble it when I finished, but when I stepped back to admire my work, he informed me that the whole thing was sideways. He watched me paint it. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/06/2009 07:24 - South Africa

Today, I was painting the garage door. After 3 hours, I finally finished the job. As I was walking back inside, accidentally pressed the button that opens and closes the garage door. Not only did the paint job get messed up as it went up, the paint also dripped onto my parents brand new car. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/09/2013 04:02 - United States

Today, my teenage son tried to huff a can of spray paint. FML

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By muffincakess - 21/01/2010 00:55 - France

Today, I went to buy some spray paint for a project. I've never used a spray can before, so I decided to try it on paper provided. Unfortunately I didn't hold the can the right way and ended up with black, permanent, paint all over my face in the middle of a store. FML

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GHEE_fml 0

Saturday 9 May 2009 16:07

Always check the label on the can before spraying!

PsychoX 0

Saturday 9 May 2009 16:26

That sucks. Probably the OP didn't check the label because 14 hours of doing anything will make you a little disoriented... Coffee FTW.

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lmmmr 0

Saturday 9 May 2009 23:44

#67- Clearly the OP cares little for the intentions of corporations profiting from invented holidays as he was creating something himself rather than purchasing mass produced crap. Your point in entirely invalid. The OP was spending time creating something for his mother. Who the hell are you to criticize that?

burtonboard97 0

Saturday 9 May 2009 23:46

who doesn't test it before they spray it on something important? and if you had done it quickly you could have wiped off a little bit of the red.

Quinnjamin 0

Saturday 9 May 2009 23:55

check the label?

ikillradios 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 0:39

you also spelled off wrong. but that sucks :-(

miguelzxz 1

Sunday 10 May 2009 2:26

I find it hard to believe that you can mistake the two. regardless of the label, most spray paint cans have a spot of color, the same as what's inside, on the spray nozzle.

emerald_fml 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 2:47

#74 Their computer was probably on screen saver at that point, and she just closed it as it was. Or maybe they had Photoshop minimized, so she didn't see they were working on something. Either way... FYL. :( OP... next time, check the can first. AND spray onto a scrap paper first just to be extra sure, and to get out any possible clumps that formed in the tube. YDI.

Kiquick 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 2:55

If you spent so much time and effort on it, it should have occurred to you that you better be particularly careful.

EveryDayJackAss 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 3:16

well...you can always give it to your mom and say "A monkey drew this for you!"

Oriina 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 3:56

You're supposed to test the spray first off anyways, because sometimes it won't work correctly right off the bat. If you spent that much time on it, you really should've been more careful about what you were spraying onto it in the first place.