Miscellaneous: Today, my grandpa saw one of the paintings in the guest room...

By is cum a fruit or a vegetable? - 17/07/2015 17:50 - United States - Germantown

Today, my grandpa saw one of the paintings in the guest room at my house. "What the fuck?" he snorted, then said whoever painted it should "stick to their damn day job". I painted it. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/01/2012 03:54 - United States

Today, my friend showed me a creepy piece of artwork he'd drawn. I laughed and said that it would give me nightmares, meaning it as a compliment. Turns out, this one was in honor of his dead grandmother, who'd raised him. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/01/2011 09:14 - Australia

Today, my grandpa came over to help paint our house, as we are renovating it. The only paint clothes he decided to wear were his underpants. The neighbours and builders found this quite amusing. FML

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By Failed Artist - 30/08/2015 04:49 - United States - Des Moines

Today, my family was cleaning out our basement when I noticed an empty wall. I asked my grandma if I could put a picture up. She replied, "I don't want your ugly drawings on the wall". I wasn't talking about my drawings. 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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Vandals!

By Anonymous - 26/03/2016 05:51 - United States - Cortlandt Manor

Today, I brought my best painting yet to college. I showed it off and everyone loved it. Or almost everyone. When we came back from lunch break, we found someone had sharpied the words "JIZZ BUTT" all over it. That painting took two weeks to finish. FML

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By Nicky - 11/04/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, we had painters in the house. My 4 year-old grandson kept telling me, "Grandpa ate the painter's sandwich." While the painters were running an errand, my husband ate their sandwich, then left to go to work. I was left to explain/apologize to the painters that my husband ate their PB&J. FML

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By the bad artist - 10/09/2012 00:12 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I was talking to an art critic at an exhibition. He told me that the artist had no talent and went on to tell me everything wrong with each painting. I'd painted them all. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/10/2010 04:28 - United States

Today, I proudly gave my grandma a picture I had drawn for her. She didn't seem thrilled with it, and afterwards the rest of my family seemed upset. Nobody could fathom why I drew grandma a picture of a graveyard for her 85th birthday. It was suppose to be a bridge. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2014 04:46 - United States - Diana

Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. FML

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By nightmarestonite - 16/12/2013 21:54 - Canada

Today, I was admiring a beautiful painting I had hung in my bedroom. My brother kindly pointed out that when flipped upside down, it takes the shape of a lunatic girl with bleeding eyes. Now I can't unsee it. FML

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chaseafterwind82 29

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:34

Neither, cum is an animal product. :-)

Miss_Chevious 37

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:35

To be fair, Vincent Van Gogh killed himself because he was discouraged, but now he's one of the greatest, don't worry OP keep up the paintings, you'll be famous one day

Comments

mds9986 24

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:26

He's just a bitter old man. Ignore it I'm sure the pairing was good.

Badkarma4u 17

Saturday 18 July 2015 20:46

How do you know that? How can you bee sure of something youve never seen. I feel for OP too, but the painting may actually be ugly.

Inquizeron 18

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:26

I hope you're not a regular painter then

nfedrichy 20

Saturday 18 July 2015 13:15

Its more about style and pride tbh. If artist is proud to call it his own then it's a good painting. Case closed.

Badkarma4u 17

Saturday 18 July 2015 21:14

Unless he likes to eat. Then it's about other people liking your work, or convincing them that ugly garbage is good art.

ChristianH39 30

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:27

Well, hopefully if he knew it was your work he'd have been nicer about it. Also, that username.

lexiieeex3 32

Saturday 18 July 2015 14:31

He should have been nicer about it regardless, it was still OP's choice of artwork in his home.

JustinJK 21

Saturday 18 July 2015 16:43

Honesty is the best policy. I'd rather someone "hurt my feelings" than go forward making mistakes ignorantly

ChristianH39 30

Saturday 18 July 2015 18:47

44 I get where you're coming from, and I do agree with your other post that since art is so subjective OP shouldn't be discouraged. My point was more that I hope he isn't always so brutally honest. 52 I do agree that criticism is a good thing, but that abrasive way of going about it does wear thin pretty quickly.

lexiieeex3 32

Saturday 18 July 2015 8:27

I wouldn't take it personally. Everyone has a different style when it comes to artwork and people have wildly different preferences. Even the greats have been rejected and if you pursue art, no matter how talented you may be, you will too.