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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Today, my teenage son tried to huff a can of spray paint. FML
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
Always check the label on the can before spraying!
PsychoX 0
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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photofool 0
hey #72... if your mom came in and turned off your comp.... that means she saw the picture and didnt even save it. Thats rough!
rinnychan 2
Wouldn't you have noticed after the first instant? You're always supposed to start at the edge so you could have just cropped it off.
jaybirdka 0
That's why you always do a test spray with paint you idiot.
friiicktard 0
bummer
Phallus_fml 0
Why did you not stop the second you saw what it was???
MoobyTheCow 2
Always test spray.
Nai_fml 0
I don't see why you didn't test it first- sure, I've never used a fixative, but I'm paranoid enough so that I'd probably have to check the label around ten times over, just to make sure that I do in fact have the right can, and even then I'd spray it on the ground first. I see this as your own fault, since I spend more time than that on my drawings, and no matter what, if I'm going to use something else on it, I've got to make sure I know what I'm using. Though, I do feel your pain about losing fourteen hours of work.
EmbryH 0
Awe man. I'm artistic too, and I know how it feels to kill a piece by accident. I'm sorry it happened
babawaba 0
Don't worry, I bet it sucked anyways
desso 0
#67, anyone who tries to make a smart aleck comment about capitalism and can't even use the correct form of "sell" doesn't deserve any better, either.