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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my toddler proudly presented me a "beautiful drawing" he'd made... on my freshly painted living room wall. When I started to scold him, he said, "But I made it for YOU, Mommy!" Now I feel guilty for being mad at Picasso Jr, and having to paint over it. FML
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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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chaseafterwind82 29
Neither, cum is an animal product. :-)
Miss_Chevious 37
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
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Comments (66)
worldclassrager 41
That's his opinion...I bet it's fine...
MandieL 27
Everyone is a critic. It is hard to say if an art piece is bad or not because it will look and feel different to every single person. Some people like a canvas that has one solid color and call that art, I personally don't see it, but to each their own. As long as it has meaning to you, who cares. It is your home, and you need to be your only real critic when it comes to art.
dyne808 34
don't listen to him OP, most great artists were told that their work was shit at some point so theres no reason to feel bad at one persons critism
RedPillSucks 33
He probably says the same thing about Picasso, Dali, and Jackson Pollack
chuchusheep 19
a lot of people just don't appreciate good art. he obviously doesn't have a filter but i wouldn't let your feelings be hurt. i'm sure your painting looks fantastic.
Omniprism 15
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Don't let him discourage you.
EarlFug 19
Sorry he didn't like your painting. But it's awesome that your user name inspired as much debate as your FML. You clearly have the mind of a great artist.
Saraishi 25
It's protein; it's chicken.
booty_sniper 10
At least your painting is a conversation piece
MrZsDad 19
With a name like that, should you even mention Grandpa in FML???