to be pissed of with MN

[ohboob]

I have seen a few people on here post that they do painy by numbers to relax them. Being in fucking awful pain Having a lot of time to fill I thought I'd buy one because I love painting but am no good.

A beautiful scene has arrived through the post and I've realised I'm screwed. It's really advanced. It's brought back memories of doing them as a child when they all looked like shit. There's a small person in it. On the cover he looks human. The numbers direct you just to fill him in in one colour. I don't have the skill to make him look any more than a blob.

I'm going to spend hours on it, aren't I and then have to throw it in the bin because it's rubbish?

for me eating a second bar. grrr

use felt tips instead

i also do not know any paint by number mumsnetters

Oh now that is a good idea. Finally a sensible suggestion. Thank you!

Am I a bitch? Is it really mean to out someone else as a paint by numbers enthusiast? Will you ever speak to her again? Oh Shit. Shit, shit, shit.

Wine, quick. (swigs it out bottle. No clean glasses).

But OP, felt tips aren't "gloopy"!!

I think I'm going to cry more than hurl insults.

Just to make you feel really guilty.

You know I've only just seen the typo in the title of the thread. God by brain is addled tonight. I'm just in so much pain.

MY BRAIN. Aaargh. Fuck. Again.

I have 4 chairs and a table you can paint. Are you near London? If not you can stay in the spare room where you'll find a chest of drawers that needs doing too.

See how helpful I am? And I almost didn't laugh at your painting by numbers at all.

If you like painting, you could take out your trolling agression by doing a bit of paintballing?

I did it once, it was the worst hour of my life so far, they bloody hurt.

Katie. I would do that happily, but not in London.
Agent, can you do paintballing in a wheelchair? And har de ha ha about the trolling agression . Go make some jewelry or something.

I think you should go paint balling-the idea of wheelchair paint balling might just catch on. It creates a special picture in my head anyway

I find those mosaic colouring books very theraputic myself.

Felt tips! Colouring in is very therapeutic, but I think you'd have to keep it secret tbh. Even if I did it myself which I do, I'd think you were a loon.

Ha! It's all coming out now isn't it. For 'colouring in' should we read paint by numbers too. You do, don't you?

Shroeder I'm glad you have a special picture in your head. But I hope I'm not naked in it.

(Please ignore me. I am a bit pissed now.)

If you go wrong just call it a contemporary abstract piece, homage to Picasso/kandinsky/pollock (insert randomly for maximum impressiveness)
noone will dare critisise it then

Eugh! not that kind of special!

Well I had a delightful evening. It wasn't quite the gloopy fun I was hoping for because of course I'm painting small areas instead of a nice big bit of furniture that I could slosh paint onto. But I'm quite pleased with my results so far.

I feel quite arty and talented right now.