87-Year-Old Grandma Uses Microsoft Paint In A Way That Would Probably Surprise Even Its Developers
Some grandmas spend their time in the garden, some knit, but 87-year-old Concha Garcia Zaera enjoys a hobby that’s rather unusually among her friends. She draws. Using only MS Paint. She discovered the program after her children gave her a computer, and she hasn’t looked back ever since.
“My husband fell ill and I had to take care of him, so I couldn’t go out very often,” Zaera told El Mundo. “I began painting little things: first, a house, the next day I’d add a mountain… Step by step, I was adding details, and in the end, the result was a very pretty thing.”
“I have no imagination at all, so I get inspiration from the postcards that my husband used to send me or drawings that I find and like.” According to Vanguardia, Zaera spends about two weeks on one piece and focuses intensely on the details.
Zaera used to post her masterpieces on Facebook, but one of her granddaughters suggested that she should use Instagram instead. On March 9, she had about 300 followers. As of this post, more than 108,000 people are following the humble artist. “I do not understand very well why my drawings draw so much attention, I think they are very simple things.”
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87-year-old Concha Garcia Zaera enjoys a hobby that’s rather unusually among her friends
She creates incredibly intricate drawings using only MS Paint
“My husband fell ill and I had to take care of him, so I couldn’t go out very often”
She discovered the program after her children gave her a computer, and she hasn’t looked back ever since
“I began painting little things: first, a house, the next day I’d add a mountain…”
“Step by step, I was adding details, and in the end, the result was a very pretty thing”
“I have no imagination at all”
“I get inspiration from the postcards that my husband used to send me or drawings that I find and like”
Zaera spends about two weeks on one piece and focuses intensely on the details
One of her granddaughters suggested that she should post her artworks on Instagram
On March 9, she had about 300 followers. As of this post, more than 108,000 people are following the humble artist
“I do not understand very well why my drawings draw so much attention”
“I think they are very simple things”
"I have no imagination at all" ?! you've taken a basic, almost joke of a design package and created actual art, your stuff's incredible.
She says that because she needs to look at a reference picture. She has the talent but she can't just imagine a scene and draw it.
most artists have some kind of reference I think, especially landscape painters. she's got a lot of patience!
stellermatt Indeed most people use reference. But how much we "copy" and how much we experiment and change from the reference changes a lot from person to person, and that's what she means by imagination. But I do think that, in her case, even if only for the limitations in the media she's using, she's already managed to make the drawings unique enough.
By that standard, Monet was an absolute hack, haha
No matter what medium, if you have the talent it will truly show in your creations. Simply marvelous! <3
It remind me old school games, like "zak mckracken", "day of tentacle", "king quest"...
That's what I was thinking! XD Would't it be funny if they were actually drawn by old ladies using MS paint? :p
You mean Leisure Suit Larry, don't you?
Yeah, I look at these and I just hear that distinctive 8 bit music sound.
Monkey Island.
"I have no imagination at all" ?! you've taken a basic, almost joke of a design package and created actual art, your stuff's incredible.
She says that because she needs to look at a reference picture. She has the talent but she can't just imagine a scene and draw it.
most artists have some kind of reference I think, especially landscape painters. she's got a lot of patience!
stellermatt Indeed most people use reference. But how much we "copy" and how much we experiment and change from the reference changes a lot from person to person, and that's what she means by imagination. But I do think that, in her case, even if only for the limitations in the media she's using, she's already managed to make the drawings unique enough.
By that standard, Monet was an absolute hack, haha
No matter what medium, if you have the talent it will truly show in your creations. Simply marvelous! <3
It remind me old school games, like "zak mckracken", "day of tentacle", "king quest"...
That's what I was thinking! XD Would't it be funny if they were actually drawn by old ladies using MS paint? :p
You mean Leisure Suit Larry, don't you?
Yeah, I look at these and I just hear that distinctive 8 bit music sound.
Monkey Island.