I always paint for real. In fact, I don't have a room especially for painting in my house. I hope to make one soon. I paint in my kitchen on my kitchen table at this time and have for years now. We never eat at the kitchen table because it is always full of my canvases and acrylic paints, my easel and all of my brushes. If I weren't such a slob I would take a picture of it and post it. I am working on several paintings at this time, some roosters, 4 huge abstract paintings that are 18 inches wide but 3 1/2 foot tall, a huge flower picture and some others. And THANK YOU by the way!