Painting has a lot to do with self-expression, and what you are painting and the colors you are using are important.
If you are painting a miniature, perhaps you need to concentrate on small details.
If you are painting a nature scene, perhaps you need to spend more time in the fresh air.
If you are painting larger pictures, perhaps you need to see the larger picture. The actual image that you are painting in your dream may symbolize the way that you are visualizing your current situation in your waking life.
If you are painting as in decorating, this could suggest making changes in the way you feel about yourself. It could also represent changes in your appearance or lifestyle.
In general, it means that you love your work.
If you spill paint on yourself instead, others will criticize you. [2]
To be looking at paintings in dreams indicates that we are questioning or paying attention to ideas and concepts of which we have not been consciously aware.
Painting as in decorating suggests we arc making recognisable changes how we think and feel.
2- Bccausc painting has such a lot to do with self-expression, the way that we are painting in a dream may be important. If, for instance, we are painting miniatures we may need to concentrate on detail.
If we are painting large pictures we may need to adopt a more global perspective. Colour in a painting is also important (See also: Colour).
3- We are creating a spiritual scenario. [3]
Dreaming of a house being painted indicates that information previously kept from you will soon come to light.
If you dream of being an artist and painting a picture that is beautiful and happy, then you have the power to create whatever circumstances you want the most in life.
A dark, foreboding painting, however, indicates a pessimistic outlook on life, and therapy might be of great assistance.
If you watch while someone else paints a picture, you may have the feeling of being on the outside looking in and need to take control of your life - again, depending on the atmosphere, circumstances, and other symbols in the dream. [4]
A new image can also cover over an older one.
A building or a room can be reinvented with fresh color, or that which was old and dingy can become clean with a fresh coat of paint. Seen in this fashion, painting will always connect on a symbolic level with the emergence of something new and expressive as a replacement of something old or lacking vibrancy.
Dreaming of painting a room in your home should be explored through the symbolic meaning of that room.
The outside of your home connects to your persona, the part of yourself that you show to the world. [5]
A dream may depict this as a painting; subtle feelings or realisations; a view we have of or about something. Any form of artistic expression: self expression; expressing one’s feelings or intuitions; one’s inner situation; creative ability. Painting, decorating: expressing feelings; the impression we give to others; what ‘colour’ we are painting things, in the sense of painting a very black picture; a cover up. We can paint the town red; paint too rosy a picture. Or we might be working at changing our appearance or lifestyle.
See also: photographs. [6]
The color of the paint gives additional significance to the context of your dream.
For example, red paint implies the shedding of inhibitions and painting the town red.
To dream of being splattered by paint signifies over-sensitivity to criticism and shrewd remarks from people around you.
To see a painting in your dream signifies your need for self-expression.
The painting reflects your inner feelings and thoughts. [7]
“Covering over” the old with the new.
Making a fresh start.
Creativity or expression (perhaps of your current feelings or mood).
Someone painting graffiti on your property can represent: a feeling or fear of invasion, threat, or your boundaries being violated somehow (mentally, emotionally, or physically).
See also: Cover, Creativity, Artwork, Photo [8]
The significance of this symbol lies in the reason for painting.
The dreamer may be expressing creativity or artistic talent. [9]
2. A long prosperous life (to have a painting).
3. Object of gossip (to have paint on clothing).
4. To obtain a different or fresh perspective. [10]
The picture in the painting will give you more insight into its meaning [13]
buying paint: don’t let diversion keep you from obtaining al of the details.
frame, in a: you feel the limitations of your false pride.
job on a house being completed, a: domestic affliction has been healed.
landscape, a: wil make good purchases to bring peace to yourself.
oil, in: use the staying power of your artistic talents and creative expression.
with a palette of many colors: have just begun to show your talents.
pleasing, a: a double-cross by one whose sincerity you trusted.
receiving a gift of a: immediate success of own hopes, the loss of another’s.
seascape, a: others see self-absorption as depression.
still life, a: are admired for ability to see through to the truth.
using black paint: health wil become a major issue.
bright colors: have not been honest with a friend.
white: hiding guilt to cover threats, which you need to hear.
wagon, a: a restoration of your guidance in your career path.
watercolor, in: your situation is uncertain; our pride is extant. [16]