> there’s no shortcuts. I have to be able crawl, then walk, before I can run.
yes, so much this!
my.fad, also a passionate artist, hated how they thinned out technical crafts foundations from arts college. "no more stupid copying and banale Line and color practice! freedum!" the college went.
my dad just said (translation follows)
@> Kunst kommt von können. Wenn es von wollen käme hieße es Wunst und wir wären Wünstler.
art comes from artistry. if it was based on "wanting" we'd call it "want" and we (artists) were "wantists"
or "wished" and "wishedits"
along these lines
he'd learned sketching from herding small livestock, goats, geese, chicken and sketching them, as a kid...
ChrisMarshallNY gave you the true answer, as far as creating the type of art that he's made (which I find amazing) and mastering painting. Another way to go about it (which I did at the start of the pandemic) is to just buy some canvases and acrylic paint (more forgiving than oil since you haven't painted), and some cheap brushes. Experiment and try to create something. It can be completely abstract and only for you. Learn how the paint dries, and how adding a bit of water to your paint affects it. Look up some YouTube tutorials on beginning painting. Best thing to do is to just keep painting. You can even take a canvas and just keep painting white or black over it to start over, just so you aren't spending much on canvas. I am totally unable to paint 3D objects, but I do a lot of abstract and symbolic/occult type art, and I personally love it as a means of meditation and getting away from technology.
There are a large number of courses for both digital and traditional painting on platforms like Udemy, many of which are insanely good value when they go on sale.
ChrisMarshallNY|1 year ago
It helps to coordinate the eye and the hand.
It starts with being able to accurately and dispassionately render what I see, on paper.
From there, I am able to modify the process, so the visual source, is in my head, as opposed to in front of my eyes.
Artists like Picasso and Pollock were actually very good realist artists, but their expression came from their interpretation of their own vision.
In my experience, there’s no shortcuts. I have to be able crawl, then walk, before I can run.
Just like software development.
In my case, hiring a teacher, who, right off the bat, told me I was screwing up, was also necessary.
froh|1 year ago
yes, so much this!
my.fad, also a passionate artist, hated how they thinned out technical crafts foundations from arts college. "no more stupid copying and banale Line and color practice! freedum!" the college went.
my dad just said (translation follows)
@> Kunst kommt von können. Wenn es von wollen käme hieße es Wunst und wir wären Wünstler.
art comes from artistry. if it was based on "wanting" we'd call it "want" and we (artists) were "wantists"
or "wished" and "wishedits"
along these lines
he'd learned sketching from herding small livestock, goats, geese, chicken and sketching them, as a kid...
progmetaldev|1 year ago
danielbarla|1 year ago