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I Have gone from a very Celtic style as seen in Jack Frost to more of a portrait style as seen in the attachment, I need some feedback as to what I am doing wrong with the portrait style. I have gone from outlining everything heavily to attempting to use shading to draw out the details, if I go that...
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Hello All. I just happened to find this forum and see that folks are very friendly and helpful to others. I'm placing a photo of my latest painting here to ask for critique and advice. Just now changing careers, hoping to turn my new found enjoyment in painting into income. I've played guitar...
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This is my first post. Your comments and critiques are welcome on this departure from my usual landscapes. And yes, my model really did have big eyes and large pointy ears. .
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I believe the important thing to remember is that there are no rules in art except those of not mixing non-compatible substances. Don't want any undesirable chemical reactions. Perhaps you could try a few small, simple pieces with a few different under colors and determine what you like best for...
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I am submitting some of my work for consideration to some galleries and need to write an artist statement and BIO . I am a self taught artist and am not sure how to discribe my work. The only art education that I have other than what I have observed and learned on my own is a corrospondence course that...
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What is a painter to do when all she thinks about is painting and creating and yet nothing inspires her enough to begin painting again?
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. Hello.I'm glade you like my avatar Margo . I try very much to paint almost every day,but is so difficult for mebecause no one help me....is my hobby.I love still life and landscape,but i really like flowers ,maybe is to difficult for me ,for beginner.I try more and more but I fail.Iam interested...
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Hello everyone, glad I actually found someplace like this. Here's the thing my drawing skills are quite lacking. I would really like to improve and I hear the best way is to practice. I'm starting up a routine to do at least 20 mins of drawing a day mostly gesture sketches and the like. My question...
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I see your point. I have always thought "Still Life" was not a helpful use of words. Shall we coin a new word for the "Still Life" painting/drawing? Who likes "Stillaio" = STILL Arrangement of Inanimate Objects!? If it is not a word for something else already. Can anyone...
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As a young boy, I was ahead of other children in my artistic abilities. I paid a special attention to detail, and I understdood more advanced artistic methods and techniques such as foreshorting, implimenting more or less detail where attention is needed, and various types of shading. I thought I was...