Hello, everyone;
I followed a link at a specific software based board where I am very active. I was amazed at what I found here and though I go to links all the time have surprised myself by joining and posting here. I do not have any drawing experience but for a required art class back in high school --I think we were using dinosaurs as models--just an age hint. For some reason over the years I continue to purchase either pencils-colored or not-pads of paper etc. and don't know why I do it. So, I'm hoping that if I hang around here for a while, try to do some of the fantastic projects I've seen, maybe I'll figure out that either all those purchases were wishful thinking or a knock on the head to do what I need to do.
If you read this far you deserve a hug.
Full Version: Random linking or a life path
welcome to the drawspace family its great here and am looking forward to seeing your art
would help u yo read this aswell hope it helps ya
http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/lesson.php?id=a02
There is hope for you!!!!!!!!!! go for it and dont give up!!
Art Myth No.1: You Need Talent to be an Artist taken from http://painting.about.com/od/paintingforbe...rtist_Myths.htm
Stop worrying if you've got the talent to be an artist! Talent alone won't make you a great artist.Fact: Some people do have more of an inherent talent, or an aptitude, for art than others. But worrying about how much talent you do or don’t have is just a waste of energy. Having bucketfuls is no guarantee you’ll be a good artist.
The advantage of believing (or others believing) you’ve ‘got talent’ when you start out is that initially artistic things come easily to you, rather than your having to strive to achieve, and you get lots of positive feedback. But relying on talent will only get you so far. Sooner or later you’ll reach a spot where your talent isn’t enough. What then?
If you’ve worked at developing artistic skills, from how brushes work to how colors interact, and are used to actively pursuing ideas rather than expecting creative thoughts to come to you, you’re not at the whim of your so-called talent.
And if you believe you haven’t any artistic talent at all? Let’s skip the platitudes about everyone having some creative aspect to them and how everyone has some special talent. If you truly didn’t believe you didn’t have any artistic ability, you wouldn’t have any desire to paint. It’s that desire, combined with persistence and the systematic learning of painting techniques, not talent, which make an artist.
Art Myth No.2: Painting Should be Easy
Fact: Says who? Why should anything that’s worth doing be easy? There are lots of techniques that anyone can learn (such as shading, rules of perspective, color theory) to produce a painting in a relatively short time. But it takes effort to move beyond mediocrity. Great artists can make it look easy, but that 'ease' has, like any great skill, come through years of hard work and practice.
If you set out with the belief that painting should be easy, you're setting yourself up for frustration and disappointment. With experience certain aspects do become easier -- for example, you know what the result is going to be be when you glaze one color on top of another -- but that doesn't mean getting the final painting done is easy.
Dubious? Well, here's what Robert Bateman has to say about it: “One definition of a masterpiece I have heard . . . when you see it, you should feel you are seeing for the first time, and it should look as if it is done without effort. This is a very, very tough yardstick. I wouldn’t say that I’ve ever done a masterpiece, but when I am struggling with each painting - and they are all a struggle - I often feel that I am nowhere near those two goals.”
Bateman says of 'easy pieces': "If I look back on the body of a previous year’s work and see many easy pieces, I feel I have let myself down."
“It’s easier to paint in the angel’s feet to another’s masterwork than to discover where the angels live within yourself.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland in Art and Fear.
Art Myth No.3: Every Painting Must be Perfect
Perfection is an unrealistic goal, and aiming for it will stop you trying subjects that are 'too difficult' for your present painting skils. Fact: Requiring every single painting you make to be absolutely perfect is an unrealistic goal. You’re never going to achieve it, so you become too scared to even try. Haven’t you heard about ‘learning from your mistakes’?
Instead of aiming for perfection, strive for every painting to teach you something and risk mucking things up by trying something new just to see what happens. Challenge yourself by tackling new subjects, approaches, or things that are ‘too difficult’.
What’s the worst that can happen? You waste some paint and some time. Sure, it can be frustrating when you don’t achieve something you’d like to do, but as the cliché goes, “if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again”. Usually I paint out the ‘offending bit’ (see example), leave it overnight, and attack it again in the morning. Sometimes I admit defeat for the moment, and put it aside for much longer. But never permanently; I'm much too stubborn for that!
Ultimately, if you become famous enough, museums will be so delighted to have any work by you that they’ll hang paintings that were unfinished or just rough studies, not just the ones you’d considered finished and good. You’ve seen them – those paintings where part of the canvas is still bare, except for perhaps a line drawing showing what the artist was going to put there.
"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." -- Salvador Dali, Surrealist artist
would help u yo read this aswell hope it helps ya
http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/lesson.php?id=a02
There is hope for you!!!!!!!!!! go for it and dont give up!!
Art Myth No.1: You Need Talent to be an Artist taken from http://painting.about.com/od/paintingforbe...rtist_Myths.htm
Stop worrying if you've got the talent to be an artist! Talent alone won't make you a great artist.Fact: Some people do have more of an inherent talent, or an aptitude, for art than others. But worrying about how much talent you do or don’t have is just a waste of energy. Having bucketfuls is no guarantee you’ll be a good artist.
The advantage of believing (or others believing) you’ve ‘got talent’ when you start out is that initially artistic things come easily to you, rather than your having to strive to achieve, and you get lots of positive feedback. But relying on talent will only get you so far. Sooner or later you’ll reach a spot where your talent isn’t enough. What then?
If you’ve worked at developing artistic skills, from how brushes work to how colors interact, and are used to actively pursuing ideas rather than expecting creative thoughts to come to you, you’re not at the whim of your so-called talent.
And if you believe you haven’t any artistic talent at all? Let’s skip the platitudes about everyone having some creative aspect to them and how everyone has some special talent. If you truly didn’t believe you didn’t have any artistic ability, you wouldn’t have any desire to paint. It’s that desire, combined with persistence and the systematic learning of painting techniques, not talent, which make an artist.
Art Myth No.2: Painting Should be Easy
Fact: Says who? Why should anything that’s worth doing be easy? There are lots of techniques that anyone can learn (such as shading, rules of perspective, color theory) to produce a painting in a relatively short time. But it takes effort to move beyond mediocrity. Great artists can make it look easy, but that 'ease' has, like any great skill, come through years of hard work and practice.
If you set out with the belief that painting should be easy, you're setting yourself up for frustration and disappointment. With experience certain aspects do become easier -- for example, you know what the result is going to be be when you glaze one color on top of another -- but that doesn't mean getting the final painting done is easy.
Dubious? Well, here's what Robert Bateman has to say about it: “One definition of a masterpiece I have heard . . . when you see it, you should feel you are seeing for the first time, and it should look as if it is done without effort. This is a very, very tough yardstick. I wouldn’t say that I’ve ever done a masterpiece, but when I am struggling with each painting - and they are all a struggle - I often feel that I am nowhere near those two goals.”
Bateman says of 'easy pieces': "If I look back on the body of a previous year’s work and see many easy pieces, I feel I have let myself down."
“It’s easier to paint in the angel’s feet to another’s masterwork than to discover where the angels live within yourself.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland in Art and Fear.
Art Myth No.3: Every Painting Must be Perfect
Perfection is an unrealistic goal, and aiming for it will stop you trying subjects that are 'too difficult' for your present painting skils. Fact: Requiring every single painting you make to be absolutely perfect is an unrealistic goal. You’re never going to achieve it, so you become too scared to even try. Haven’t you heard about ‘learning from your mistakes’?
Instead of aiming for perfection, strive for every painting to teach you something and risk mucking things up by trying something new just to see what happens. Challenge yourself by tackling new subjects, approaches, or things that are ‘too difficult’.
What’s the worst that can happen? You waste some paint and some time. Sure, it can be frustrating when you don’t achieve something you’d like to do, but as the cliché goes, “if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again”. Usually I paint out the ‘offending bit’ (see example), leave it overnight, and attack it again in the morning. Sometimes I admit defeat for the moment, and put it aside for much longer. But never permanently; I'm much too stubborn for that!
Ultimately, if you become famous enough, museums will be so delighted to have any work by you that they’ll hang paintings that were unfinished or just rough studies, not just the ones you’d considered finished and good. You’ve seen them – those paintings where part of the canvas is still bare, except for perhaps a line drawing showing what the artist was going to put there.
"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." -- Salvador Dali, Surrealist artist
ddw.....welcome to drawspace .. you will love it here ..please join in on some of our challenges we always have so much fun . 
Thanks UK for being so helpful
Thanks UK for being so helpful
Welcome,
I was a total beginner when I started here. Do the lessons and join in. You'll love it.
Paulette
I was a total beginner when I started here. Do the lessons and join in. You'll love it.
Paulette
ddw.....welcome, lots to learn here, you will love it.
Hi ddw,
Myself I'm a pencil addict, I love stationery all kinds, from paper to writing tools. Nothing... normal in this, I know
(I didn't draw anything for some years now). Just take a strong bite from of this chunk of life. You'll be surprised; I know I was. Get out of routine, take the steps, indulge yourself with the finest. Start here.
Welcome,
Fatcat
Fatcat have u started to draw yet? lets see your work then? i have been waiting for a long time u know
Hello,
I am hosting a drawing challenge this week. drawing challenge feb25-mar3 Please come and join us.
Paulette
I am hosting a drawing challenge this week. drawing challenge feb25-mar3 Please come and join us.
Paulette
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