Each time I come here I spend a lot of time looking at your wonderful drawings and admire your infinitive talents,(btw, I was going to upload a caricature today, but the quality here is so high that I decided to postpone it..llolll!!!---I will gather up all my courage and do it some other time,)...anyway, But, I can't help feeling that there is something missing.
OK!!!....I look at the drawing and see something, namely a drawing. How do I interpret it,though? What does it tell me? as it stands --nothing---zilch---. I would like to know your thoughts and tribulations on drawing these masterpieces. Some sort of story. After all it is your creation and I would like to be guided by you and gain an insight into your thoughts of creating them so that I can, at least, put more meaning into them myself and understand them. Without knowing what they are there is no understanding. I hope you get my meaning.
When I upload something I would like to give a bit of story about it. For sure. (if there is a facility provided for it though-at the moment I do not know).
What you think of this idea? Good / Bad?
len

I think for some here, making the drawing look like what you are drawing, is the main challenge! We all put our own interpretation into everything we do! I think it's easy to be over critical of our own work! If we all felt that way, nobody would ever post anything! If you want to see what you put into a drawing, draw the same thing several times and then compare the drawings. If all the drawings look the same, then you will be perfect! If thay are all slightly different, then you are like the rest of us. Human. But the differences in your drawings are what you put into each one!

Dear Friend:

If you are the worst artist in the planet...if you work hard and dedicated to drawing,
you can become a great artist.
If you take a long time to learn and practice, eventually you will become really good
at drawing.
So don't give up !!!
Keep practicing .
If you start uploading your pics (no matter how ugly) our friends here will give
you an honest critique, and then you can learn how to improve your drawings
and on top you have made a first step towards become a better artist.
I assure you if you keep drawing you will become good.
So don't give up !!!
Keep trying !!!
Love !!!

Rednova

Hello Len, I agree with Songsparrow, we are just happy if our drawings look like what we are drawing... and I also agree with rednova... upload your work... take a leap of faith... the people here are very supportive and as your skills develop, your gallery will be a record of the improvements in your drawing skills.
You are saying something is missing though... I think that you mean when an image is uploaded, you'd like some background information of what the artist is thinking or feeling... what does the art mean! Or perhaps what methods were used. When you upload an image there is a spot for exactly that... under image description. There is a spot for it on the Right hand side of the screen, some people don't give us any details. I sometimes will write something in there if it is an original composition... perhaps to say where I got my inspiration from...

hi tannis,

Yes, I see what you mean. I just came from your site and I saw the comment about the cottage and your mother(?). And, yes, it really made sense, and was very touching. Thank you very much for the info. I did not add a new comment there as people before me said it already, but, let me tell you,your drawings are "par excellence".

regards
len

I see what you mean entirely about wanting more, but actually I feel that the detailed explanation would be better coming from the viewer rather than the artist. I think generally people like to have their drawings speak for themselves, but when it comes to getting criticism and constructive feedback as well as interpretations, people tend to be a bit more reserved. Don't get me wrong it's lovely to have someone tell you your drawing is great, but you learn a lot more from the person who says "it's great, but..."

I kinda feel the same way Len does about wanting to know more about the art that's posted.

First, since I'm fairly new to this, I look at a piece that I like and I'd like to know what mediums the artist used and how long did it take to complete. That's to satisfy the "student" inside of me so I can learn about different mediums and what they can do--it also satisfies my need to realize that quality art pieces take much time and effort to produce.

Moreover, if a piece catches my eye, I'd like to know who, what, when, where and why. Sometimes there is a very beautiful and moving story that goes with the piece that, once knowing it, makes the piece even more beautiful and meaningful. Other times it's a picture of a wonderful fountain, garden, church or city that I would love to visit sometime (or build a special trip around visiting the place).

When I was in the UK, I purchased 3 wonderful watercolors from a local artist; one was a thatched cottage that was an antique store; one was a pub by a river; and one was a street scene of a market square. Since these were all real places and all within a couple hours drive of our home, I planned 3 weekend outings to visit the site of each of these places--it made the watercolors even more special and really bought them to life.