Art thread

Good stuff. I have a deviantart page also, but haven't updated it in forever.

Some of my best:

EDIT: Holy cow the pictures are huge! My bad.

 

Lovely thread that I had not checked out, silly me. I am not artistic but I am a good artisan. The difference being to my mind I lack the originality as an artist, but I can render excellence in following a pattern. I am a passionate needlewoman!

 

Thank you!

I love drawing people, particularly portraits. It's always a challenge.

 

Wow, some terrific art here.

My 15 year old daughter is a pretty good artist, here is a drawing she made.

 

After seeing you mention your art in the music thread I came here again to read through this. I don't know how the above didn't catch my attention before.

Art school is to build up your skills, not for after. Just like business, you get your education so you can know how to run a company, not after you have it all figured out.

If you are at all interested in traditional/classic realism - even in digital form - you should look in your area to see if there are any ateliers. They are a continuation of the old academic system from Europe, that produced the greatest art in history. Most, as far as I know, are unaccredited, since they are more like a trade school than a college. However, the training from any atelier is vastly greater than you would ever get at your local college. They actually teach art, not the rubbish that is often called by that name.

You can find a local atelier, if there is one, through the art renewal center.

http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/ateliers.php

Sent you a note!

 

By graphic design do you mean digital art or designing/beautifying websites?
Either way I would say you probably need to go to a college at some point. I don't know for sure as that isn't my thing. Regardless, going to a good atelier or similar workshop and working in traditional media would help your skills immensely.

Some schools may require you meet a set criteria, but those are in the minority I believe. Also, an atelier would be more likely to accept someone that may need more practice since you get better, more personal instruction.

Regarding still-lifes: The best advice I can give you is just find some random, interesting subjects you would like to draw or paint, set them up and do a still life. Try and give yourself a goal of doing, for example, one new picture every day for 2 weeks. You get the idea.

Also, don't get the impression though that I am a professional or that I've been through all this. I've only attended an atelier briefly in the past and I have a very different full-time job. But I am giving you my best advice. I also suggest you should seek our professionals that are where you want to be and ask them questions.

 

Lovely! I can barely draw a recognisable stick figure, but enjoy the art of thread work.


Mel

 

Hello, some really good stuff here. I used to draw a bit. Here is "The Temple".... A Pen and Ink drawing done with a Rapidograph drafting pen that draws a line about the width of a human hair. About 20x24 inches. All freehand (no ruler, measurements or preliminary sketch), loosely modeled on a ruined Roman style temple in Turkey I saw a picture of once. The technique is stippling (dots). It took several hundred hours....

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