12-30-2017, 10:18 AM
Hallo!
No new art to post - still resting that wrist. Just popping in to say that I'll be trying to learn to paint with oils in the new year, and hopefully posting that progress here. So there's that.
I think I'll also be trying to redirect my focus with art. For so long I've been trying to grind out technical progress and portfolio pieces, and even though I've learned a few things from it, I really don't like the art I'm producing. It feels kind of soulless, you know? I feel like I'm producing what I think I should make instead of what I want to make. Problem is... I don't know what to make. And that really gets me down, to be honest. I'm looking back at those paintings I was working on a couple of months ago and there isn't a single one that I feel excited or impatient to get back to.
During my break from art I wrote a novel (first draft), so maybe painting my characters would be a fun thing. And I might dabble with fan art. I might make a return to only painting portraits. I love that more than anything else. On the other hand, I know that portraits are my comfort zone and I don't want to be afraid to step out of that comfort zone just because the results aren't immediately good.
Basically, I'm questioning what kind of art I want to make and why. I had a similar issue with my writing a couple of years ago, and although I still get the odd wobble, I'm much more confident now about what my niche/style/genre/voice is in the world of writing. I know it will become clear eventually with my art... and I also know that the more stressed I get about it, the less likely it is to resolve itself! So I'm trying to keep a cool head and trust that everything will fall into place in the end.
No new art to post - still resting that wrist. Just popping in to say that I'll be trying to learn to paint with oils in the new year, and hopefully posting that progress here. So there's that.
I think I'll also be trying to redirect my focus with art. For so long I've been trying to grind out technical progress and portfolio pieces, and even though I've learned a few things from it, I really don't like the art I'm producing. It feels kind of soulless, you know? I feel like I'm producing what I think I should make instead of what I want to make. Problem is... I don't know what to make. And that really gets me down, to be honest. I'm looking back at those paintings I was working on a couple of months ago and there isn't a single one that I feel excited or impatient to get back to.
During my break from art I wrote a novel (first draft), so maybe painting my characters would be a fun thing. And I might dabble with fan art. I might make a return to only painting portraits. I love that more than anything else. On the other hand, I know that portraits are my comfort zone and I don't want to be afraid to step out of that comfort zone just because the results aren't immediately good.
Basically, I'm questioning what kind of art I want to make and why. I had a similar issue with my writing a couple of years ago, and although I still get the odd wobble, I'm much more confident now about what my niche/style/genre/voice is in the world of writing. I know it will become clear eventually with my art... and I also know that the more stressed I get about it, the less likely it is to resolve itself! So I'm trying to keep a cool head and trust that everything will fall into place in the end.
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