11-02-2021, 04:04 AM
Thank you for your response! You may be right in some respects.
But I will simply say that at the moment I am simply trying to improve. Just like everyone is, (or should be). To improve means to do better than one's best, and that comes at the cost of much difficulty and self criticism. There's no other way. I hope you don't think that I am uninterested or uninspired by academic drawing. On the contrary, it is my whole life.
In some ways you're right that not much has transpired in 10 pages. I am still mainly drawing the same subject matter, with a few diversions to do non academic projects, the results of some you can see in my art station portfolio. But at the same time I think I have grown a lot. I always have in mind that every piece I do now is of no real consequence, it is just a stepping stone to better things, as I am a student.
It has been said that a musician learns their scales, and their correct pitches so perfectly, so that they can forget those things. So that the basics will not hinder their expression when it is time for it. That's what I want. It is a hard, hard world. There are many artists who draw very well. I have to be one of them. The goal is not to be simply passible, but superb.
Even if I agreed with you about the nude figure, It is what's required of me, so I have to do it. There are lots of reasons for it, most of them decent. Most of my academic training has required me to put my own ideas and aspirations aside temporarily. It's actually very dull work at times, but that's life for you. I like figure drawing though, there is a lot of beauty to be found in the human form.
I think when it comes to art, we just live in completely different worlds. I assume my work for you, is an example of what you do not want for yourself. If so, that is perfectly fine. Regardless, I thank you for your comments, and I do think on them.
But I will simply say that at the moment I am simply trying to improve. Just like everyone is, (or should be). To improve means to do better than one's best, and that comes at the cost of much difficulty and self criticism. There's no other way. I hope you don't think that I am uninterested or uninspired by academic drawing. On the contrary, it is my whole life.
In some ways you're right that not much has transpired in 10 pages. I am still mainly drawing the same subject matter, with a few diversions to do non academic projects, the results of some you can see in my art station portfolio. But at the same time I think I have grown a lot. I always have in mind that every piece I do now is of no real consequence, it is just a stepping stone to better things, as I am a student.
It has been said that a musician learns their scales, and their correct pitches so perfectly, so that they can forget those things. So that the basics will not hinder their expression when it is time for it. That's what I want. It is a hard, hard world. There are many artists who draw very well. I have to be one of them. The goal is not to be simply passible, but superb.
Even if I agreed with you about the nude figure, It is what's required of me, so I have to do it. There are lots of reasons for it, most of them decent. Most of my academic training has required me to put my own ideas and aspirations aside temporarily. It's actually very dull work at times, but that's life for you. I like figure drawing though, there is a lot of beauty to be found in the human form.
I think when it comes to art, we just live in completely different worlds. I assume my work for you, is an example of what you do not want for yourself. If so, that is perfectly fine. Regardless, I thank you for your comments, and I do think on them.