Ebeth199
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I'd like to see your book cover Ebeth199. Oil's the best IMHO
I'd like to see your book cover Ebeth199. Oil's the best IMHO
I'd like to see your book cover Ebeth199. Oil's the best IMHO
I'd like to see your book cover Ebeth199. Oil's the best IMHO
Art teachers should be told that artists do not usually begin as good artists! They evolve over time! My Mom ran into criticism early on, despite the fact that she is a natural ! Only in her later life did she resume art. Maybe you will start again. Totally your choice.Not any more.
There was a time when I tried drawing. Drawing with pencil on paper and digital drawing and painting as well. While an art teacher told me that I have no talent when I was a kid, I found out that even I can learn and make progress. Seeing my personal progress made me happy. Even though I wasn't really good at drawing or painting.
But somehow I feel that I am done with this for now. I still can see the world through the eyes of an artist, you know what I mean, when everything is just a play of light and shadows so that even a trashcan or an ashtray suddenly becomes beautiful to behold... yet still, I am done. I do not feel frustrated anymore that I cannot draw or paint like a master and never will. I still can appreciate art. And music. And literature.
Lovely work, Deborah- but as a teacher, I'm sure you already know : )I like your drawing Jim great job! I kinda laid low - because painting and murals are what I do. I teach College courses in oil and acrylic painting. It's my passion.
www.deborahbarrart.com
What's an "Efit", Jackdaw?I was once an Efit artist
Hello Sea and Sky! It's so good that your ink drawing was spared and that your sister found it! There are drawings and such that I did about that time that I so wish I still had, of had copies of! The memorial of the spirit(s) that were helping me back then seems to be in the actual works. The gift of being able to engage in image making was more precious than I consciously recognized, and it had the potential for keeping me out of trouble, had I been wise enough to give it a little more importance. 'Imaging' amounts to a language we speak , unique to us, that others can feel and enjoy. Presently I would recommend finding a teacher you are in sync with, as a person, or, as well, spend time on youtube looking at demos of various sorts. At our age, it might be best to go with whatever you are attracted to rather than seek to learn more through steps that younger people might take. We only have so much time, in this life, although I do not believe we are denied the option to continue in life that follows, whether in the non-physical or in reincarnation. In the last two years I am hearing and learning that even the best of spiritual teachers give high importance to our creativity, that it matters and that it serves bona fide spiritual purposes. Practicality seems to interrupt many peoples' creative expression, but I was not practical, and carried on with it once I got off the streets of impoverishment and delighted in a fresher perspective. The gift returns! and you have it- it's ours- it's part of who we are. I hope you continue. Maybe go back to pencil and or ink until you know what else you might wish. If you spend some time with oils you may find yourself becoming comfortable with them.Hi Deborah,
I just looked back and saw your samples from the prior page!!! Beautiful. Likewise kudos to truthlove and Jim78! Lots of talent here. I'd love to see some samples from some others who have indicated that they do art/painting (like Tanker).
I drew throughout my childhood and my class notes through grad school were always covered with random drawings. However, that was not a direction I chose to pursue (to my regret at this point in life). Hence, I only took a couple of courses. A basic one in High School and another basic one in College. I got A's. The only thing I have to show for it is a pen and ink (attached) from High School about 50 years old. I left it at school when the school year was over. When my little sister went through the same class about 9 years later, she found that the teacher remembered me and had saved it. It had been folded by me at some point while I was doing it (for which my art teacher gave me a hard time) and is yellowed and stained with the years. Anyhow, my sister brought it back to me and my Dad framed it at some point (like Dad's do), but it has never hung at my house (too sad looking!). I referred to it as Nicodemus, but my father called it The Frenchman.
Anyhow, I'd like Nicodemus to have some company. So, a question for you. I don't do fencing, but one of my sons did. The usual sequence for learning is foil, epee, saber. That is not because foil is less of an art form and saber is more of an art form. There are specialists in each, and each is an art form. However, it is considered that there are lessons to be learned in a certain order that are best taught in the order I have given. So, since I am interested in cultivating art in my old age (which is now!), is there a usual order for approaching the various media in this field? I tend to like the idea of pen and ink and watercolor. Ultimately, I'd like to get into oils, especially as I have books of portrait paintings and love this subject matter. However, I really don't know where to start at this age.
Cordially,
S&S
Interesting observation.Thanks, S&S ... I find it interesting to see how many of us seem to enjoy painting and drawing. So many of us that I wonder if there's a connection between expression through art, and reincarnation, perhaps?