2006-08-29 08:22:37 · 6 answers · asked by Me♥Manatees 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Th best tip I can offer is, if a lot of people begin telling you you have talent, try painting a different way. If people then start saying you are doing good work, try another way. When you start producing work that people don't lnow if its good or bad, you're onto something. Keep it up until they are sure, the stuff stinks. By then, you will have amassed a couple hundred canvases and you'll be ready for a major show. If the critiques say you're the next Jackson Pollock, take a match to the entire inventory and start fresh. Then by God, you'll be where no one has been before...and you'll be selling like hotcakes.
2006-08-29 14:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My tip is simply to do whatever feels right. Don't go at it with an intention for what you will paint. The canvas and the paint already know what they want to be, it is simply your role in the fate of your paintings to apply the paint. I never try for any specific image, I usually sit down (I find working on the floor allows more freedom) have all colors available and turn on some music. I allow the music to influence the brush strokes and colors. Sometimes the painting seems great that night and the next morning I decide to turn it and see that is how it is ment to be. I hope that helps you. Best wishes
2006-08-29 14:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by colorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean portraits, or abstract, or landscape, or just your bedroom walls? Painting can be sooo much fun, and it's a great stress reliever. There is a technique for shading I learned in college. You use a wide angle brush, dip each side (left and right, not top and bottom) in two different colored paints and work it in by painting back and forth on your pallet. Then dip the ends again and paint away. It looks pretty decent, and not a lot of work or skill required.
Have fun!
2006-08-29 08:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by Peapod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly recommend taking a class- either at school, at a community center or an art school in your area. Its best to have an instructor so that you can ask lots of questions and they can help you with your specific needs.
2006-08-29 09:10:12 · answer #4 · answered by alizarinlily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-29 08:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by daniel k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a good instruction book or a good instructor. It's best to learn from the experience of others. It's harder to do it on your own, by trial and error.
2006-08-29 08:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by casa2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋