what medium of art should I use? artists help!?

Question

I want to do a very detailed in depth picture. There's going to be some human and landscape in it. I want color for sure...

but... I usually use graphite for realistic drawings and oil pastel/water color for more gutsy creations... I want it to be gusty and realistic! I know I can probably pull it off.. but what should I use...? colored pencil? oil pastel? acryic? some sort of print making technique.. lol I can do it all.. I'm just not sure what... I'm not all to good with doing detail with paint.. but should I try it anyway?

Answer 1

It's a slow process, but oil paints are great for giving depth and texture to paintings. Very workable medium, though slow drying. Acrylic would be my second choice. That's what I would work with, yet it is up to you and what you enjoy working with. Try the challenge of something you don't normally do, or perhaps mix mediums. Collage, applique, & mosaic on a chalk or watercolor background give depth and the 3D effect quite well. Like a shadow box. Or there's also paper mache or plaster for the depth, then paint or paste the texture on top of that, and the details on that.
It's art anything goes. Just have fun with it.

Answer 2

An artist should always try to push their own personal envelope. You say you aren't good with detail using paint but, maybe this is the painting where you discover you are. Personally I love oils. I like the texture, the smell, the color. And that it takes time, and that time is an adventure. Try it, maybe you'll discover something new about you and the world that surrounds you. That's the true beauty of art!

Answer 3

I would use oil Pastels. At least for the landscaping and then, I would used a mixed medium for the human. (i.e. paint) it is very easy to do the skin tones of people with paint, as long as you know what colors to mix. But it would turn out as very nice practice also.

Answer 4

acrylic is good...it's awesome for detail, color diversity, texture, you name it! ....buuuutt, it can get clumpy after several layers

oil paint is really good for detail and is your best choice for realistic, colors are also vibrant and really shiny...

i suggest using both...make an underlayer with acrylic to lay out the foundation of the painting, use colors and paint out everything but leave out the details and make sure the layer is thin! then add all the details you want with oil paints...the plus side to oil paints---they take soooooo long to dry that you cant change your mind whenever you want and easily correct mistakes, it does take patience to learn to deal with oil paints but it pays off (btw, when i say it takes a long time i mean months) if a long time has gone by and you want to change somehting in your painting, use a tiny bit of linseed oil to take the paint off, if not you can use a teeny tiny bit of artist's paint thinner...oh, and always mix your oil paints with a bit of linseed oil (just a bit) to make sure the paint goes on evenly....have fun!

Answer 5

When I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, the piece that affected me the most was a painting by Rembrandt. I can't remember the name of it, but it was small portrait of a man, maybe about the size of a piece of paper. And it was behind a protective sheet of plastic that caught too much glare of the lights. But there was something about it, especially the eyes, that made me feel like I was connecting to a real person by looking at it. It was amazing. For music, I'd go with Leonard Cohen. For writing, Philip K. Dick. For trolling, that would be Jack or Capt. Art Griego. You asked what "captures the essence of you beliefs" but I'm going to read that as "speaks to your soul". My beliefs aren't particularly strong or well defined; if anything they focus most on treating other people with kindness, and that works best when we can see them for who they really are, and find something in them that reminds me of who I am, and that we are both just people trying to make our way in this crazy world.

Answer 6

First of all, mosts artists use what they are most comfortable using. Myself, I could use it all too but I enjoy using acrylics most of all therefore I find myself more patient using this medium. My tolerance and endurance for what I am trying to achieve is stronger. You may want to try using some clear glaze to your acrylics to build up gradually in a color as you are working on detail. Most importantly ENJOY what you do ...as THE artist!

Answer 7

Acrylic. It's the most flexible of the mediums. You can paint it like oils, like watercolors, or thick almost like sculpture, even airbrush it. You can do detail or not. It's permanent and unfading. The colors are very vivid.

Answer 8

I've done over 100 oil paintings in my life, so I highly recommend it if what you plan to create you hope to have it last forever.

I've also used other mediums at times, but oil paint seems to have the edge over most other forms.

Answer 9

I think that if you use the vibrant colours of acrylic joined with the smooth blending of oils your will have a good start. Then it is up to you BE THE ART!

Answer 10

Use some graphite and some watercolour. Art isn't about following traditions and trends, it's about starting your own!