can one create good art/drawing/painting if he is lacking technical skills? e.g.copying nature?

Answer 1

There are many qualities of art, including its close representation to nature, but none stands alone. Art is "good" on many levels; the implications and applications of raw and refined materials constitute technical artistic skills as much as the ability to render a draftsman's line.

You can produce good without copying nature which in and of itself is an impossibility. (How do you make water from paint????? At best, you can create an effect that symbolizes water but you cannot "copy" what nature has produced). And the better you are at using the materials of art, the better the finished product. However, the emotional factor, how one feels about viewing an artwork, can outweigh any technical achievement, even when the artwork bears no semblance of nature.

What matters above all else is your acceptance, as the artist, of what you've created.

Answer 2

The secret: anyone can learn how to draw--it's a matter of seeing things properly. Anyone who thinks they can't draw should get this book: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. They should do all of the exercises. It's truly amazing for those who think they lack the skills to copy nature. But technical skills are only the beginning--anyone can acquire those. It's what people do with them that make them good artists. That's where creativity come in.

Answer 3

Personally, I had no drawing ability that I knew of. People say "practise makes perfect". to come longside of other answers, the additional question is; "do I walk in the woods forward or backward? when nature is being seen." Most artists draw "by presketching first", or paint "freehand" from the horizon, forward toward self. Relax, don't push to get anything done all at once, quickly. "Let your ease be heart-felt, I'll come in time". When I draw landscapes, I fill in the blanks where no presketching is existing, no photo's to look at. Imagine walking into the woods, drawing something you cannot see. Technical skill is your own style and technique will be developed. Look at your detail. Keep positive, some odd looking drawings or painting do sell, although, "we" may noy fully understand. "You have to draw the line somewhere".

Answer 4

I am a paintor myself and I have advanced in painting in acrylics over the last 30 years. I think with practice you and anyone can become good at it., You seemingly are interesting in trying, net friend.

Answer 5

Of course. Technical abilities can be learned with practice and patience, and fortitude.

Answer 6

no