I can draw anything I see, just not how it looks. Can good art be created, lacking technical skills??

Question

basquiat, wols, adolf wolfli, Cy twombly, jean dubuffet etc.

Answer 1

Most people are symbolic artists, this means they draw what synbolizes what they see. These are the famous stick figures and square houses with triangle roofs.

If you enjoy drawing then you should take some classes. There is also a book called "Drawing On the Right Side of Your Brain" that really helps people develope artistically. If you turn a picture upside down and then draw it you will usually do better because you can't create a symbolized drawing when the symbol is not readily identifiable.

Good luck and enjoy.

Answer 2

When good art is created dispite a lack of technical skills it's a happy accident. Some times even people who have absolutly no idea hit the nail on the head and come up with great works of art.
Someone with the technical skills (which are learned not given from some higher power) Has a huge advantage over someone who's crossed their fingers and hoped for the best.
Some people dispite lack of technical skill have an eye for composition so they know when something's appealing and when it's not. SOme people just produce crap and think they're wonderful because nobody's telling them other wise, or they refuse to listen.
It's not impossible, just improbable, though many people get lucky, and it's been proven that people who are good at talking can convince others they're an abstract artist.

Answer 3

Sure plenty of great artists had no formal training, art is about creativity and the exploration of ideas. Technical skills can open doors into techniques and styles you might not otherwise know about, and this could turn you on to a type of media you really get a kick out of using. Learning about horizon lines and perspective will definitely help your drawings become more realistic, but remember realism isn't the only thing to shoot for as an artist. Explore your creativity, have fun, and keep drawing, that's whats most important.

Answer 4

I think since you say that you can draw anything based on vision, you must have got something right. An art certainly can be created with different level of skills. Some makes it on the computer, some makes it with sands and some paints them. A good vision and concept is all you need for a great art.

But as for your drawing skill, Its rather better to narrow the problem, to what it actually is, and just concentrate in improving that part of your skill. Analyze your drawing and see what if there are problem with:
-. the perspective? (Things don't look like they have any dimension, etc)
-. the proportion? (The width of the head is three times the width of the eyes,etc)
-. the strokes? (hair, eyes being too bold?,etc)

Good Luck

Answer 5

i am not an artist because i have no technical skills and no talent really. there's no way i'm ever going to be able to draw things realistically no matter how hard i try. i wish i could. but i still love art, and painting so i figured out a way to cheat. what i do is take a picture, like off the internet or from my camera, print it out on plain paper, then i rub the back of the paper with a pencil and then put the paper over another blank paper, and trace the picture with a pen. it transfers the drawing onto the blank paper just like if i could draw perfectly. its cheating, but its the only way i can paint things halfway decent.

Answer 6

Absolutely! Formal education is great, but talent and dedication are most important. There are numerous books in the library that will help you teach yourself the things you don't know. Go to 7.42 on the shelves. Start with something basic and simple, then work yourself up as you sharpen your skills. Concerning drawing what you see, it may not look exactly like the model or picture. Each artist has his own individuality and style. Try drawing your picture over and over. It will improve every time. This will also help you do what every artist must do: practice, practice, practice!

Answer 7

Certainly. The Impressionists, Fauves, Cubists and other 19th-20th century art movements rebelled against the technically immaculate but emotionally cold productions of the art schools.

The thing is, seeing involves a person, not a camera. Whatever you render in any medium has to pass through your perception, and it gets interpreted by your personality, that is to say everything that you are. Technical skill helps you to communicate details, but art is more than details. To many artists, details are wholly irrelevant.

Answer 8

As long as you feel you are able to express yourself and your ideas, that is good art. You do not need alot of technical skill but alittle helps. Some people are verbal,....Artists talk through visual images. Art is a langauge on its own. Technical skills may help expaned your visual language and incourage the development of your own unique way of doing things.

Answer 9

Of cource!
There is a famous artist, sorry I forgot his name( But he drew a famous picture of musicians. Black background with colour burried down), anyway he has always believed that a person should never be taught how to draw because he beleives that an image should be transferred from your mind to the paper directly, not after training, spontaneous. Also, Pablo Picasso, he draws things as he wants to see them, not as they look. See his great painting called ( weeping woman).

Answer 10

Thecnical skills are somewhat necessary to be able to paint with the laws of reality in mind, but it depends on the personal ability of the artist, no matter if his trained or not, to put what he wants on the art, and to feel he has achieved his goals.