Someone wants to look at my drawings. They're flippin' through the book right. Admiring all the pictures, etc. Then they'll say something like "I can't draw" or "You're hecka good!"
... what exactly am I supposed to say to that which won't make me sould egotistical or I don't know, sympathetic that they reportedly can't draw?
I am a pretty good artist, too, by the way its just... I never find the right thing to say to that phrase. And then sometimes people will show me their drawings, then I try my damndest to say something nice and they'll just give me this incredulous look like "SURE you mean that" and I DO but they know how I draw and I think they're comparing me to them and I get all weird feeling. What would you do in either situation? Thanks.
2007-05-01 18:45:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Well I do say thank you its just that after that the conversation gets weird...
2007-05-02 16:50:07 · update #1
just say thank you. it is a simple reply that doesnt sound stuck up. or ask them "what do you like about the drawing" and strike up a conversation and allows you to tell the person about your talent without being egotistical. when in doubt though just say thank you.
2007-05-02 05:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When someone gives you a compliment, you say "Thank you." If that doesn't sound like enough you can say "It's so nice of you to notice" or "What a nice thing to say."
When someone says they can't draw, you could say something like "Well, I bet there are lots of other things you are really good at."
2007-05-02 03:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by luvrats 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they mention that they can't draw just give them a grin and an "Oh don't be silly" IF they compliment you just say 'Thank you, that means a lot to me."
2007-05-02 01:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just say thanks I appreciate your opinion and leave it at that. It isn't that they are trying to compare themselves to you or your talents to yours. They just appreciate your talent. Just say thanks, you don't have to complement in return or say something you don't mean and most people would prefer you didn't.
Everyone has different talents, people are talented in different ways. Just because they can't draw doesn't mean there aren't other things they can do well.
2007-05-02 01:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by Wicked Good 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is wrong with just saying Thank you? What's all the fuss about? If you are good, then you are good and more power to ya!
2007-05-02 01:51:49 · answer #5 · answered by chestnutlocs1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Thank you".
"You are probably good at a lot of other things"
2007-05-02 14:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by Pacifica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were you, I would humbly say...
"Everybody has to start somewhere, don't you think so?"...
What do you think?
2007-05-02 01:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ironic answer...
yes! you can't draw, because it is I who am drawing.... if you can draw this, then i am not going to draw....
2007-05-02 01:51:18 · answer #8 · answered by falam 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
why not just say thank you?
2007-05-02 02:28:31 · answer #9 · answered by Christine H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Just gotta practice a hell of a lot ^_^;;;;"
2007-05-02 01:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋