Art is not easy. You need the right attitude in order to be an artist. You can't be like, "Omg! This coffee mug is sooo hard to draw! I'm never gonna be good at art!" (You have to say this in a girl's high pitched voice...it just makes it better, haha) Anyway, you can't be like that. You have to grab the composition by the horns and say, "I'm gonna draw you, gosh dang it!" (but you can insert a cuss word too, if you'd like).
It's all in the attitude.
Another thing. You should not think you are the best artist in the world either. Humility will get you far, and you will learn so much from your peer's criticism.
You've all probably heard this many times before, but draw what you see, not what you know. BUT, this is one of the truest statements in art. It will change a picture from being flat and not looking quite right, to looking Wow wee--How Did That Just Turn Out So Awesomely?--Awsome. Not that I've had many of these...but I can say, it makes a big difference.
In art...pretend you are blind, and seeing for the first time.
Have you read Robert Henri's "The Art Spirit"? He talks a lot about forgetting WHAT you are drawing and instead focusing on HOW IT EXISTS (ie what's its weight, color, texture, line?). That way, you never end up with a stereotyped object, but instead you reach the truth in what you see.
ReplyDeleteOr you could be like me and make prints of imaginary people... haha.