Will i ever be a good artist?
Being a good artist takes creativity, passion, and confidence, as well as skill. Work on all of those. If you want to be able to paint, or learn any new medium, you need to PRACTICE! I am almost never good at using a new medium. But am always persistent in figuring out how to make it work for me. I hated painting when I first started, because I didn't have any control over it. Sine then I have been painting a lot, and now I love it. I am still better at drawing, but I have been drawing a lot longer, so that makes sense.
I just feel like i'll never be a good artist?
I'm sooo inspired by beautiful art. But everything i make is...........pure shi t. Pure shi t is more artful than my paintings. They're just sooooooo bad. I only have like 5 paintings and they're all shi t. And this one i just finished (I didn't like it and the only reason i "finished" is because i was starting to get panic attacks) my friend thinks it looks like fuc king intestines. That's i guess better than what i thought, which was dead fetus. god damnit. wtf do i do. I'm soooo fcuking frustrated. Is there like no hope for some people to become artists???
Why can't everyone be a good artist?
I would say generally, for the same reason that everyone can’t be a good accountant i.e. a lack of interest, a lack of skill and/or an inability to find the time to put in the hours of practise to build the skill level required. Every form of art that I can think of including visual art, music, dance, drama and writing involve a process of repetition coupled with the interest and determination to continue that repetition whilst being satisfied that progress can be slow or non existent for some time.Have you ever sat and watched skateboarders trying to learn new tricks? I think they are a good example of how you get good at anything. If you sit and watch them for a while you will see that they try the same trick over and over, they will injure themselves and keep trying, they will break their equipment and keep trying. A friend of mine in high-school broke his forearm twice trying to do the same trick and still that did not stop him trying to do that trick. The largest amount of anyone’s skill level comes from this, even accountants.This is not to say we are not creative. We are all creative every day, we don’t follow a script with our conversations (except perhaps at work) it is just that we haven’t developed art skills in order to express the innate creativity.And in terms of art even good artists have forms of art that they are not good at, that is, I am a sculptor and a trumpeter but my trumpet skills are no where near as good as my sculpture skills. I would say that I was a natural sculptor whereas I have to work and work to maintain my trumpet playing abilities and even within the visual arts I am quite lost when trying to work in two dimensions like drawing or painting. I really struggle with painting because I have almost no grounding in colour theory and can never make things look the way that I want them to. However, if you give me a piece of stone and ask me to carve it into a pair of shoes I will happily work and work at that and possibly finish the work in one sitting and be so engrossed that I forget to stop for lunch.
How can i become a really good artist/drawer?
Practice every day. Draw from life. The best way to get better is to practice, just like with anything else. If you don't want to be tutored then you should go on YouTube and look for videos on things you're interested in learning about. Libraries are another good resource and can have a lot of good information on a variety of subjects. Most people consider tracing over random things you find off Google/Deviantart/photobucket stealing because really you're not asking the permission of the artist, and it's not outside of copyright. There are times and places where you can do reproductions, but they're generally part of an art course to help students learn about techniques with different materials (a sort of, figure out how to make your copy look like the original with this medium). These pieces aren't claimed in portfolios and are simply a tool for learning and a springboard to go onto the next step of creating something of your own with that material. What I do when I'm out during the day is take a pocket sketchbook along with me, so that I can sit down and sketch whatever catches my eye. People walking, animals, landscapes, buildings. It will probably take awhile to get to the level you would like to be at, but it wouldn't be an achievement if it were easy for everyone to be good at art. And don't try to stick yourself with one medium or to follow one style. Branching out can help you to pull in different techniques to make your process your own.
Im dysgraphic but im a good artist?
I have Dyslexia and Dysgraphia and study Fine Art at London University. It's some silly myth, it does not affect the ability to draw, more about the ability to grip the pen and form something from your mind or what you see. So for example you may have difficaulty copying text from the board, you possibly show slow Moto coordination in your hand that affects the fluency in handwriting. From my experience, I have difficaulty writing and holding the pen. I also have difficaulty holding a pen when drawing, but somehow I draw relatively well and make accurate proportions, etc. I could draw anything if I wanted too. So it doesent really affect my spatial perception reasoning skills at all. Although I have learnt to grip pens in certain ways to make it easier, and I'm also cross dominant, switching hands while drawing writing from the age of 4. Which is also an advantage in my art practice.
Can you be a good artist without lessons?
http://lackadaisycats.com/ See this woman? She's never done Art school or ever taken any classes, she's completely self-taught :) and look how professional her work looks.
"Good artists copy, great artists steal."?
Hmm, I know it was Picasso who said that "Good artists copy, great artists steal." I think 'copy' meant that if one was to start out, then it would be logical for them to look for a model of whatever they need to do, then dissect it, analyze it and copy it. Of course, by copying...the original artist would still get the credit. In terms of 'steal,' I would think that the artist used a copy of the original piece, transform them into something of their own, call it their 'own' work AND does not give credit to the original creator. I did my own research and came across the following: “Picasso hardly meant that great artists steal popular designs whose original source is known to everyone,” says Wes George, writer for The Mac Observer and financial Mac nut. “What Picasso did mean was that great artists rummage through the great junk heap of lost, bypassed, and forgotten ideas to find the rare jewels, and then incorporate such languishing gems into their own personal artistic legacy… Picasso implied that great artists don't get caught stealing because what they appropriate they transform so thoroughly into their own persona, that everyone ends up thinking the great idea was theirs in the first place.”