/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I want to get good at painting. Where should I start?

>>2097048
honestly I get about as much pleasure from running into one of those paintings in a gallery than I do caravaggio or bruegel or titian. For me, it's like going to a natural history museum and choosing between the triceratops and the stegosaurus.

those are what I'd generally call "painter's painters" though. they emphasize the physicality of the medium in a way that I think a traditional painter will find particularly engaging. there's a difference between making an image out of paint and emphasizing the materials themselves in your image. A Pollock is nothing more than paint slung on a canvas, there is no narrative or deeper message, but for some people that's all they need from art- an object they find visually interesting.