/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Some master copies

>>6544187
These are all auctions

WIP
acrylic 40" x 72"

>>6544187
love the shapes of the hat

Take the indirect pill. The imprimatura pill and the grisaille pill. You need to be spending hours every day mixing different shades of yellow ochre and burnt umber. You need to be glazemaxxing. You need to be mixing your own batches of lead white and contaminating water sources near your studio. You need to laugh at alla prima painters. You need to take the flemish underpainting pill. The lead ground pill. You need to drink turpentine

>>6544247
Great start! Are you completing each small area and then moving to the next?

I have not posted in ages but I’m still doing these ink + watercolor paintings and enjoying the process. I’m thinking of using a black ink with a brush rather than pen to see how that comes out.

>>6544187
I like the colors in this one. Van Gogh? I’m not familiar with this work. Do you have any fresh landscapes to post?

Here’s the most recent landscape I painted, same technique as the others, rough pencil then ink then paint.

>>6544247
>grid
>paint by number

jesus christ man. put some paint on the canvas at least. you are fucking up all your colors and lighting with that much white.

>>6545244
Yes, face and body always takes first priority.

>>6545255
post your work

>>6545258
I'm not him and I know I don't have to defend him but YOU can't counter his criticism with that childish bullshit, man up and take what he said as a lesson.

>>6545269
No thanks, I'll continue to paint using a grid because it works. I'll only take negative criticism from an artist who can produce superior work using traditional media.

>>6545275
In your future you're gonna whore ART out, as in, you'll sell your expression your talent will be used to trick Stupids into buying stuff they don't need but what they REALLY want. Fuck sake...you're willing to live a nightmare than chase a dream¿

recent drawing I made. I used acrylic paint, oil pastels, and oil sticks

>>6545292
the texture is really nice, the brushstrokes are really nice, the drawing is very accomplished, but compositionally this is mediocre. It's basically two white circles on a red background. You need to clearly define what the shapes and composition are, and I feel like you would've accomplished that just by doing a full figure of one of them, rather than two disparate portraits on one piece of paper. An interesting outline is sometimes all you need to make a composition.

>>6545275
>>6545288
Good grief

>>6545275
>No thanks, I'll continue to paint using a grid because it works.
learn freehand that's all i'll say it's faster in the long run

>>6545288
do you even paint at all?

Got more time in this pose, I thought I was doing better but my teacher wasn't really happy with it.

>>6545712
I'd be happy to do that for a smaller piece. But this is a massive canvas and it's a final project for a class, I'd rather play it safe.

>>6545736
>it's a final project for a class
reject modernity embrace tradition, drop out of art school

>>6545732
they're probably just annoyed that you spent all this time blocking in shadows. constructoid habits aren't helpful, you need to grasp the concept of the art object better.

"Works in progress" technically don't exist, the drawing at the end is what the art object is. It doesn't matter if you "blocked in" things or "constructed things" and meant to "build them up later". These concepts are irrelevant in a modernist sense. Your drawing exists in the style it is when you stop drawing it.

Please if someone could remind me the name of that painter who really painstakingly measured nude figures. I cannot fucking remember his name it was like Elon Musk or something.

Idk I feel like an older artist that really illustrates this point is Alberto Giacometti. Do you see how this painting by him looks like "measurements" and nothing more. Like this would be the preporatory underpainting for something more complex, but it wasn't. This was the completed painting in the style he wanted. The measurements themselves were the art. That in and of itself is a modernist concept for a style (try to remember that technically modernism started with Michelangelo 600 years ago, "pre-modernism" is basically like illuminated manuscripts and stuff like that that was more communicative than strictly artistic).

Just try to keep in mind that what your drawing looks like at the end is exactly in a literal sense what it looks like, and it's style is already manifested. Once you grasp that concept you'll have an easier time working from the figure. The measurements, whatever they are, are part of your style.

>>6545826
Also fuck Paul Gauguin but that’s a given

>>6544247
Hey anon, I enjoyed looking at your unfinished piece of art, it brought me joy.
Take care.

>>6545826
No, it was that I'm not showing overlaps in the forms. I don't really work constructively or have anatomy knowledge.

man LoL is unfathomable, absolute garbage. NEVER again. dunno how you play it brian.

>>6545713
Did this, so ya. But right now I'm trying to gain a reputation of a effigy of a snobbish ART demigod, all praise to Lord Jesus, to gain a cult following that'll propel me into a lucrative ART selling career.


What's your deal? Do you paint?

>>6546673
Why do TRAD threads attract the worst /ic/ers?

Charcoal portrait from life

Anyone have any good advice on glazing and scumbling? I understand the concept for oil painting but the understanding of transparent Vs semi transparent is agitating to me because you have to know what color compliments the other and given there's so many to choose from a limited palette only goes so far especially when mixing colors on the fly

>>6545292
Really nice! I'm just having trouble interpreting that the cat in the backs body is doing... or where it is.

>>6545292
The blue was a bad choice my man it clashes too hard and takes away from the composition shoulda went with a Ochre of some sort

>>6546520
A game of league lasts exactly as long as it takes for a layer of oil paint to dry. There is literally no other fucking reason I play it because it’s a bad video game

>>6547066
Brian man your paintings would be so much better if you would just improve their structure with a good block in.

>>6546764
This is really charming, thanks :)

>>6547088
I should just do ceramics again. My ceramics are actually based I just always get so bored. Painting is like a puzzle for me, but I could give two fucks about the proper rules for making sculptures. Pic related wtf is this thing

>>6547137
Idk I think I’d be a better sculptor than painter

Are any of you guys on twitter so I can follow?

>>6547531
You can follow my Insta? My Twitter is mainly for stock trading. @Andros_form

>>6547088
This one took me longer

>>6544247
Hey anon, I've seen your lovely work before and was just curious but do you use a medium with your acrylics to blend? Or do you just apply as is then let dry and continue? I was wanting to test some human skills tones with acrylics but worried about the drying times, using golden right now

>>6547937
For the most part, I blend my colours without any medium by working quickly which is 95% of the time. I use a medium when the paint begins to feel too dry on the canvas. I apply the medium on my brush and then I blend the required colours that are already on the canvas. I use medium more often for larger areas like the hip in my painting for example.
I need to stress that I prefer blending my colours without a medium, I only use it as a last resort.

Other than blending, I also use medium to "water down" the paint so that it'll cover more area when needed, and also use it to make the paint translucent for things like lace clothing.

>>6545244
>>6545250
Oozing with soul
love this

Just finished this. Gouache on paper. Was looking at a lot of Andrew Wyeth paintings while I worked on it.

>>6547973
Thank you mate I appreciate you sharing this information! I'll try to implement it!

Am I supposed to be pushing down hard when using a dip pen? It takes a lot more pressure than a pencil to get lines down and sometimes I scrape the paper I'm drawing on. Did I get a bad nib or is it supposed to be like this?

>>6548709
I think ur supposed to use the side of it? Idk, I think drawing directly down with a nib is only what you do if you’re stippling, I think otherwise it’s supposed to kind of like a brush in terms of how you press it against the page. Just hold it in different ways until something clicks. That’s what I’d say. There’s no penalty for experimenting with holding the utensil except maybe $0.42 worth of ink

>>6547845
Surprisingly fun. I’d be thrilled if this sold

>>6545039
Fucking neat.

>>6547531
Im on insta.

Isnt that better?

>>6544247
Oh that's amazing. How easy is to fix mistakes in acrylic? I never used anything other than oil so far.

>>6548887
this one isn't mine obviously, but this is a really neat painting for sale on ebay right now

$4500, but damn is this not some Wes Andersen claymation ass shit????? I wish I could paint like this

>>6548990
Holy shit. I might just finish one I'm doing now and try to get a frame like this in order to tell it at this price too.

>>6548996
That paintings huge though it’s 26”x36”, and it’s also vintage by about 80 years which ups the value. Unless you build a time machine and plant your painting in the past I’m not sure it’ll demand that price as easily. Sorry anon

>>6548999
Oh my bad, I thought it was recent.

I've seen modern paintings for for that much though. ArtStation has a lot of those.
I've never sold anything above 50€

>>6549005
if u have the budget for it get into art collecting. I don't spend above $150 on something but it's like buying scratch off tickets. Sometimes stuffs just weirdly valuable. Not crazy returns but I've sold stuff I paid $100 for for $450 before. You also just get to own cool artwork from the past, which is good for studying, and good for looking at and going "damn this is dope"

>>6548990
Tried replicating the vibe of this, I think it’s not stylized enough. Gonna try again on a bigger canvas. Mines too chunky

>>6549100
Nothing sticks out in this painting, that's the problem I see here. You could use that burnt siena to make some outlines in those buildings, mixing it with lineares oil to make it more transparent.

>>6549144
*Linseed oil
Damn autocorrector

>>6549144
This one’s a bit cooler

>>6549176
Reminds me of Spain.

>>6548932
easier than oil to fix mistakes because it dries very quickly. you don't have to wait a week to fix any problems.
But I do plan on switching to oil in the future because the long drying time will be useful for easier blending.

>>6549295
Oils do not a take a week to dry unless you make them do that. Oil from the tube mixed with turps takes about 40 minutes for a layer to dry.

>>6549176
Last one tonight

An car

>>6547138
>>6547137
you are on to something. keep going.

Tanuki made w/ oil pastel, oil sticks, acrylic paint, and copic markers.

>>6548083
I really love the colors super nice to look at

>>6549176
Bit of a pop off overnight

>>6549712
damn i love this so much

>sloppy
nah bruh its impasto

>>6545292
>>6549712

What is your process?
Pastel and sticks last? Acrylic or oil first?

>>6550277
Yes, brother

>>6549781
some based AI generation if someone wants to use these. They're not really my style so I don't need them the prompt is "paris city degas negative space oil painting" in Stable Diffusion 2.1

>>6550333
another example. adding "negative space" makes it kind of wig out in some fun ways. The thick black outlines aren't really that interesting to me though.

>>6550280
I start with oil pastels first, just laying down colors i see. Then ill go with the oil sticks to make more layers. Last ill paint over with arylic

my online findomme keeps taking up all of my time, how can I focus on art when she keeps my cock in a cage and gives me electric shocks when I'm not spoiling her enough?

>>6550382
sounds like a skill issue

>>6550382
wrong thread bro, this is the thread for traditional artists not porn addicted fg0ts. thats all the other threads

In your experience, what subject sell the best? Is still life actually selling or is it overdone?

>>6544185
Working on this on canvas paper as a tattoo design, can I get some honest crit on it?

>>6550382
That livened things up a bit.

>>6550333
I get what negative space is in a painting, what does it 'make' the AI do? What difference does it make to the results?

>>6550863
Still lifes sell amazingly they’re just piss boring. There’s a guy here who just does still lifes I think and that’s all he sells. I can’t bring myself to do it cause I’m le unique artiste

>>6544247
Congratulations, anon. Definitely way above the level we usually see around here. Do you sell your paintings? If you do, how much do they cost?

>>6549715

Thanks. Ripping off Wyeth's palette is always a safe bet.

>>6550366
Wait. You're painting acrylics over oil pastels? And it's not giving you any problems?

I painted a bug with gouache, focused on the shell so the details kind of got left behind, very fun though.

>>6545250
>>6545244
Beautiful! I really like these!

>>6548083
Looks great! How come you chose this subject? is there a story behind it? Love the mask. Any tips on gouache? I'm pretty new to it, having used mostly watercolours before for colour.

>>6550928
Idk it’s just a keyword that makes it do funky stuff. It makes it do stuff with the composition and perspective

>>6551315
Also it’ll add those kind of “cutout” shapes which in the case of “Degas” would be figures. That’s the main problem with “Degas” as a prompt is it shits figures all over your image

Does this look authentically impressionist?

>>6550981
Not selling any at the moment. Just building up my portfolio for my university's BFA exhibition.

>>6551129
yea ikr, I thought the same thing. But it really doesnt give me any problems at all

>>6551286

I was watching a video about ceremonial masks in different cultures, and they covered a bit about Balinese masks. The manic expressions and chaotic colors of those masks are strangely compelling, so I thought, what would it be like to come across something like that in a mundane context? So I used a very restricted palette for the environment, to emphasize the strangeness of the encounter with this figure.

For gouache, the best advice I can give is to control the amount of water in your brush and paint. That's the most important thing. For this one I worked on large areas of it in a drybrush style. Sometimes I work a bit thicker. I'll use it in a watercolor style, thin and wet, sometimes to block in areas of the image early on, but after that you'll want to work much dryer, especially if you're painting over other layers of gouache, because you will reactivate them, inevitably. Speaking of which, I'm trying to avoid painting too many layers of gouache lately, because they keep turning into mud on me. If I need to change something on a part of the painting now, I'll probably just wipe away the old layers rather than trying to paint over them. If you do need to layer paint, let the old layer dry. Just walk away and do something else. It won't take that long.

That's pretty much all the advice I have on gouache. Each painting is still a learning experience for me, so I can't say much more.

3 hour portrait from life

>>6552072
Also started a litograph

>>6550865
I think the best elements are the flowers and the figure. Maybe the figure would look even better with a few facial features. This model was fun to draw and paint.

I made a new thing tonight

>>6552134
Very cool. Really like the line work on the top face in particular.

Finished this up last night.

>>6553304
Wooooow very nice. Very convincing forms

>>6553304

honestly i think your work would look a lot better without the ink

>>6553304
Thank you mann, your work is terrific

>>6544185
blocking just looks so much better and soulful

>>6553304
looks like a scene for a point and click game, not that it's a bad thing, it's calm but it's hiding something. you should do a children's book , this scenery is most definitely useful for something besides it being a good piece of work

>>6553340
Months going okah

>6544187
Do you understand what the word "copy" means?

>>6551578
>BFA exhibition
Big Fuckin’ Asses?

>>6552072
What's your process like? Do you do an underdrawing first, or think differently about drawing when you do it if not?

>>6554404
Thank you for the idea. I really have no plans for these, right now they’re just in a big stack on a shelf. I’m going to keep experimenting with ink and watercolors since I think the line work is beneficial for improving my fundamentals. Here’s one I finished last night, these are taking me 2 days to complete. I think I’ve exhausted most of my good reference material for these trees.

Really discouraging figure drawing session. How do you deal with Art Funk? Intellectually I know my feelings aren't important, and I try to just push them to the side and fix what's wrong with my drawing. But it's frustrating because it doesn't really feel like I can transform or eliminate my emotions, just ignore them in order to do what I need to do.

>>6555737
No matter what others tell you, remind yourself there is an ideal to aspire to, and a right way to make art. Be punishing in your critique of yourself by the standards of art history, not to be cruel to yourself but to be humble about how many great artists there have already been, and how much potential you actually have

WIP. I poked a hole in a later page in my sketchbook, which is why there is a little bump above the lips in this..


>>6546764
Really nice. Maybe you could push the contrast b/t light and shade further in the tip of the nose to bring it out more?
The cast shadow covering her left eye is also lighter in tone than the shadow covering her right eye; I would go darker in the shadows of the left side of her face to have it match the values in the right side. Especially the edge/contour of the cast shadow below the eye and on the cheek I would bring out more.
I would also have a darker contour on the chin to bring it out from the neck, but maybe that’s more my preference than a critique..

>>6557526
this is so satisfying to look at

Bump

>>6544185
I have an insomnia booklet I am starting to paint my dreams I have all the time in. I don't really paint at all on paper or canvas I prefer sculpting but sometimes its easier to jot down ideas this way.

>>6554898
I mix a general shadow color and do a block in with it. Then i make a sort of mosaic within the light with all the colors i can see. Then i start connecting the colors not by blending them but by mixing more color/values and painting inbetween them. Not sure if i made sense or not

>>6562038
Do you paint?

Here’s another boudin study

100x70 tempera

How can you start selling your art? Or how do you guys do it? And do you have to spend a lot of time on "putting yourself out there" or other bullshit ?

>>6563231
Yes

>>6564516
Also a 4 hour figure

>>6564516
>>6564517
Fuck

First time painting for real, sorry for the shitty photo, it's watercolor on wood, not a really good idea

>>6565063
It's wonderfully done, you just need to use something that will get the face proportions perfectly correct.

>>6563231

>>6565063
>>6565449
And some edge variety, this feels like collage. The drapery is lovely though. Skin tones feels a little bit too chalky (this may be the camera), perhaps try to play with temperature.

Eyes are way to big, and the hand is AI-creepy

>>6544185
So, how to overcome that fear of blank canvas that I may mess up? Sure, I can just paint over on top with oils, but I still struggle to even start something. Like none of my painting is worthy the paint, like I need a perfect idea and illustration thought out beforehand.

>>6565957

If that's a problem don't start with a blank canvas. Make a collage of images you'd like to reference and use that as a starting point.

Also, put an under-painting on the canvas so you're not painting directly onto an empty white space.

posting plein airs from last week (i did work on them later also)

>>6566303

>>6566305

>>6566308

>>6566310
also a quick portrait

>>6566305
damn that's a nice fuckin cow at the forefront

>>6566331
its supposed to be a goat lol

>>6566333
in that case if it's not done maybe put a big ol bell on him that shows how big he is, with a little faint colour on the collar like a dull red or green that'll go with the blue shaded one in the back, and then maybe a little fencepost sticking out of the grass behind them all, just the one, other than that I would also suggest painting some cows because you'll nail it

also why can't I ever give compliments or pointless advice without it sounding that way is it because I'm talking about cows

>>6566365
actually you know what the bell would be better on the black one

>>6566365
i dont own it anymore but thank you for the suggestion, it wouldve made it read better.

>>6565449
>>6565919

Thanks for the feedback, I just read about edge variety, I'll try and incorporate it in the next painting, and yes I have a problem with eyes

Had a good figure drawing session, gains being made. Last week I felt so discouraged but I just had to work through it. Even today desu I was sacred was going to be a disappointment, but the effort paid off. Kill your shit, everybody, we're all going to make it.

>>6544185
Probably my favorite painting I’ve made to date, as well as being one of the largest at 4ftx3ft

Watercolor/pens/gouache

>>6566311
You seem to have issues filling the canvas. Lotta unpainted spots on these. Easiest fix to this is doing a base coat of a light color so it just automatically doesn’t have unpainted spots

This painting I did came out awful in a Vintage Playboy kinda way but whatever

wip
>>6567272
pretty groovy painting woof woof

>>6563722
Post on Instagram and eBay. Because why not? Actual galleries seem like a bit of a scam, but I think it might be good to start local.

what do you guys do with the edges of paintings on canvas? i think the 'wrap around' thing is extremely gaudy. do you just leave them, or paint them solid black / white?

>>6569537
I have never thought of them before.

>>6569537
paint them to at least match the background color if you don't plan on framing them.

>>6545244
Your ink and watercolour is such a beautiful combo

>>6568687
neat

>>6545292
I like the blue a lot

Finally finished this. First attempt at some things I've never done but I have no real talent in this type of game so really just looking for advice.

This is an old painting I did . I remember I was too depressed.

2hr live figure

>>6570881
Now this is fucking good. The oils eh, the pencil getting there, but this is fucking good. Like legit unique style for that medium

>>6570881
Reminds of Cezanne’s Card Players

>>6570633
jesus this is fucking garbage, what the fuck were you thinking when making this? go fucking read a book or something

>>6570633
i like it

>>6544185
Recent study I did, trying to really get the hang of values, especially in relation to color, but in general aswell

>>6571036
The crab has eaten the apple, repeat, the crab has eaten the apple

>>6571036
>what is surrealism
not everyone wants to be a realist cuck maybe you should read a book on subjectivity

>>6571060
I love surrealism, that's what art is all about. If those fucks want reality check the news or take photos. Art is meant to be craszy surreal

>>6570912
Seen one of those in London, right old rubbish.

>>6571054
Cool

I did a self portrait

made this for a sculpting class.
I was originally gonna do something much shittier and simpler, but after cutting the steel in a way that made it easy to bend by hand, I had to create a figure.

>>6569256
What’s the medium? I love the trippy perspective reminds me of the mc escher prints.

>>6571535
That's really cool

>>6571516
Portrait

>>6571535
too awesome, this is beautiful work.

>>6571535
How does the fleshlight stay in place?

>>6571606
thank you, that one is oil paint on wood. it is very much escher inspired

>>6571516
Nice , it reminda me of picasshole

>>6571535
that sick af but i feel a default standing pose bring it down

>>6571535
It's too stiff , it needs movement. Unless you wanted an android.
But it looks nice afterall. How much time did you spent on this piece and what material is this?

>>6570910
pls take this back :(

>>6572153
3 work days.

>>6572146
it's posed like that to allow it to stand on its own without being leaned against the wall (though, in this pic, it's leaning against the wall because it's in the storage room). it's very precarious when it's standing. I do agree, I would like to give it a jojo pose, but that's not feasible.

self portrait

>>6572721
took actual photo

>>6571810
I still paint the Gamecatt occasionally

>>6572268
The pastels are nice but this is better

>>6572753
Really nice.
What is this kind of pastel called? Dry pastel?

what's your opinion on ethics? this is the second time I've been asked about the "male gaze" in my art, one classmate also asked if I was willing to paint a larger woman.

>>6573068
thank you, it says soft pastels on them. i think soft and dry and different words for the same thing tho

>>6573107
How large we talkin’

>>6573176
pierce brosnan approved

>>6573179
You can always go larger anon

>>6573107
Well it's unethical to restrict your freedom of expression. Woketards are mostly just bullies, they might just want to create some confrontation and make a villian out of you. They are free to paint whatever woke/swj/twitter friendly thing they wish. And you should do you and paint the way you want and feel, be honest about it. No one should bully you into supporting any sociopolitical trends with your art. Unless that's a specific work/study assignment, but in that case your school is fucked.

>>6573107
Honestly I will get shit on for saying it, but male gaze is something worth thinking about as an artist if you want to be something more than a coomer. Do you draw, frame or paint women like you do men? Can you draw any type of body? They are questions that will made you a better artist, because you will be deliberate in your choices (whatever they are), not locked in your default mode.

>>6573122
thanks

>>6573242
A lot of that comes down to “can you draw”. There shouldn’t be anyone in front of you of any size height skin tone Gender etc that stumps you as an artist. After that paint as many big titty blonde bimbos as you want I guess

>>6573298
That and can you draw a woman without automatically make it sexy. Almost every day I see what could be great moody or horrific pic that are just ruined because the artist couldn't stop themselves to put in some cleveage or cheap panty shot making pure coomer slop. I've nothing against pinup or even straight up porn, just don't let it eat your brain.

Anybody got some pointers for nice water paintings?

I'm trying to incoorporate water a little into my highly stylized "tree framework" (?), still not sure about it all.

>>6566305
love the roots!

>>6548083
made me think of majoras mask, somewhat obviously. Very nice subject tho!

>>6553304
>>6553359
I agree,
but only in the shadow regions of the watercolor. like whats happening in the leaves, where the ink dissolves, its similar to the actual visual phenomenon of looking at a scene like this— things in shadows start to fizzle out.

could possibly really work in the trunks shadow of as well

Do people sketch with painting? I feel like I mostly see finished artworks that have been painted, nothing like doodles or sketches. The occasional study. I feel like I'd learn more by painting more, but I also feel constrained by not wanting to waste paint, and the whole, you must learn to draw before you can paint thing.

>>6574510
these are sketches, i feel the same way since i got gains doing lots of short drawing studies i figured i'd do the same with oils
>>6566311
>>6564516
>>6552072

>>6573107
you are an artist not a politician not an "influencer" etc draw what you want not your fault fatties are ugly

>>6573107
Just laugh about it and move on.

There used to be a notion handled by the actual fathers of Western ethics called "beauty in itself", whose appreciation was (according to them ofc), a trait of the best men.

A sunset is more more beautiful (in that sense) than a pile of feces, and there's nothing wrong with that. A sensible woman caring about herself is more beautiful than a hairy fat angry one, and there's nothing wrong with that.

>>6573107
imagine paying to go to a place where crabs talk about your art not catering to their degenerate tastes, kek. i would unironically call them niggers and get expelled immediately. i had to leave university after they mandated the vaccine. best thing that ever happened

>>6573242
none of the women i draw have tattoos.
none of them think abortions are good.
none of them support immigration.
none of them have sex outside of marriage.
none of them are atheists.
none of them are obese from seed oils.
none of them have political opinions because they know it's not their place.
how bout dat. that's my "default mode". i am not drawing your obese modern abominations and i hate the antichrist. welcome to my default mode

>>6574510
if you don't want to waste paint, paint in monotone. white + raw umber is good. do not avoid painting if you want to be a better painting. you must be a proficient draftsman but painting is a different skill set with, frankly, a lot more going on (especially in oils)

>>6574539
Those are sketches?
Fuck.. I'd consider those finished works, I think they're great!. I guess the line is blurred. I was thinking more like how people draw a bunch of tiny things, figures, hands, and so on, on the same paper, like doodles.

>>6576000
I think you're right, I'm avoiding just painting through overthinking. I need to paint to be better at painting, no amount of tutorials will change that. I work in Gouache. I overthink a lot, lately it's been about what is appropriate to paint, like I somehow need to chose a subject that is good enough and has wide appeal, not one I'd like to paint, like I need to stick to painting what I see others do on IG, twitter and so on. It's weird. Also thinking too much what people will think of my art, instead of just painting what I want, uploading those pieces I'm happy with and then just not care. Many people draw strange things, why can't I indulge my interest in non-classic subjects. I can, I guess this is just a form of procrastination.

Has anyone taken any of Nathan Fowkes painting courses before? I'm just about to start his landscape sketching course to get more comfortable with gouache and, well, landscapes, but I was curious if anyone had taken any of his other courses before.

>>6573508

It seems to remind a lot of people of Zelda, but always a different aspect/game from it.