/lit/ - Literature

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You want to make a good painting?
Here are the ingredients

1. good composition
2. the elements of painting and drawing
3. idea generation
4. aesththics
5. color scheme
6. theme
7. symbols
8. motifs
9. avoiding sentimentality through the subtle and nuance (show dont tell)


The purpose of all good art is to be memorable and extract an aesthetic emotion from the public

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic_emotions

Our purpose as artist is to create meaning, hide it, then force the viewer to look for it. Then once found evoke an emotion, and implant our art as visual memory

avoid being abstract.

avoid being cliche

Use concrete images to describe emotions and moods.

Use figurative language and sound.

Dont be direct, the old addege "show dont tell".

Avoid romanticism and sentimentality

Take advantage of the six senses, touch, taste, smell, sound, sight, and motion.

The natural object is always the adequate symbol

Avoid commentary

let the image do the talking

The poem is concrete, the message is abstract