It's good you are still exploring. Unfortunately with any art that's heavily stylised - like baby art - there's only so many places you can go before starting to becomes samey. I think in fact out standards for acceptance of 'sameyness' have dropped drastically, to think arists like Waterhouse and Alma Tadema were often accused of being one-trick-ponies and they most certainly weren't in my opinion at least!
Thank you Lisa! I'm glad you're still watching my journal, I've been away quite a time. Yes, maybe it is that our standards for 'sameyness' have dropped since the explosion of art on the web. I actually think it is a good thing to be inspired. But I've seen SO many versions of the big eyed art- I just don't like it anymore. For me, change is only natural. Your art has also changed- I've always loved the ideas behind your works, and the fact you know your classics well. (a thing I also miss in modern art on the web)
By the way, Waterhouse is one of my all-time favorites. I like Alma Tadema too and I don't think their work is very much alike. But I know a few pre-rafaelites who are very inspired by each other, or maybe it was because they had the same muse.
Merci. Yes, she's very violent. It was a lot of fun to experiment with the paint, especially since oils are so vivid. But I think your medium is much more modern. I don't know anything about illustrator/photoshop, but there are a lot of great vector-artists out there.
Thats true but digital is infact not my true medium..i just do it because i move about a lot. I am better at painting.I hope you will enjoy my paintings just as much when you see them:)
I've never heard of citrus turpentine.. but I already use the unscented turpentine (and still getting high:P) I am glad my paintings aren't too big.... I know people who use masks to protect themselves. You can buy those masks at the art shop, too.
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It's good you are still exploring. Unfortunately with any art that's heavily stylised - like baby art - there's only so many places you can go before starting to becomes samey. I think in fact out standards for acceptance of 'sameyness' have dropped drastically, to think arists like Waterhouse and Alma Tadema were often accused of being one-trick-ponies and they most certainly weren't in my opinion at least!
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It's still unmistakably your style, just maturer.
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I also find a change of medium refreshes my ideas. That, and growning older too I guess, have a way of pushing your style forward :)
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Yes, maybe it is that our standards for 'sameyness' have dropped since the explosion of art on the web. I actually think it is a good thing to be inspired. But I've seen SO many versions of the big eyed art- I just don't like it anymore. For me, change is only natural. Your art has also changed- I've always loved the ideas behind your works, and the fact you know your classics well. (a thing I also miss in modern art on the web)
By the way, Waterhouse is one of my all-time favorites. I like Alma Tadema too and I don't think their work is very much alike. But I know a few pre-rafaelites who are very inspired by each other, or maybe it was because they had the same muse.
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It was a lot of fun to experiment with the paint, especially since oils are so vivid.
But I think your medium is much more modern. I don't know anything about illustrator/photoshop, but there are a lot of great vector-artists out there.
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I am very curious about your paintings:)Do you have a link/ pictures?
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But I don't like the terpentine, uh:/ I always get dizzy from it.
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I am glad my paintings aren't too big.... I know people who use masks to protect themselves. You can buy those masks at the art shop, too.
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