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Becky, I’m with you. (passes a hug and the fancy chocolate my daugheter got for Christmas, I’m a freak and don’t care for chocolate but you can enjoy it) I’m 42, still don’t know what i want to be when I grow up, am starting to pick up art again after laying it aside for 20+ years and think I suck. I never took an art class in my life, and it shows. I drew and colored like crazy as a kid, but…Guess it doesn’t help that i’m struggling to support my family on a part time minimum wage job (nobody is hiring here so no hope for better) and the stress does take its toll. It’s surprising how much time simple stressing sucks up. Even when the money’s been there to join a swap, I’d be embarassed to- I see the amazing talent of some of these people here, and I don’t want to disappoint my swappee. I feel like I did with the Christmas ornament swap. What she sent her swappee is so much cuter than what i made.
For what it’s worth, though, I like your twindragons.
p.s. I’d love to do the museums also, if I were closer. If you guys ever do Disney World though, give me a buzz, that I’m close enough to meet you.I don’t think I’m in “the league” either 😕 I also look at some pyos and wonder why I can’t “do that”.
Kujacker wrote:I don’t think I’m in “the league” either 😕 I also look at some pyos and wonder why I can’t “do that”.
You can! It just takes time and practice.
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My art: featherdust.comJennifer wrote:Kujacker wrote:I don’t think I’m in “the league” either 😕 I also look at some pyos and wonder why I can’t “do that”.
You can! It just takes time and practice.
Indeed! Practice makes perfect…or a least better 😀 .
I know for a fact that I have improved on my PYOs. I compare my first pieces to my most recent and see a definite improvement in my technique. Still, I have to say I suffer from a sever case of self criticism when it comes to my art. I’m always comparing my stuff to others. It’s not really a healthy thing to do, but I find myself saying – ‘man, I wish I thought of that’ or ‘I wish I could do that’.Okaaaayyyyy, all y’all that I’ve been comparing my work to have now all chimed in and said they don’t think they are good enough for swaps! So what gives?!?!? Seriously!!! What’s up with that? I look at all the stunningly beautiful work for the swaps and have even commissioned a few pieces and all the folks I admire most have lumped themselves into the category of not doing the spectacular work that everyone else does! I’m confused 😕 😕 😕
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twindragonsmum wrote:Okaaaayyyyy, all y’all that I’ve been comparing my work to have now all chimed in and said they don’t think they are good enough for swaps! So what gives?!?!? Seriously!!! What’s up with that? I look at all the stunningly beautiful work for the swaps and have even commissioned a few pieces and all the folks I admire most have lumped themselves into the category of not doing the spectacular work that everyone else does! I’m confused 😕 😕 😕
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Because it comes down to this: No matter how GOOD you get…your art is NEVER where you imagine or want it to be mentaly.
You can see how far your art has come, sure, but you also see how other people are better then you..and you are not. 🙂
But there is a lot of Joy in the painting, even knowing this. In the process…and in knowing that awesome people like on this forum are going to absolutely love it….even when you know where the flaws are or it did not turn out how you wanted.Like for instance, I did the painting of the Koi fish, and I want sooo bad to paint these beautiful water color Koi fish! But that painting did not come any where close to what I imagine and what I want…actualy I see a lot of flaws that I feel should have been obvious and not there…but a lovely person here really wanted it! They just absolutely love it! That really helps me to see the value of beauty in my own work and to keep on going.
It’s the same with painting pyos. Not every one can buy, but they give awesome comments and those mean a lot.I guess all of us are our worst critics! I mean I look at Jennifer’s stuff and I’m amazed and she may think it’s crap! Beauty in the eyes of the beholder! But I can really, really relate to feeling so inadequate–feel if I participated in a swap my partner would get the crap end of the stick! I just drool and envy the way some of you can shade and detail and the way you put colors together. My only hope is that I desire to be better–but wanting and being are still so far apart!
At least we know we’re all in that same boat and will be kind and understanding to each other if we do participate in a swap! 🙂
I would gladly join a PYO swap but I never have a blank sitting around.If I get one,it’s painted within 48hrs. 😳
I think everyone has a talent.We each have our strengths and weaknesses.My pyos NEVER look the way I wanted it to when I was staring at it blank but if at first you don’t suceed,try,try again.From what I can see of your Avatar,you did a dang good job of them.If you get frustrated at a look you are painting on one,paint over it and start over.Sagiaparri had a good point about the air-brushing.It is very easy to do,I find.It just takes practice but my favorite so far,are the powders,dry.Beauty does lie in the eyes of the beholder.What one person loves,another says..huh?I don’t believe any art is ugly. I have collected a lot of Dragon and Poad photos for all kinds of inspirations and still,in the end,they come out looking all their own.Maybe it is supposed to be like that 😉 I bet we all have paintings and drawings that we wouldn’t dare show anyone else.I know I do 😳 😆Every act matters.No matter how small💞
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Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.KoishiiKitty wrote:Because it comes down to this: No matter how GOOD you get…your art is NEVER where you imagine or want it to be mentally.
You can see how far your art has come, sure, but you also see how other people are better then you..and you are not. 🙂
But there is a lot of Joy in the painting, even knowing this. In the process…and in knowing that awesome people like on this forum are going to absolutely love it….even when you know where the flaws are or it did not turn out how you wanted.Quoted for truth.
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My art: featherdust.comWhat Koishii said. A quote that also comes to mind and is common in my cast of my theater fraternity (we call a chapter a ‘cast’) is:
“Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art” ~ Stanislavsky
I’ve also found that the longer I work on a piece the worse I think it looks. I don’t think it has anything to do with the details I’m working on them, but simply staring at the same piece for 20 or 30 hours makes me dislike it 😆
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Think of it this way too: If you LOVED your own art, you wouldn’t improve. And you’d be a little cocky “Well, *MY* art is awesome!” and no one likes a person who toots his own horn too much 😀 So the fact that no one likes their own artwork is only keeping them humble
TDM, don’t despair. You might try this book out, if you haven’t already :
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron.
Read some of the reviews – the first one is particularly insightful, I think. It may or may not be for you, but it doesn’t hurt to try. =)
pipsxlch wrote:Becky, I’m with you. (passes a hug and the fancy chocolate my daugheter got for Christmas, I’m a freak and don’t care for chocolate but you can enjoy it) I’m 42, still don’t know what i want to be when I grow up, am starting to pick up art again after laying it aside for 20+ years and think I suck. I never took an art class in my life, and it shows. I drew and colored like crazy as a kid, but…Guess it doesn’t help that i’m struggling to support my family on a part time minimum wage job (nobody is hiring here so no hope for better) and the stress does take its toll. It’s surprising how much time simple stressing sucks up. Even when the money’s been there to join a swap, I’d be embarassed to- I see the amazing talent of some of these people here, and I don’t want to disappoint my swappee. I feel like I did with the Christmas ornament swap. What she sent her swappee is so much cuter than what i made.
For what it’s worth, though, I like your twindragons.
p.s. I’d love to do the museums also, if I were closer. If you guys ever do Disney World though, give me a buzz, that I’m close enough to meet you.Hey now! I loved the ornaments you sent me! In fact when I packed up my tree they didn’t go into storage with the other ornaments I have them on display in my study! You made some beautiful ornaments!
While hiding somewhere in my head I'm on the lookout for white oriental dragons! Please let me know if you know of any available. Thank you!
I have never felt good about painting things . So even the idea of doing one scares me . I’m my own worst critic . I love to draw and use colored penicils , but even painting on paper puts me off . I think it was a child hood thing . My mom laughed at a painting I did and showed it off to family making fun of it . That might be where it comes from . Ugh .
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