art in portraits?
phill...@bvu.edu
I recently took a semester in introductory painting. After about five
paintings, I tried a portrait. I was suprised of how well the work
came out. At that point I made the decision to focus on portraits,
completing four in all by the end of the semester.
The question I have, is can a person who paints portraits, attempting
to make tham as real as a photograph be considered an artist. It seems
that in this day, any realistic approach to art is not accepted.
I find myself entranced when I'm painting people. I feel that I'm
giving it my all, and for some reason, I enjoy it more than any other
subject matter. I can see myself in the future hopefully being
commisioned to do portraits and realist paintings.
Am I an artist then, or a photographer. What makes a portrait ART? You
tell me. If you have feedback on portrait artists please respond. It
would help me to grow as an artist.
Stanley Beck
If you do portraits, you are usually doing it for a customer. In that
case, you have to please two individuals -- your customer and yourself.
The rest of the time, please yourself.
Realism represents a high degree of technical skill. Skill and art are
not interchangable. They may exist together, or independent of each
other. You will come to know the difference in time.
Don't let yourself be forced to be what others demand of you. Many
individuals think that they ar leading, but are only following. Be
yourself.
--
Stanley Beck
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christie/baird
phill...@bvu.edu wrote:
>
> I recently took a semester in introductory painting. After about five
> paintings, I tried a portrait. I was suprised of how well the work
> came out. At that point I made the decision to focus on portraits,
> completing four in all by the end of the semester.
>
> The question I have, is can a person who paints portraits, attempting
> to make tham as real as a photograph be considered an artist. It seems
> that in this day, any realistic approach to art is not accepted.
>
> I find myself entranced when I'm painting people. I feel that I'm
> giving it my all, and for some reason, I enjoy it more than any other
> subject matter. I can see myself in the future hopefully being
> commisioned to do portraits and realist paintings.
>
> Am I an artist then, or a photographer. What makes a portrait ART? You
> tell me. If you have feedback on portrait artists please respond. It
> would help me to grow as an artist.
other people think.... Vangogh was never accepted in his time... yet he
continued to do what he wanted to do. The art community was outraged
that he would call his work art.... You are an artist... it takes
skill to render a realistic portrait... not everyone can do it. Trends
in art change and they will continue to change.
Keep it up!!!
MCB
Neal Weiss
> It's all a matter of what you enjoy doing.....It does not matter what
> other people think.... Vangogh was never accepted in his time...
I think it mattered a great deal to Van Gogh what other people thought. He
also killed himself, cut his ear off, and god only knows what other acts
of desperation witnessed only by his own suffering.
Cheers
-N
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Neal Weiss
Founder: L' Ecole De Fromage.
Originator of a Greater Shoe of Mud.
Finder of the Country Blue Squeak-Out.