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I am very passionate about art and was just wondering if there were any other art lovers out there? Who are your favourite artists and why? Do you do any art yourself? I'd love to know more about all you arty people!

Personally, I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. It has always been amazingly therapeutic for me - it feels as if all the stress, frustration and tension in me flows out through the pencil/pen and leaves me feeling refreshed. The problem is, I'm a bit of a perfectionist and always reject my own work after a while. Anyone got any tips to reduce this trait a bit? One of my favourite artists is Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz fame - I aspire to develop a style like his someday but I just can't seem to break out of my current (lack of) style at the moment!

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  • I love people who are able to paint realistically.  There is a massive painting in the art gallery in Aberdeen by an artist from Greenock which is just a painting of white silk.  There was an old painting I seen in another gallery where there they used this most vivid blue paint and I found out that at the time of the painting that particular paint was the most expensive available at the time, but the artist used it because he loved it and thought it was the best paint to use.  When I was younger I used to sit and paint A4 pages of white paper just pure black.  Just loved the vividness of it.

    I enjoy photography and art, but more the realistic side than abstract.  Anyone can paint a red rectangle up and middle of a canvas and charge £2000 for it, but it takes skill and patience to create some of these pictures and that's what I appreciate and respect.

     

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  • I love people who are able to paint realistically.  There is a massive painting in the art gallery in Aberdeen by an artist from Greenock which is just a painting of white silk.  There was an old painting I seen in another gallery where there they used this most vivid blue paint and I found out that at the time of the painting that particular paint was the most expensive available at the time, but the artist used it because he loved it and thought it was the best paint to use.  When I was younger I used to sit and paint A4 pages of white paper just pure black.  Just loved the vividness of it.

    I enjoy photography and art, but more the realistic side than abstract.  Anyone can paint a red rectangle up and middle of a canvas and charge £2000 for it, but it takes skill and patience to create some of these pictures and that's what I appreciate and respect.

     

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