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Laddo

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've been drawing and painting since I was a kid, and I find I can just be myself in my work. And I totally get what you mean, Laddo. It's hard not to over-criticise the pictures we create. Something I found that helps is to look at older works you've created and compare the newer ones with them, and see how much you have improved, rather than looking at how far you're still away from perfection. 

    I think the painting aimosan is referring to is one of Titian's works, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', with a deep blue (lapis lazuli) sky that spans half the canvas. It was the most expensive pigment at the time and usually reserved for religious paintings. 

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  • I've been drawing and painting since I was a kid, and I find I can just be myself in my work. And I totally get what you mean, Laddo. It's hard not to over-criticise the pictures we create. Something I found that helps is to look at older works you've created and compare the newer ones with them, and see how much you have improved, rather than looking at how far you're still away from perfection. 

    I think the painting aimosan is referring to is one of Titian's works, 'Bacchus and Ariadne', with a deep blue (lapis lazuli) sky that spans half the canvas. It was the most expensive pigment at the time and usually reserved for religious paintings. 

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