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Art!

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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  • Hi there,

    I love both art itself and the history of it.  I'm generally more into abstract art, though there is plenty of figurative art that I like too.  My favourites are the abstract artists of the early 20th century, in particular Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc's paintings from the 'Blaue Rieter' period.

    Drawing was always a passion as a child (lots of space-ships!), and painting in oils later on in my twenties (mostly abstract).  Haven't done that for many years now though, it's been largely replaced by photography and image manipulation on the PC (plus making music and writing computer code).

    I understand totally about the frustration of being a perfectionist.  I have paintings around the house done decades ago that I still look at and think; "If only...".  I also had terrible "completion anxiety" - I don't believe I ever finished a work that I broke off from part way through.  That's partly why I stopped oil painting, as I would work for a couple of days without sleeping so that I could finish a piece!

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  • Hi there,

    I love both art itself and the history of it.  I'm generally more into abstract art, though there is plenty of figurative art that I like too.  My favourites are the abstract artists of the early 20th century, in particular Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc's paintings from the 'Blaue Rieter' period.

    Drawing was always a passion as a child (lots of space-ships!), and painting in oils later on in my twenties (mostly abstract).  Haven't done that for many years now though, it's been largely replaced by photography and image manipulation on the PC (plus making music and writing computer code).

    I understand totally about the frustration of being a perfectionist.  I have paintings around the house done decades ago that I still look at and think; "If only...".  I also had terrible "completion anxiety" - I don't believe I ever finished a work that I broke off from part way through.  That's partly why I stopped oil painting, as I would work for a couple of days without sleeping so that I could finish a piece!

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