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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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  • I always wanted to be able to draw well but was rubbish at it so didn't really bother for ages. Recently I decided to try and learn properly as a goal for this year and found a very good book that helped me a lot. I've got quite into urban sketching and although I find it a lot more tricky to draw from life rather than following instructions from a book I'm starting to produce sketches that I'm reasonably pleased with.

    Most actual urban sketch groups meet at weekends in London for example but I'm usually busy then, I'm trying to find others who live or work near where I work in London to meet and sketch at lunchtimes. If there is a specific common interest I can normally cope well meeting new people in that situation.

    Whether the final result is good or not though I find it incredibly relaxing.

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  • I always wanted to be able to draw well but was rubbish at it so didn't really bother for ages. Recently I decided to try and learn properly as a goal for this year and found a very good book that helped me a lot. I've got quite into urban sketching and although I find it a lot more tricky to draw from life rather than following instructions from a book I'm starting to produce sketches that I'm reasonably pleased with.

    Most actual urban sketch groups meet at weekends in London for example but I'm usually busy then, I'm trying to find others who live or work near where I work in London to meet and sketch at lunchtimes. If there is a specific common interest I can normally cope well meeting new people in that situation.

    Whether the final result is good or not though I find it incredibly relaxing.

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