> there’s no shortcuts. I have to be able crawl, then walk, before I can run.
yes, so much this!
my.fad, also a passionate artist, hated how they thinned out technical crafts foundations from arts college. "no more stupid copying and banale Line and color practice! freedum!" the college went.
my dad just said (translation follows)
@> Kunst kommt von können. Wenn es von wollen käme hieße es Wunst und wir wären Wünstler.
art comes from artistry. if it was based on "wanting" we'd call it "want" and we (artists) were "wantists"
or "wished" and "wishedits"
along these lines
he'd learned sketching from herding small livestock, goats, geese, chicken and sketching them, as a kid...
It helps to coordinate the eye and the hand.
It starts with being able to accurately and dispassionately render what I see, on paper.
From there, I am able to modify the process, so the visual source, is in my head, as opposed to in front of my eyes.
Artists like Picasso and Pollock were actually very good realist artists, but their expression came from their interpretation of their own vision.
In my experience, there’s no shortcuts. I have to be able crawl, then walk, before I can run.
Just like software development.
In my case, hiring a teacher, who, right off the bat, told me I was screwing up, was also necessary.