100% to this. I am far from any kind of expert, having cobbled together some competency through individual classes and reading on my own over the past 14 years. In formal classes you learn about how to use light and dark values to guide the viewer’s eyes around the work, and keep them engaged with careful composition. Using specific textures, line weights and and colors can reinforce a mood, style or subject matter.
I dabble in many media so I’m still a novice in most art styles so I don’t succeed in thinking these things through with each piece, so some are more “effective” than others. But at the end of the day I paint because I enjoy it and I create things that I like to look at.
There will always be people who prefer hyper realistic art because their view is that that style is the highest skill and its what represents art to them. That is the great thing about art-everyone can find something they like.
I do think there is also the possibility that people who don’t do art wouldn’t be able to appreciate it. For example what if the colors are just hard to create? Similar to musicians, general public can appreciate some music but musicians will hear and be able to identify difficult techniques more than the general. Same goes for food flavour and chefs.
Think of it like music. A song is just notes and lyrics. A song can be created by a beginner or a life long musician, and they have almost equal opportunity to create a hit. But that doesn’t mean everyone likes it. People experience it differently. And some people like shitty music.
Where is the skill in this? It’s just a bunch of colors smeared on
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100% to this. I am far from any kind of expert, having cobbled together some competency through individual classes and reading on my own over the past 14 years. In formal classes you learn about how to use light and dark values to guide the viewer’s eyes around the work, and keep them engaged with careful composition. Using specific textures, line weights and and colors can reinforce a mood, style or subject matter.
I dabble in many media so I’m still a novice in most art styles so I don’t succeed in thinking these things through with each piece, so some are more “effective” than others. But at the end of the day I paint because I enjoy it and I create things that I like to look at.
There will always be people who prefer hyper realistic art because their view is that that style is the highest skill and its what represents art to them. That is the great thing about art-everyone can find something they like.
I wish I could sit a spell with this painting irl, I love it and also love your perspective and context. Good luck!
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I do think there is also the possibility that people who don’t do art wouldn’t be able to appreciate it. For example what if the colors are just hard to create? Similar to musicians, general public can appreciate some music but musicians will hear and be able to identify difficult techniques more than the general. Same goes for food flavour and chefs.
Think of it like music. A song is just notes and lyrics. A song can be created by a beginner or a life long musician, and they have almost equal opportunity to create a hit. But that doesn’t mean everyone likes it. People experience it differently. And some people like shitty music.