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Well, it's nice to know.
When I was a teacher many upper school students would worry about "developing a style". I always say, like handwriting, it just happens if one keeps working, observing, translating what one sees.
I think some contemporary artists have been guilty of pursuing an "image" with their art, and that can have a negative impact on those who follow.
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Well, it's nice to know. When I was a teacher many upper school students would worry about "developing a style". I always say, like handwriting, it just happens if one keeps working, observing, translating what one sees. I think some contemporary artists have been guilty of pursuing an "image" with their art, and that can have a negative impact on those who follow.Yes, i totally agree, it should be a natural evolvement, the passion and dedication for ones own sketching and colour mixing skills without focussing too heavily on other artists styles can only aid in bringing out ones uniqueness as a painter.
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Never struggle to achieve a style - it's a total waste of time and energy, and betrays a fundamental lack of confidence. And lack of confidence may well be inevitable, but I think the best advice is always to paint, paint, draw, paint more, draw more - and style will develop as you do so. No one expects their handwriting - or personality - to come fully formed, or as the result of a very careful consideration of how to achieve them; or if they do, they're likely to be highly artificial people, or people handicapped too much by what others think of them. Just do it - read, learn, but practise - the important thing here is getting better at what YOU do, not what someone else thinks you should be doing, not what fits into some mysterious category of 'style': try artificially to reach it, and you won't. Which ought to be good news - because it means that as you concentrate on your work, your style develops whether you want it to or not.
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Never struggle to achieve a style - it's a total waste of time and energy, and betrays a fundamental lack of confidence. And lack of confidence may well be inevitable, but I think the best advice is always to paint, paint, draw, paint more, draw more - and style will develop as you do so. No one expects their handwriting - or personality - to come fully formed, or as the result of a very careful consideration of how to achieve them; or if they do, they're likely to be highly artificial people, or people handicapped too much by what others think of them. Just do it - read, learn, but practise - the important thing here is getting better at what YOU do, not what someone else thinks you should be doing, not what fits into some mysterious category of 'style': try artificially to reach it, and you won't. Which ought to be good news - because it means that as you concentrate on your work, your style develops whether you want it to or not.Robert, this sums it up in a nutshell, just what i like to hear, as that old saying goes ‘ practice makes perfect ‘ As you say draw and paint as much as you can, in particular what subject matter ‘ you ‘ want to do. I started this thread to open peoples mindset to this as i personally have worked hard over alot of years to perfect my drawing and painting, my style did naturally evolve ‘ but ‘ most important of all i have not used any other artists styles to guide me, i will not conform to lets say painting portraits because its trending, the results are my work is being published in the paint magazine and the leisure painter. This is 100% not intended to brag but its in answer to your great comments, we should stay true to our own individuality, subject matter and style if it has formed.
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Just recently I’ve tried painting differently, but have not had good results. I’ve never had lessons and developed my own way of working, some are quite standard others a unique to me and probably some others. I like most people would claim to not have a style, but do like to paint things in a certain way. I passion is old vehicles, and I often get sarcastic comments from my son in law, about doing so many and that they are not popular in general. I usually ignore this as he is quite arrogant and self opinionated, he is aware as I tell him regularly. What I think people who do not paint or draw don’t sometimes understand is the amount of passion that goes into a painting even a simple one. This thread has given me a bit of a booster, and if you like permission to plodded on doing my thing. This is the benefit of a forum where everyday artists express how they feel about a subject or offer advice etc.
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Just recently I’ve tried painting differently, but have not had good results. I’ve never had lessons and developed my own way of working, some are quite standard others a unique to me and probably some others. I like most people would claim to not have a style, but do like to paint things in a certain way. I passion is old vehicles, and I often get sarcastic comments from my son in law, about doing so many and that they are not popular in general. I usually ignore this as he is quite arrogant and self opinionated, he is aware as I tell him regularly. What I think people who do not paint or draw don’t sometimes understand is the amount of passion that goes into a painting even a simple one. This thread has given me a bit of a booster, and if you like permission to plodded on doing my thing. This is the benefit of a forum where everyday artists express how they feel about a subject or offer advice etc.Way to go Paul, i suppose the word style could also be individuality as really it is a recognisable talent, this is how i see your work.. individual and a must that you keep that. Personally i can’t stress it enough, if you want to draw twenty old vehicles a day then do it, It can only aid and nurture your technique/skillset. Also, it really is an artists choice whether they want to conform to popular and sellable subject matter but on the other hand there could be a buyer for twenty of your vehicle drawings as he or she runs a vintage car business and so on. Da Vinci scribbled to his hearts content and didn’t care about popularity, his individuality prevailed. I do agree, a non artist if you like may or may not be right in quoting their opinion but would find it hard to really understand the real passion for creating art. Just be you Paul, the only way is up. 👍🏼✍🏻
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Still searching but i've found one with amazing technique from Vince Low. He just scribbling and voila the artwork is good. Here's one with my favourite singer ;)
Many more at his website https://vincelow.com.my/ and also his Facebook page
Many more at his website https://vincelow.com.my/ and also his Facebook page
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I don't recognize the singer, which at my age is probably not surprising, but that's certainly an example of style, in that one would know who the artist was without having to search for the name. I don't know that one really 'strives' for style - it's something that builds over time: once you've mastered the basics, and all that takes is practice and a lot of it, the individual approach shows through - and: that's style.
