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Ye gods, here we go again. How often is this turkey going to make an appearance? Someone fiddles with a photo for ten minutes and posts it, that's not digital art. Digital art requires graft to master the software, when that's done he/she has the usual problems of composition, perspective, colour choice, inspiration, and they suffer the same dissappointments and successes as every artist in any medium. It's art. And it's painting in my book. When I did it I got all the same feelings I get from conventional mediums. There are some fabulous artists using digital, and many more not-so fabulous artists working hard in digital to make the best art they can. Just like the rest of us.
But let's get pedantic. It's not smearing paint on a surface, so let's not call it painting. Let's stick it somewhere where the sun don't shine.
While we're at it, let's do a proper job. Drawing isn't painting, neither is pastel. Collage, lino-cuts, block printing, and other processes I can't remember aren't 'painting' either. Let's stick them all in seperate folders, so the 'real' painters don't have to soil their eyes looking at it.
I know there are forum users who understand and respect digital art, but it seems there are more who at best see it as 'not painting' and at worst see it as the domain of cheats. So let's put all these non paintings in their own little boxes.
Better still, let's NOT. Let's leave things as they are and respect all efforts to make art in any medium. You can't like everything, you don't have to comment on work you don't like. But this won't happen will it? Next week, next month, the Luddites will be back chasing out the old turkey that digital is not painting.
This happens in the forum, you don't get it in the gallery...people don't comment on stuff they don't like...not much, anyway. So I'm going to opt-out of the forum and take refuge in the gallery.
I was going to respond to this last night, but felt so annoyed I thought I'd step back and leave it 'til today. Still annoyed. An over-the-top response? Maybe. A tantrum? Maybe. But art is important to me, and this response is sincerely felt.
Dixie...you'd better delete the artists I suggested for your thread...I won't be doing them.
I wish you all well.
Goodbye forum.
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A simple request. Lew, do not abandon the forum. Let us exchange ideas, let us agree, let us disagree. It doesn't mean we disrespect or dislike the person, we just don't agree on the opinions. The world would be a poorer place if we were all of the same view, just as this forum will be a poorer place without the likes of Lewis Cooper.
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There is no reason for you to stop posting Michal unfortunately it the knock on effect . Do continue to contribute as the more people that share their view etc the better the discussions. It seems that as the Royal family is in turmoil, it’s having a effect on other family’s such as our art family here on the forum . Let’s just get on with doing our artwork and enjoying doing and sharing it.
