Thank you for your report!
We have received your report and it is currently under investigation by a forum moderator.
What is a nice art
Welcome to the forum.
Here you can discuss all things art with like-minded artists, join regular painting challenges, ask questions, buy and sell art materials and much more.
Make sure you sign in or register to join the discussions.
Hang on Studio Wall
This is a Studio member-only feature!
Join our Studio membership and save your favourite Painters Online content, from gallery artwork to step-by-step guides, to your own online mood boards. Create your go-to place for inspiration and learning. Plus, members can also enjoy a range of exciting features including monthly art videos and a digital magazine library.
If you are already a Studio member, simply login to your account.
Not a Studio member? Why not try our free 30-day trial - no commitment, no credit card required
Message
Posted
As a self-taught photography trio, I have been very confused by a problem , teachers often teach us to improve the aesthetics, take a look at other people's good works, learn from the oil painting. I would like to ask, the specific about how to enjoy a good work, from which perspective to analyze it? I often see professional painters' famous photos, it seems very good to enjoy, but I can' t tell why, do not know how to analyze this piece of work. And I can't understand most famous oil painting, do not know where is pretty. Hope that the great guys can have a advising, very grateful!
Posted
You mean tyro, presumably: not a word you find used much in English these days - I last encountered it in a book published around 50 years ago, but that's entirely by-the-by. (Which is also a rather archaic expression.)
What the teachers of photography are presumably talking about when they suggest looking at oil paintings (which seems a very odd way of approaching photography, but never mind) is composition. A painter will arrange objects in a painting to make a pleasing, not necessarily "pretty", picture: one that has unity, and probably a clear focal point. A photographer is going to find that rather more difficult, since s/he can't just move objects around to suit the composition, so has to find a subject which is well-composed in itself, rather than just point, click, and hope for the best.
A picture that is well composed starts with a big advantage over one that is not, particularly in painting - because if the composition, the placement of objects, is unbalanced you will always be working, probably fruitlessly, to correct it and will add more and more distracting detail to compensate for the fact that your initial plan really didn't work.
Posted
I think the teacher is talking about composition - the way that objects are arranged on a canvas so they attract the eye.
There's lots of information about composition on the internet, this one might help you:
https://www.thoughtco.com/elements-of-composition-in-art-2577514
Here's another link, with simple drawings of compositions:
http://courses.washington.edu/art166sp/documents/Spring2012/readings/week_2/SimpleSecretBetterPainting.pdf
Edited
by keora