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 No.797

Opinions on latest painting

 No.798

neat, looks like a skyline

 No.841

>>797
honest opinion?
looks pretty horrible
barely anyone can do abstract right nowadays, however study colour composition and experiment with texture a bit more to improve

 No.843

I like it, kinda reminds me of a maker mark wax how you got the paint to drip.what kinda paint or what did you mix with the red paint to make it flow like that?

 No.844

The painting doesn't hold up on its own. Do you have a thought behind it?

 No.845

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 No.846

Well I expected rough criticism. This is something different I was trying so it might come across as a bit unorthodox for abstract work that is. I can't tell if the meme is an insult or compliment lol. If you are asking if there is meaning behind what I did then yes, yes there is a lot of meaning.

 No.847

I mean not everything can be the sake right? I believe my work is good I just don't know if I should continue to pursue art in life as a career so another opinion on that would be great. I'm only sixteen.

 No.849

Stop taking shortcuts

 No.851

Wtf?

 No.853

>>847
If you want to chose it as a career you shouldn't start with abstract stuff but with realism.

 No.881

Realism isn't really what I want to do. It isn't all that hard from my perspective, I like how doing abstract work can challenge me to do something that no one else can or will do at least.

 No.888

>>881
It doesn't matter what you want to do. If you want to be a professional, you have to do what the people who have money want you to do. Otherwise you'll just be another starving artist.

And everyone and their mom has thrown paint at a canvas and patted themselves on the back for "totally beating the system." You don't see much of it because everyone sort of just understands it's not worth the time or space.

 No.894

You make a very good point. Until recently I've never planned on getting anywhere with art, I was thinking either I will be painting and not selling at all and be fine with myself or if selling comes along after I try then that's a plus. I'm just questioning the possibility of that happening now. What do you guys think?

 No.912

>>894
It's hard to judge from on painting, but in all honesty (without meaning this as an insult), if the rest of your art is similar I don't see you being able to earn 1000$+/month to pay your rent/food/paint/clothes/gas etc. with this.
The market is extremely packed with abstract art.

Take a look at the prices for abstract art on ebay for example:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xabstract+painting&_nkw=abstract+painting&_sacat=0

You have to be EXTRAORDINARILY good to be a fulltime freelance artist. Otherwise you will be living your life on wellfare hoping for 'the big deal'.

If you start with realism and you're able to master it in a decent time you 'MAY' (if you are lucky) find a job for example in the games industry or maybe in advertisement.
But even there you have to compete with people that went to uni and spend several years learning the basics.

So, if you REALLY consider art as a career drop abstract art and start learning realism or you will with 99% probabillity NOT be able to earn enough money per moth to live a decent live.



Optional but HIGHLY recommended: Apply to an art university. Usually you will have to send in paintings or other work before they decide if they take you or not.
If they think your stuff is good enough you could actually make it.

 No.913

>>894
I forgot to comment on
>I'm just questioning the possibility of that happening now

That is really hard to tell. My advice would be to simply try and sell it. The worst that will happen is that it won't be bought.

 No.950

>>912

>Take a look at the prices for abstract art on ebay for example... You have to be EXTRAORDINARILY good to be a fulltime freelance artist.


There are fucking abstract paintings on ebay going for less than the canvas they were painted on is worth. That's absolutely incredible.

 No.987

>>797
Don't cut yourself

 No.1066

>>950
No shit, a blank canvas is useful and may one day become a piece of art.

 No.1094

Having money as your main objective isn't very smart in the field of arts. Because it's a very narrow field that takes a long time to get established in, you'll most likely be disappointed. I don't get why people see art as some kind of easy money scheme? Just get a regular job and paint in your free time. If you're lucky you'll live off your art later in life. Until then, you'll have a steady income and get bonus money if you sell a painting

 No.1095

even before you said you were 16 i could see it in the work. not saying that's a bad thing, just don't worry so much about producing masterworks or being able to sell anything at this early stage in the game. enjoy painting and making for its own sake right now, worrying about making a living and doing what will sell is what leads to terrible art. and there is more than enough of that out there.


as for the technicalities, your applications is not so good. that crinkling on the red is a skin that has formed because you slapped it all down in one go, and now it is dry on the surface and wet underneath. it will not dry out now, and any rough contact will break that skin. of course maybe I'm wrong and its just the texture of the black paint underneath, which brings me to another point. learn to take decent photos of your work. if you want critique we need as much visual info as possible


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpj28da03JQ


next thing, your colors. those are tube colors. you want to talk professionalism, no painter in their right mind(without a good narrative reason) will use tube colors. they look artificial and disingenuous. it tells a viewer that you are either to lazy or too afraid of your media to experiment(and I'm betting its the latter, I'm sure you are very committed, and paint can be scary)

never use tube blacks, unless again, there is a good narrative reason for it. you can mix a very effective black from ultramarine blue and burnt umber in equal ratio. this can be modified to be either warmer or cooler with more or less of each, or brought to a very dark tonal value in equal proportion. it has a it more life to it than just a regular old black.

that red, what is that? looks closest to cadmium, but i reckon it was probably from a big generic bottle of "red". get yourself a cool red like alizerin crimson and use both that and a warm red (cadmium) to get a bit more life into it. earth tones can work wonders too. mix your reds with a little burnt sienna or yellow ochre depending on what you want and how it looks in the piece, it'll add nuances and life like you wouldn't believe.

below the black, is that bare canvas showing? it actually seems to work quite well to create contrast with the black, but is it an intentional choice? consider putting down a ground before you start to kill that white, it makes it easier to get a tonal range going.


after all that, i have to say, i like you stlye, just go for it and don't worry so much. painting isn't something you learn overnight, it takes years. don't be worried about selling shit or finding work, if you are diligent, and you give a shit it will happen. be prepared to work harder than you would if you were in a "real" job. the reason those abstract paintings on ebay hardly sell is because they are, well, shit. the people making them haven't a clue what they are doing, and it shows. they simply slap paint down in a bizarre parody of what they think "abstraction" is. just because that doesn't sell well is not indicative of paintings overall value(which is not financial to begin with). and dont go studying " realism" just because it might get you a job in "videogames". it wont. and even if it did, do you want to spend your time drawing fucking orcs for plebs in some shitty free to play MMO. the world needs less of that. of course if that's what you want to do, go for it, just be aware that there are many kinds of art, and many art worlds that you could be a part of.

 No.1099

>>797
Not good
Looks like the kind of thing you might find in a gallery that hangs up blank canvasses and has garbage in a pile on the floor because it's deep
Learn how to draw if you want to get anywhere worthwhile and make good art

 No.1101

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>>912
I make more than most of those sell for after I sell a single hook.

 No.1148

It's shit OP.
Keep working. You are young.

AND STUDY.



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