What’s Next for Your Art?
When most people begin drawing or painting, they naturally gravitate to capturing the world as we see it. So, drawing in proportion, rendering light and shadow, line perspective and all the other tools and techniques that help us to show the world as we see it are very important. To be sure one can achieve some amazing effects with these.
Many artists dedicate their entire career to capturing on paper or canvas the sensation of the actual physiological stimulation of the experience of seeing. Using art materials, it is possible to very closely imitate the effects of light on objects. What is more difficult (impossible) to do with paint is recreate the way we experience the world through our eyes. The scanning motion, the ever-changing center of focus and the discreet movements around us are impossible to capture with paint, video, or any other way.
These things are unique to the way people see the world using our miraculous eyes and no amount of genius will ever duplicate that. I think most artists at some time realize the futility of trying to capture reality with pigment and come to terms with the limitation of the medium. This can be a turning point for the direction one takes with their art.
To be continued