Choosing your subject can be a difficult problem, I find that I can not draw, paint or photograph landscapes, I would like to sometimes but they just come across as a snapshot or ordinary drawing!
Getting the lines right or the perceptive correct or as my good friend Mari says, rule of thirds, this is very relevant, but before any of this can even happen you have to find out what is in your heart.
Art is subjective, you create it from your very being, this can be tricky as you might not know whats there! You can love flowers and I do my garden pays homage to them but I can not draw or photograph them and make them special! I try and keep trying.
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In design which I am newly coming into (the Kelpies ink drawing at the top of this blog) I got a brilliant book called Celtic Art the methods of construction by George Bain it is great! My daughter wanted a Celtic design drawing of our two mares like the traditional Kelpies rearing at each other, this was daunting but with research and ALOT of patience I got there!
The moral of this blog is do not quit keep trying but start small:-)
Jaqui
Jacqui, you are so right...art is something you create...and you definitley have to feel it..otherwise..the canvas, drawing paper or photo paper remains blank. I relate to your concept of motion in the subject. I tried to paint, for the first time, a model that had very angular features...just could not do it. Then I had the opportunity to do someone who had beautiful curves(that painting is on my blog) and it worked. I had never painted a person before. So..everything you say is true.
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