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Who is your Role Model? Mentor? Teacher?

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spiritartist

Thanks for adding my Animal Spirits Lens to your group! Remember to keep your brushes wet!

Posted April 29, 2008

FlorenceArt

Hi! Thank you for accepting me in this group.

I am an abstract painter. For a very long time I was afraid to try painting abstracts, because I thought you were supposed to have some kind of image in your head before starting. But that's not how inspiration works. Painting is a lot easier than most people think, but the hardest part is to accept that you don't have to know what you are doing, all you have to do is pick up a brush and start making a mark.

Inspiration comes by doing!
Florence

Posted April 28, 2008

bjslapidary

I love painting and flowers are one of my favorites.

Posted April 23, 2008

Lexi

Pure and simple, flowers bathed in dawn light do it for me!

Posted March 16, 2008

spatlynch

Thanks for including me in this group!

Posted March 16, 2008

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What is Your Favorite Medium or Technique?

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FlorenceArt

Acrylic is my main medium, either on paper or canvas. But I also love ink, pastel, color pencils, charcoal, collage... and of course digital painting!

Posted April 29, 2008

CreativeSpotlite

My favorite medium is definitely oil paint. I have experimented with many different mediums but always find myself coming back to oils.

Posted January 29, 2008

jeyoung

My favorite medium is oil. Just can't get away from its seductive, rich qualities. Lately I've also had fun experimenting with gouache and watercolor/pen and ink.

Posted October 31, 2007

Melanie

My names Melanie, and have been experimenting and studying for 14yrs face and body painting, canvas art and in 2007 completed 2 yrs of Interior Design.

Posted October 14, 2007

Barbarino

I enjoy oil but would like to try gouache and watercolor combined with pen/ink.

Posted June 13, 2007

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Let's Discuss Painting and its Purpose

This is the place to talk about the artist's role in today's digital society

With the growing popularity of digital imagery, where does that leave oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and the heaps of other painting techniques? Is it all going down the tubes?

Let's hear what you think, and discuss about the future of painting!
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FlorenceArt

Strange to think of this in terms of competition. Digital art is a new way to make art, why does it have to replace anything? What did photography or cinema replace?

I love the freedom of the digital medium, I think it really helps me grow as an artist. I also love painting, getting my hands (and other body parts) dirty, the feel and touch of paper or canvas, and the gestures. Many different ways to create and have fun, I love them all!

Posted April 28, 2008

Jenafern

Original, hand-created art vs. digital art = apples and oranges. Like them both, not remotely the same.

Posted April 22, 2008

Leenashorses

Hi!

Just joined and tried to write a comment, but never got the security word accepted no matter how carefully I wrote it LOL. Well, let´s try again.

I am an artist specializing in horse art but after a very trying year in our family (we lost a family member to a severe illness) I have begun to appreciate any art that has a positive message.

I used to paint with traditional mediums only, but when I tried to get my creative juices flowing again, I thought I´d try with digital painting. And I am hooked... I feel all mediums have value.

Just started my very first lense on horse art, but I think more lenses will follow...

Posted February 07, 2008

jeyoung

I am blown away by the talent, ingenuity and creativity of digital artists. However, I think there will also always be a craving for the tactile intimacy that comes more directly from the artist's hands, even with the most primitive methods. You can't get any more basic than a stick with hair on i

Posted October 31, 2007

PetPortraitArtist

No, I think it will be left right where it is or maybe considered to be more valuable and that digital imagery and painting will just be added as another style and medium...The Acrylic Artist

Posted September 10, 2007

judithdagostino

I think there is room for all of us creative types. I don't think digital will take away from "hand painted" paintings - perhaps it will make them more unique and more valuable in the future.

Posted August 20, 2007

Barbarino

Digital art will never replace real pigment and the incredible textures that can be obtained from working with real brushes, mediums and other art supplies. I don't think it's about choosing one or the other but more about how the two may be used in conjunction for greater effect.

Posted June 13, 2007

calviaart

I still miss the mess on my clothes, the smell and not wearing out my poor mouse..
Sylvia Outlaw

Posted May 25, 2007

d-artist

eventhough digital is an art in itself, using a brush/pencil and applying a technique will always be a contribution to handmade imaginative creativity...

Posted April 03, 2007

realself

Paint will never die, just as paper will never die-to be replaced by Outlook! Paint is an extension of our mind, our breath, and our seeing. Go for it.

Posted March 22, 2007

CreativeArtist

I've seen digital and fractal art and it is stunning. And I've also seen many works done by hand, and both methods are gorgeous. I like painting with acrylics myself.

Posted March 21, 2007

flyingscot

5 Litres of opaque white gouache, painterly and enthusiastic. I began as a painter over 30 years ago and am on the digital end of things now. Great stuff.

Posted March 19, 2007

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