wigzell78 t1_iy1mfdg wrote
Looking thru a gallery of art I met the artist, he introduced himself as a painter. Why sell yourself short I asked. He said he was good with a brush but lacked the creativity to come up with something new by himself so all his work was copying various other artists instead.
Roll forward to now and I an beginning a woodwork hobby. Now I understand what he meant. I have build some technical skill, but find it easier to find a design trend I like and replicate something similar than to start from scratch and create new.
Telkhine_ OP t1_iy1pdlm wrote
Yes exactly this. After coming to my own realization that this was for the most part how it works, everything got so much easier and I fell in love with whatever I made so much more than I would otherwise.
Painting_Agency t1_iy1znfp wrote
> He said he was good with a brush but lacked the creativity to come up with something new by himself so all his work was copying various other artists instead.
I'm going to bet that he actually had a fair bit of creativity, because nothing is more artist-y than thinking that you suck and have nothing to offer. Artistic megalomaniacs like Andy Warhol are the exception, not the rule.
wigzell78 t1_iy24s5a wrote
No, he was talented. Definitely. What he said he lacked was inspiration of composition. He could paint, his sticking point was figuring out what to paint.
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