A while back, when I started doing art, not only were my skills really bad, but also my ability to see the world. Practice not only changes what you can put into reality, but also what you can get out of it. Everyone of you who knows something about painting will know what I’m talking about - after a while you learn to see. And that alone is worth the time you put in, you’ll be rewarded twice - not only with growing skill, but also with a gift that’s worth maybe even more - the ability to see beauty in everything, to take in and understand the world, and also to see through bullshit, haha. This is what people who paint over photos don’t get - yes there’s actually people to whom it’s blatantly obvious. All it takes is to know things about painting to understand what makes a painting look like a painting, and what makes a photo look like a photo.
My next post will be better.
