Monday, March 15, 2010

Giovanni Boldini and Kehinde Wiley

Interesting artists are interesting in different ways. Boring artists are boring in the same way. Recently I was comparing artwork work by Giovanni Boldini and Kehinde Wiley. They are 100 years apart in time and probably even further subjects. Yet both are very interesting and both make memorable style portraits.

My friend asked me how one can learn to paint art? Most people think that they need instructions. And instructions do help. But after you got the basic you must start copying the work of the artists you like to master fluency beyond basic skill. There are thousands of painters and illustrators but only a few artists. If you want to become on you have to paint daily to open your own flow of creativity

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