by Solarizing » Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:30 am
Everyone has a learning stage, your teacher shouldn't berate you if you're in yours. The fact that you're a participant in the art community here, the fact that you are utilizing school opportunities to become educated in art, and especially the fact that you care about your art so much you feel disappointed when you fall short of your expectations well prove that you are an artist. Art is expressive and imaginative, not cold cut and objective. Technique actually only gives you the upper hand in the second half of your art mission, which is to communicate your ideas to others in a "believable" way, by replicating color, form, and value.
The first half of art is to invent YOUR story through visual media. Art is poetry of subtractive light and cunning illusions. When you sit in front of a blank piece of paper you have the license to create absolutely anything so GO FOR IT! Believe me when I tell you nothing is wrong when you're creating art! If a baker wants to make this gorgeous wedding cake, at first all that hard work is just going to make dough. Should the baker look at the dough and grouse, "All my hard work has only led me to create dough that no one will want to eat! I am a failure." or should that dough be seen as a preliminary for the cake? Isn't it true that a baker creates worthless, tasteless dough because they know they can work it into a sugary confection with some time and effort? So on that same line of thought, an artist creating art won't be looking good while doing it, the unfinished progress is likely very discouraging! But if they keep with it, and just manipulate and work it, an awkward start becomes a springboard for a great piece!
Art that doesn't satisfy you is not your failure! Do you know what failure is? Failure is not doing the art at all, or failure is letting anyone who isn't in that head of yours tell you what to do. Who says your art progress has to be aesthetic? Big Brother isn't watching, you're not on stage, you're not on a reality TV show, you've got freedom to do anything! "Ugly" drawings and even, I kid you not, scribbling is practice! Your "mistakes" are essential to your overall progress, and they occur in every artist's journey, especially beginners!!
This is a long response but it breaks my heart when I hear people getting down about their art, especially when it's way too early on! This world is too critical and will spit in your face far more than you'll want. People will pass judgements about you and your art that might not only be unfair, but downright untrue! Don't give up! This piece shows experimentation, expressiveness, style with color, and an understanding of anatomy and composition! You have a beautiful visual voice budding, let it sing!
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