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I really love painting landscapes lately, mainly poppies but I’ll get into that later. Sometimes, it only takes a few gentle and external voices to bring you back to reality. The TV I own (a Samsung) has its own Bob Ross channel that continuously streams just The Joy of Painting episodes over and over again. Up until this point, I always considered myself to solely be a portrait artist. Therefore, I never bothered to listen to anything he talked about. However, I do leave the channel on for some background noise for my geriatric cat just so she’s not sitting in silence all the time. Thanks to my CPTSD and my grave disdain for loud noises, I have grown to like the calm overall tone of the show. That being said, I have picked up a few pearls of wisdom from the show… just two, really.
The first bit of knowledge that stuck with me was from Roberto himself (Bob lol). I think he was touching on the subject of selling art or showing others your art, and he said that viewers tend to gravitate towards color more than accuracy. The other token that I distinctly remember was an episode hosted by his son Steve, which he had mentioned that people like the color pink in artwork.
In my journey as an artist, I’ve always only gravitated towards portraiture. Because of my unfortunate black-and-white way of thinking (not in a toxic way dw lol), I felt like I should only allow myself to do portraits. It felt like the best way to truly shine was to put my all into what I do best, even if that well ran dry. However, I didn’t see that I was burning myself out, because I had no desire to paint anything else – at least, not until now. Out of nowhere, I had the sudden urge to paint landscapes, so I gave into that urge and I’m happy I did.
I leaned more into Bob Ross’s statement regarding folks paying attention to color and I gave impressionism a try with landscapes by focusing mainly on color rather than detail or accuracy. Abandoning these concepts with portraits is difficult for me because I rely more on accuracy than color theory and application. Therefore, implementing an impressionistic style to portraiture is an endeavor that will require time and honing (two elements that I don’t really have atm). Furthermore, foregoing accuracy and detail has been a little tough for me since I have the type of brain that assumes simplicity is automatically incorrect (which is so NOT true in all cases).
Plus, I just need a change. I really like green (it’s my favorite color :3) so I’m not really sure why I never desired doing landscape art until now. I will say that it’s quite healing. It’s nurturing a part in my brain that allows me to just dabble with color without such strictness and harshness. That’s the beauty of nature though, you absolutely can make mistakes and it’s less obvious. Throw impressionism with an emphasis on color into the equation, and you’re gold!
One reason why I feel like I never gravitated towards landscape art, in both practice and kinda admiration, is that there was no specific subject that spoke to me until now. I FUCKING LOVE POPPIES!!!! Yes the little red flowers with the opium seeds lol. There are so many reasons why I love them, which I can save for another post, but I will say that if something is calling you, it’s worth exploring. I felt genuinely called to dive into landscape and nature-based art for the first time, and painting poppies just makes me so happy, like SUPER happy about making art again. I have a handful of paintings to share that have poppies in them, and I know I said I really like green, but poppies are definitely my favorite.
I’ve taken a liking to a pastel artist Valerie McKeehan and her work is just STUNNING. Along with the effortless smudginess that she maintains, her color palettes are quite limited. I find this to be such a powerful advantage so I’ve applied that same logic to the things I’ve been painting. Normally, I find limited palettes to be anxiety-inducing, but I really like doing it lately. I think it’s because I’ve allowed myself to use colors straight out of the tube more, or at least not mix a zillion colors to create the perfect hue for whatever part of the face I’m painting.
Along with the ease of subjects, landscape art has allowed me to continue painting without feeling burnout or the woes of mental gymnastics that I go through to finish a single piece these days. Moreover, it has allowed me to essentially expand my portfolio, which is always a plus! Since I’m not racking my brain on trying to figure out why I can’t correctly render OCs into stock photos, I have more of a capacity to paint Uraume, which I dearly love and miss. I actually didn’t realize how much I loved and miss drawing/painting them until I decided to finish that Bath Pt 2 painting.
Painting pieces that aren’t people doesn’t make me any less of a portrait artist. And I just felt like sharing this in case anyone may be going through what I’ve been going through. Until you experience it firsthand, you’ll never know the utter and silent turmoil artists often put themselves through just to make something they can be proud to have their name attached to.
Thank you to whoever made it all the way through this VERY long post. I have lots of finished art to share but also have lots queued up for me to finish, so I think I’ll just wait to do a massive master post.
In the meantime, please check out my Etsy shop, which has Uraume stickers, prints, and original artwork. I also do commissions!
Have a great weekend everyone!
The artwork depicted is "Piazza San Marco" and was painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1881. This oil on canvas painting depicts the famous St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, with its iconic architecture and the vibrant atmosphere of the city.
Renoir's style, known as Impressionism, is evident in the way he captures light and color, using loose brushstrokes and vibrant colors to create a sense of movement and life in the scene. The painting is an impressionistic depiction of the square, with its architectural details and the interplay of sunlight.
Starry Night Simeon doodle!
inspired by idv's anachronistic vilulf skin and so obvs i applied it to my seraph simeon design
does anyone know how to start impressionism style painting?? i feel like i'd like to do that style but idk how to start a diffrent painting style
Still Life with Cyclamen
Artist: Duncan Grant (Scottish, 1885-1978)
Date: c. 1914
Medium: Oil on board
Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Description
One of the Bloomsbury Group, Scottish born artist Duncan Grant was a decorator and designer as well as a painter. He was influenced by developments in French art and exhibited in the 1912 'Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition' at Grafton Galleries, London. The catalogue cover was designed by artists Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell and drawn by Grant.
In various ways Grant sought an approach to Modernism. The gentle, delicate fragmented light and colour of 'Still life with Cyclamen' is typical of the English sensibility - gentler, and more tentative, intuitive and inconsistent than the French, where a particular theory guided the total effect.
Date: 03/07/2024
Description:
Self-portrait I did earlier this year. It's made with pastels in an impressionism style and with very bright colors. I love this one and it's one of my most favorite pieces.
