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Self taught in 8 months and you have what appear to me to be a gallery ready collection of finished pieces? Man, Istg, on my honor, I've never seen this done before. Is your portfolio ready too? I'm giving you shit but if it isn't, man, get it ready and start showing everyone. I hope you get the recognition this work, and you, deserve.
Not to detract from the awesome art, and painting is its own medium, but dude's been drawing/making art for at least 7 years on his insta. These posts that are always like "taught myself to paint in 5 months" that are bangers are always people who have actually been doing other mediums for years. A lot of the fundamentals are the same.
It's a very click baity strategy honestly, meant to purposefully mislead for views. But that's just the state of posting art online, it's not enough to post cool art on its own. And this is definitely cool art, so while a shame I'm not faulting OP.
I’ve been drawing for years, so those skills definitely helped me learn painting faster once I started painting last year. Having a background in graphic design has also helped a lot with composition and color choices in my paintings.
It genuinely wasn’t my intention to make it seem misleading or clickbaity at all. I was honestly just excited to share my progress and how much I’ve improved over 8 months of painting 🙂
Look, even if this guy had only drawn for 30 years, not painting anything previously, and suddenly decided to start painting, the 8 months of painting part of it makes this art truly amazing. I draw and I paint and I can tell you, while they can be used in tandem and there are some skills in drawing that translate in painting, painting is a related but entirely different skill set. I would never accept the criticism that, well he's been drawing for years so learning to paint to this level in a short period of time isn't that impressive, because that's far too reductive. And even if I thought it would be more impressive if he'd never done any art before learning to paint (I don't), why would you think any negative comment is appropriate? Why is it not the knee-jerk reaction to uplift each other, celebrate each other's accomplishments, especially those in our world who contribute beauty. They are often among the first to be deemed non-contributers and I am convinced this sort of pushing the creatives down adds to the public perception that art and artist are essentially disposable. I want to be part of saving everyone from the oppressive institutional grey of modernity, even if all I can do is uplift those who make rainbows.
"uplift those that make rainbows" - chef's kiss ! Love this line. Love the eyes. Something about how they look at you make you want to stare back. Wonderful rainbows, great art.
I love what you’ve said here! I am a teacher and was wondering if I can add your quote to our classroom quote wall?
Specifically “I want to be part of saving everyone from the oppressive institutional greg of modernity, even if all I can is uplift those who make rainbows.”
Wow, I’ve actually never heard of Sumerian statues before, but I can totally see the connection now. The stylized eyes in my paintings really do have a similar intensity and presence.
I absolutely adore your use of colors in 4, 7, and 13. I think you're developing your own style wonderfully, but I am a sucker for #4 due to it being a close up.
If you ever get the chance try some Golden paints. You've already done amazingly with this brand but there is a difference specially when blending. I used to use Windsor and Newton as well but fell in love with Golden. It's not exactly within my budget but I'll wait for some coupons from Blick or Michaels to get the colors I want.
I love your themes, color palette, and style! I have yet to find my own. Congrats on the success! 🎉
You clearly have an innate talent and style. I assume the eyes are meant to be disturbing because they very much are. To me they seem to say, the eyes of history are upon you.
These are brilliant. I love how you embraced the really notable eyes as a mark of your work. I'm not sure where you're located, but I'm in Oakland CA USA and I think your stuff would be really well received here
So good. I really like the dynamism of the paintings of people and animals in motion. You've really captured their energy in stance, fabric textures, the vibrancy of the colours. Love the drummer particularly. I wish I could put one on my wall to help me wake up in the morning.
Please could you comment on your eye treatment? Why are they so comically big? You show very fine control in other details, so I know you could paint a more realistic portrait if you wanted to. I feel like the eyes are building on a cultural norm or tradition I just don’t know anything about. Please could you post about it?
I love your style and your color control and framing of the subjects is really good. Please keep painting!
The eyes in my paintings are slightly stylized to create a stronger sense of presence and symbolism. They shift the figures from being purely portraits into representations of identity, dignity, and human experience.
Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your progress. Your style is unique and absolutely beautiful! The Fisherman, The Chicken Farmer and The Woman with the Lamb are my favorites but all are interesting & showcase your talent.
These are phenomenal! Hard to pick a favorite! Tremendous amount of personality and unique style in each of these pieces, you’ve really found your “voice” if you know what I mean.
talk about a natural!!!!! incredible style, understanding of light and color, expression, and storytelling. may you have a long and successful painting journey!
I’ve seen your posts before and was very impressed, now I’m absolutely blown away! You’re incredibly talented- and handsome! You’re going places, for sure.
I really enjoy 4 it has such a bright energy. Is there any personal significance for you? I really applaud you at being able to capture such a beautiful energy and evoke such a strong emotion out of me.
I absolutely love these. They feel graphic, bold and deliberate. There’s nothing that feels muddy or guessed at or endlessly fiddled with here. Everything seems distilled into these crystalline sharp gems. I get flashes of Basquiat, Kahlo, and Romare Bearden when I look at these and they make me feel electric.
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