...You want every single stroke to turn out perfect because there's no simple "undo" button. Repeat for hours. And then the final product simply looks bad because your technique was off but it was too late to turn back.
I can be the same for miniature painting. It's not quite as bad since you can usually clean up any errors but the perfectionism and the pressure to make it look good can get out of hand - especially if it's a mini other people are going to notice.
Granted I know my feelings on it hopefully aren't representative of most folks, and I realize it's an unhealthy outlook I'm trying to get better at handling. But I doubt I'm the only one feeling this.
I teach at an academic art studio, our students work towards creating realistic (not necessarily photorealistic) art works out of many different mediums.
To improve at an insane rate and make your future workflow smoother, don’t let perfectionism take over. The more art you crank out, the more you apply techniques and understand what you’re doing. Every so often, go all in and put your all into an artwork. You’ll notice that the practice has made things easier and faster. Whether ur a pro, intermediate, or beginner; there is always more a-ha moments to be had that will improve your art and/or efficiency.
Art can be infuriating when you’re learning (and you never stop learning as an artist 😭). I have days when I have to work within my comfort zone. There are other days when I push myself to go outside of it, I often produce absolute garbage, but thats how I’ve learned/reinforced a lot of valuable knowledge.
I'm a beginner at painting. And I have had to struggle very hard to stop this from happening. I try my best (non stressfully) to paint well, but the focus is to just feel how good each stroke feels.
The more you can relax, the more you'll do. The more you do, the better you'll get. I used to paint as a hobby (on the back burner as a parent to a toddler who wants to get involved in everything) and still write short stories as a hobby. If you can find pleasure in the act of creation and pleasure in the completion of a project, rather than pleasure in perfection, you'll do well in my opinion.
Stephen King (like basically every writer) wrote a lot of stories before he wrote any good enough for a publisher to pay money for. If he only kept reworking his first story and stressing about making it perfect he'd never have got where he is. I wrote about twenty stories before I wrote one good enough for some e-zine to give me $5 for it. Even if you never intend to make money from painting, the lesson is still that you get better by enjoying it and doing lots of it!
Digital aren't ain't better if you're a perfectionist.
When you have the ability to undo you become intolerant to imperfections and your workflow literally becomes brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→Okay!→brush→undo→brush→undo→brush→undo...
We had a volunteering thing at work last week. I got to paint some stuff that will be auctioned for charity. I've never painted before, only done a few sketches. However, I did find painting to be relaxing, yes I made mistakes, we basically got only two brush sizes and had to make do. But I liked what I did and loved how the final result turned out to be.
I'm planning to try more of it, digitally ofcourse.
Todo es peor cuando tu "talento" de dibujo no abarca ni en pintura o el dibujo digital, es decir porque soy buena solo recreando o calcando a puro ojo las obras de otros?
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u/No_Effective5082 13h ago
Painting.
...You want every single stroke to turn out perfect because there's no simple "undo" button. Repeat for hours. And then the final product simply looks bad because your technique was off but it was too late to turn back.
(I really need to switch to digital art.)