I'm lifting this topic from another forum I visit, an art forum, but don't we have enough artists here? And I think this can also apply to writers. I was thinking about re-answering the questions as it applies to me as a "writer," even though I still don't officially feel like one yet. Almost. Sometimes. Kinda. Kinda not. I don't know. Anyway.
Here were the sweet and innocent questions posed by a young woman who had stopped painting for a long while because her parents didn't think she could ever seriously make a real living at art, but recently started up again.
And even though her parents are completely correct, we won't tell her and continue to encourage her to make her average art and try to sell it on Etsy, or whatever, because that is what that forum is all about.
But I digress.
She wanted to know from other artists...
1) how many pieces are you usually working on at one time? just one? various? how long do you usually work on a piece?
2) to what degree do you plan what you want to create? do have an exact idea of what the result will be? do you draw/paint without thinking where it's going and just seeing what'll happen?
3) what's your motivation/aim? do you have any particular motives or topics you want to express and which appear frequently in your art?
Here were the sweet and innocent questions posed by a young woman who had stopped painting for a long while because her parents didn't think she could ever seriously make a real living at art, but recently started up again.
And even though her parents are completely correct, we won't tell her and continue to encourage her to make her average art and try to sell it on Etsy, or whatever, because that is what that forum is all about.
But I digress.
She wanted to know from other artists...
1) how many pieces are you usually working on at one time? just one? various? how long do you usually work on a piece?
2) to what degree do you plan what you want to create? do have an exact idea of what the result will be? do you draw/paint without thinking where it's going and just seeing what'll happen?
3) what's your motivation/aim? do you have any particular motives or topics you want to express and which appear frequently in your art?