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paulmccartneyexplodingonstage · 9 months ago

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I think lots of new artists make the mistake of thinking good art is down to the materials. Lord knows i thought the same when i was younger, but in actuality some of the best art i’ve seen was made with dollar store acrylics and paint brushes.

Don’t get me wrong, having access to high quality materials definitely helps elevate your craft, but it’s really not as important as a lot of people think. If you’re good at what you do, it’ll translate no matter what materials you’re using. Don’t stress so much about having the best or most expensive gear, focus on building skill, technique and conceptual knowledge.

Because if you can make good stuff with $2 paints, when you finally *can* upgrade to more expensive brands you’ll already be miles ahead of everyone else.

#idk just something i found myself thinking about while i was in the gallery today #i wasted so much time in my younger teens bellyaching about only havinf cheap materials when i could’ve been actually improving my craft #but a lot of the reason i’m good at what i do now is because i learned by using shitty dollar store materials #and i think social media places a lot of emphasis on ‘if you don’t have these certain materials your art is crap’#when like holy shit that’s so the opposite of true #people literally have been painting with rock dust for centuries #like shut up #sorry to deviate from beatles posting but this is technically also my art account so #whatever #art #artists on tumblr

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