#yodarte

[fahbev]

I want to add on to this:

back in ninth grade, I had this friend. Well- more like the friend of a friend? We weren’t super close. But they really admired my art. At one point, we had this conversation:

Friend: I wish I could draw like you can [paraphrased].

Me: Well, if you keep trying at it you’ll be able to!

Friend: I’ve been trying!

Me: Well, try for a little longer!

Friend! I’ve been trying for months!

Me: Well I’ve been trying for twelve years, give it some time hun!

(We weren’t yelling btw, it’s hard to convey tone through text.)

My friend shut up pretty quick after that.

I’m always getting better. I’m not naturally talented, I’ve just been at this longer than you. The myth of “Natural Talent” only serves to discourage new or aspiring artists, and to discredit the hard work of advanced artists.

So go out there, and make some bad art! Spread colors on a canvas! Draw the shittiest cow in existence! Make a squid that people think is a dog. Make art for the pure joy and whimsy it brings you, and keep at it through the rough grind and uphill battle through rain and hail with all your strength until you have the skills, because it’s truly worth it to you.

Or shut up and just acknowledge me for doing so.

You CAN make art. What you mean is that you don’t have the skill to make it look the way you want it to. Guess what? That doesn’t start happening until around the ten year mark. Maybe sooner if you started later and aren’t dealing with the cockiness of a little kid or the shitty motor skills and lack of legitimate resources.

“It is either Do, or Do Not. There is no “wish” -Master Yodart

Ngl the concept of natural talent has done so much harm to our relationship to art and I hate it. No one is naturally talented at anything, get that idea out of your head. Artists are not like, special or gifted or blessed or whatever, we're just people who like art enough to keep making it, and thus there is nothing stopping you or anyone else from making art. You were not born without the artist gene and thus doomed to never find joy in drawing or singing or acting or sculpting, you're a person and people have ALWAYS made art.

It just like, it fucking kills me so much every single time I hear someone say that they would love to draw but they're just "naturally bad" at it and so they can't, especially when they then contrast themselves against me and imply I have some natural talent that means I can be an artist because no!! I don't!! The only reason I'm "good" at drawing is bcs I never stopped. I picked up a crayon as a baby and I never put it down and so I have like 27 years of experience drawing, that's why I'm "good" at it. So please trust me when I say anyone can draw. And cook. And paint and sing and act and dance. You were not born lacking, you're just new to it! You just have to keep going, you'll get better!

I just...it's so fucking heartbreaking to constantly hear the people around me essentually claim that they were born incomplete and thus they can never have fun drawing or singing or just making art. That's a horrible thing to believe, and I know our society does nothing but reinforce it by punishing us for not being perfect and making a mockery of amatures and pushing the talent myth, but trust me, you were not born wrong. There is no "make art gene" that you're missing. As cheesy as it sounds, you actually can learn to do almost anything if you put your mind to it. It might not be easy, but you are not broken. You're just learning.

I've posted this before but I'll post it again bcs he's right:

Making art is human. You can make art. Hell, you can make bad art! You don't have to improve! Art isn't about good or bad, it's about partaking in a human activity because it makes us happy. I really think society would be a better place if everyone was allowed to make as much art as they want, good or bad, bcs this weird dual reverence for talent and disregard for the actual work that goes into art just serves to bolster the capitalist, AI ridden hellscape that we live in today.

Anyway, if you are one of those people who is holding back from trying some kind of art bcs you're not talented, do me the favor of trying again. I want to see all of the beautiful, earnest, imperfect art my fellow humans make. We need that now, honestly. So please, don't give up. Make art. And if you can't, well, at least try to support the people around you who do, even if they aren't churning out masterpieces. Trust me, it's good for you. It's good for all of us.

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[yodarox99]

This is Winsor Newton Cotman 140lbs watercolour paper. I bought this along with a Strathmore pad (which I used up before I tried out this paper). I’ve been trying to use it up, so as not to have wasted money on it, but I’m fed up with this paper. I don’t recommend it and I don’t think I’ll finish the rest of it, unless I use it for colour swatches. To me, it feels as if it’s not absorbing water or paint. The colour often beads up on the surface and is not distributed evenly, or even close to it. It hardly colours the paper except for where you lift your brush, where you will end up with a drop of fully saturated paint that refuses to spread by itself or with help. A damp, nearly dry brush can pick up a majority of dried paint by brushing gently across the paper (even if it hardly touches, so don’t get it confused with scrubbing). To me, it doesn’t seem absorbent almost at all; therefore, I recommend saving your money to spend on better paper. I’ve used cheaper and lighter weight paper before which took watercolour better than this did. I was using a mix of Cotman and artist quality paints that I’m familiar with, so I know how the paint usually reacts. Even if you’re just a beginner, choose a different paper. There’s better student quality paper out there.

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