Posted at July 6, 2006, 8:37 pm:
Hey guys, I'm in bit of a situation here. Hopefully someone can give some suggestions.
I'm 23 years old and I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, but I never learned the foundations of art. As a result whatever artistic talent I have is limited to being able to duplicate what I can see, but no ability whatsoever to create my own original art of comparable quality. I know because of this I'd find it extremely difficult in an art school, as I wouldn't be able to hand in work that I merely duplicated from somebody else, but my own personal work wouldn't be up to par.
What I'm looking for is some way to improve my skills to a point where I'd be able to enter into an art school and be able to do the courses. I was hoping that some of you might have some suggestions on how I could go about this.
I've tried the artbooks but I need more instruction than they give. I don't use the whole basic shapes thing to create the rough picture before I start it, and I know that's one of the major causes of my problem. I'd like to learn that skill but gain some feedback on my progress from somebody. I'm mainly concerned about pencil sketching, art foundations, and then from there working on anatomy and some color studies (I absolutely suck with color since I never bothered with it, and can't paint worth a damn).
Would workshops or gallery courses be my best bet? Or would a mentor be better? If so, where would I even go to look for a mentor? Hopefully someone has some advice here, I'm pretty stuck here. Thanks
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