#it's gurney making mannequettes and setting up lighting; it's bougereau making thumbnails and doing material studies so meticulously they

[fridgedeeznuts]

thinking abt this video im watching between two artists chatting and how at some point the painting part of painting becomes the easiest part of painting, and most of the work is actually about the preparation of the piece, and anything else that is more work during the piece is shit that u forgot to cover in ur prep work,,,,

#because. from my own readings of the masters - and these two do take their teachings from said literature - it's exactly this #it's gurney making mannequettes and setting up lighting; it's bougereau making thumbnails and doing material studies so meticulously they #might as well be pasted onto the final painting itself; it's that one asshole who sculpted a whole ass figure and dragon (and had fun doing #it!) and used that for lighting reference. talking about how that one guy who spent most of his time setting up composition and had his #lil assistants do all the painting for him #thinking abt how my s/o said smthin similar to me the other day that he thinks he can confidently paint anything thanks to his experience #it was a good talk but it was also a little wearying bc while i agree w everything that's said (including do not forget ur whimsy! play!) #these dudes definitely sounded like they smelled their own farts though i do know this is not their intention :skull: #it was an enjoyable talk bc they sorta confirmed a lot of things i had to learn and re-learn on my own post-art school #though ive noticed a lot of art shit lately's also been 'dont get caught up in theory mode and just doing studies!!!' #as somebody who just realized i cld do studies of art i like it's just funny af to see this art tip becoming a trend #atp tho - im just trying to be someone who DOES art at all - study or no study or what have u