4 Comments February 27th, 2010

Has anyone gone from drawing & painting realistically to more imaginative work?

draw dragon Has anyone gone from drawing & painting realistically to more imaginative work?
Sabrina asked:


I have been drawing & painting pets and wildlife from my photos (just as a hobby and for family and friends), but would like to try dragons and other fantasy creatures. I am curious to see if anyone has made such a transition (I know we don’t have to choose just one style), and did you find you enjoy one more than the other?
Thanks everyone sharing your experiences! (I think I’ll go for it, too!)

Mauro
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4 Responses to “Has anyone gone from drawing & painting realistically to more imaginative work?”

  1. vpytko Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    Dusty

    Six years ago I decided I wanted to understand the creation process of abstract painting, so I started taking abstract classes. My representational landscapes and figures started to improve, decidely through a new ability and freedom to lay down paint. I would encourage your transition from realism to fantasy.

  2. drywipe Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 12:28 am

    Genna

    I did exactly that and i’ve never looked back.

    The first thing I painted was some ring wraiths from Lord of the Rings. Ha! Easy I thought to myself. Only took me a day.

    I submitted the pic to:

    and boy was I gutted when they rejected it. In the end it took me a year of revisions and practice to get it good enough to be accepted by them. But it was worth every minute.

    The real trick is to get the basics under your belt first. Sure you can skip a few stages but sooner or later you have to come back and learn your perspective, anatomy, colour theory, all that stuff.

    But you’ve got to balance that with keeping your interest up. Get the motivation up and there’s no limits.

  3. paggi Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 7:20 am

    Lenard

    u may not agree but it’s realistic art that modifies our imagination ……….

    like if you are good at drawing realistic figure and know well about their shapes and constructions u will know how to draw something uneven or abstract because you’ll know what is not realistic ………. so u will be more proffesional and perfect in ur paintings ( which is actually not so important — it is the emotion )

  4. Bhavika V Says:
    March 11th, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    China

    yea ,i have got 18 awards for my paintings.