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Art that people rave about that's actually shit.

I like the proportions on the second better too, at least in terms of the thinner borders/boundaries. Not sure about the white stripe. Wouldn't be averse to having its like on my wall though. If I had more walls.

You up for posting any of your landscapes?
 
Cid said:
I like the proportions on the second better too, at least in terms of the thinner borders/boundaries. Not sure about the white stripe. Wouldn't be averse to having its like on my wall though. If I had more walls.
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It needed the white imo...to pull the eye up away from the "horizon" and into the red..:)
 
I'd stick to landscapes bubbles, the Rothko attempts are dreadful. (Look, I'm an artist myself, it's better to hear the truth, right? :))

I quite like the reflection of the lampshade.
 
bubblesmcgrath said:
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Going to leave this as is :D
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This one's actually sort of nice. But IMO you can fuck off with your attitude about art.

You just kind of proved the point that best retort to everyone who says (while looking at a famous piece)

"I could have done that myself"

is, of course "Yeah, but you DIDN'T" :p

So, in this case you did....sort of, but you essentially failed. we can tell the originals are much better, and by your description you didn't feel passionate about or even understand the process of what you were doing and why, thereby proving that no, not anyone could have done that. in most cases, only the artist could have done what they did because they're the one who was moved to create something.
I am not making much sense but yeah, your experiment was a big FAIL imo.
 
Miss Caphat said:
This one's actually sort of nice. But IMO you can fuck off with your attitude about art.

You just kind of proved the point that best retort to everyone who says (while looking at a famous piece)

"I could have done that myself"

is, of course "Yeah, but you DIDN'T" :p

So, in this case you did....sort of, but you essentially failed. we can tell the originals are much better, and by your description you didn't feel passionate about or even understand the process of what you were doing and why, thereby proving that no, not anyone could have done that. in most cases, only the artist could have done what they did because they're the one who was moved to create something.
I am not making much sense but yeah, your experiment was a big FAIL imo.
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Lol...
I said already they're shit and I still think his are shit too only a lot more expensive shit..
:D

Btw this was Fez909 's experiment. I just joined in for the lolz
 
Miss Caphat said:
OOh, no way!!! how dissappointing... Fez909 I'm going to come over there and kick your ass! :mad:
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Well hold your foot for the time being. I'm still planning to do mine. Have been out and bought some brushes this afternoon and some white spirit. I've researched Rothko's methods and I'm going to try to paint in the same way (though I doubt I'll have time to do it properly - due to the drying time between layers). So yeah, I am taking this seriously and giving it a semi-proper shot.
 
Fez909 said:
Well hold your foot for the time being. I'm still planning to do mine. Have been out and bought some brushes this afternoon and some white spirit. I've researched Rothko's methods and I'm going to try to paint in the same way (though I doubt I'll have time to do it properly - due to the drying time between layers). So yeah, I am taking this seriously and giving it a semi-proper shot.
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:thumbs::thumbs:
It'd be great if a few more took on the challenge :D
 
Fez909 said:
Well hold your foot for the time being. I'm still planning to do mine. Have been out and bought some brushes this afternoon and some white spirit. I've researched Rothko's methods and I'm going to try to paint in the same way (though I doubt I'll have time to do it properly - due to the drying time between layers). So yeah, I am taking this seriously and giving it a semi-proper shot.
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whoa, hardcore! :thumbs:

you know, you could always try painting something original too (or instead) :p
 
actually, this is a great exercise, I think. If I find myself teaching again at some point, I may do this as one of the first lessons (i.e. try to replicate a piece of modern art that "looks like a 5 yr old could do it/ I could have done it myself/ etc")
 
Miss Caphat said:
actually, this is a great exercise, I think. If I find myself teaching again at some point, I may do this as one of the first lessons (i.e. try to replicate a piece of modern art that "looks like a 5 yr old could do it/ I could have done it myself/ etc")
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Go on..give it a go yourself :)
I enjoyed it once I changed to a brighter colour palate :)
 
bubblesmcgrath said:
Go on..give it a go yourself :)
I enjoyed it once I changed to a brighter colour palate :)
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I have no desire whatsoever!
I do, however, know that many things that look really simple are much harder than they look. I've been trying to come up with a series of easy-to-do abstract paintings for an alternative to those "paint and sip night" things where they do those god-awful tropical beach scenes etc, and even as an experienced painter it's been very difficult and I've had to abandon a lot of ideas because I know it would be too complicated for me to explain the technique, that is, if I can even figure out how to do it myself first.
 
Miss Caphat said:
I have no desire whatsoever!
I do, however, know that many things that look really simple are much harder than they look. I've been trying to come up with a series of easy-to-do abstract paintings for an alternative to those "paint and sip night" things where they do those god-awful tropical beach scenes etc, and even as an experienced painter it's been very difficult and I've had to abandon a lot of ideas because I know it would be too complicated for me to explain the technique, that is, if I can even figure out how to do it myself first.
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Sure :)
I know what you mean... those three paintings are the first abstract expressionist paintings I've ever tried and I'm painting a long time. I learned a lot whilst painting them believe it or not. :)
 
to all the people who hammered on about the astronomical prices of art in the beginning of the thread, think of it this way: things like autographs, scraps of paper the Beatles left on the floor, ancient broken pottery, highly compressed carbon and all kind of things sell for millions of dollars.
It's often more about the idea of something and what it represents rather than its practical value as an object. These pieces by Rothko, etc, represent cultural and artistic breakthroughs, changes in our way of seeing and thinking about the world, and for those reasons and others they have great historical value and much more on top of just being things to look at.
Maybe you don't "get it" but if you can't see that we're a society that lives to infuse objects with a whole lot of subjective worth, value, and meaning you must not be paying attention.
 
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