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What are your strengths and weaknesses as an artist? (Original Post) bif Apr 2024 OP
Here are mine bif Apr 2024 #1
I'll play. FalloutShelter Apr 2024 #2
I don't feel as though I have any strengths! Diamond_Dog Apr 2024 #3
I can't convey on paper what I see in my head Redleg Apr 2024 #4
I flunked first-grade coloring. lastlib Apr 2024 #5

bif

(24,267 posts)
1. Here are mine
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 07:55 AM
Apr 2024

Strengths:
Composition. Color matching. Curiosity.

Weaknesses:
Impatience. Drawing people and faces. Shading and blending.

FalloutShelter

(12,844 posts)
2. I'll play.
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 08:13 AM
Apr 2024

Strengths: technique and drafting ability, style flexibility, perseverance.

Weaknesses: over drafting and not enough spontaneity.

Diamond_Dog

(35,199 posts)
3. I don't feel as though I have any strengths!
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 08:21 AM
Apr 2024

Maybe color mixing if I had to come up with one.

I’m working on getting better at doing people. I find pencil sketching much better for doing faces and paint much better for doing landscapes. I’m also impatient.

Redleg

(6,250 posts)
4. I can't convey on paper what I see in my head
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 09:13 AM
Apr 2024

Same goes for my writing- at least sometimes.

lastlib

(24,988 posts)
5. I flunked first-grade coloring.
Thu Apr 4, 2024, 10:36 AM
Apr 2024

Haven't improved much (if any) since.

Aesthetics reside in the brain hemisphere I don't use much.

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