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Mar 21 • Home Room - no spitballs
Technology - to use…. Or not to use?
I USE TECHNOLOGY.
No shame. No apology tour. No hiding my iPad under the table like it’s contraband. 😆
I do plan my paintings though.
I do my own photo shoots (with my iPhone). 📸
I build my compositions in Affinity Photo (free… because this is better than Photoshop I think).
I figure out color. Composition. All of it.
Before I ever touch a paint brush!
Because I like to know where I’m going…
I need a road map,
instead of just vibing and hoping for the best like it’s a blind date.
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🍯 And here’s where my BRUTAL HONESTY comes in.
🍯 I’m gonna shake some shit up here.
🍯 Like… if drawing were a sport 🏀, I’d be sitting on the bench. 🪑
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🍯 I don’t even LIKE drawing.
🍯 (Yes, I know. Somewhere my art professor just fainted dramatically.)
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🍯 I don’t sketch my compositions out with pencil or markers.
🍯 The art world basically considers this a 🚨 felony.
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🍯 But I do work it out… just digitally.
🍯 Because my passion is putting paint down and watching it come to life.
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🍯 THAT’S the part that 🔥 lights a my fire under my ass!
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To this day, I still finish a painting and think:
“Wait… who painted that?? ME????”
Like I need to check the security footage.
Imposter syndrome is still present a little.
Here’s what no one tells you:
Drawing and painting are not the same skill.
Just yesterday, said he was going to wait till he was good at drawing before he started painting. I mean I know this was all a tongue 👅 in cheek statement, but it was really a great point!
We just keep shoving them into the same box 📦 and wondering why people quit.
I had quit - for 25 years!
Then, I built a process around what I’m actually good at… 🌈
and what I actually enjoy. 🦄
I stopped trying to FORCE myself to learn 🙅🏼♀️ something that isn’t my passion.
My degree is in Graphic Design.
I’ve been using Apple computers since the 90’s… back when they were multi-colored bricks.
So yeah… layers, references, digital tools?
That’s my playground. 🛝
If you’ve ever thought:
“I can’t draw… so I can’t paint…”
I’m here to lovingly call that out as bullshit. 🐂💩
But if you love drawing, you belong here too.
I just don’t believe that there is only ONE way to skin this cat.
❓❓❓❓ Question for you: ❓❓❓❓
👉 Do you actually like drawing…
or just believe you’re supposed to?
Let’s discuss this. 👇🏻
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Technology - to use…. Or not to use?
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