>>7610056
>Brainlets adore and praise rendering for a reason, and is why painting today is shit.
Like 99% of paintings in any gallery are painted by artists that couldn't render a sphere convincingly if they wanted to. You're more likely to see a painting of colourful balls or squeegee drags than anything done by a 'rendermonkey'.

>>7610082
>I hate the subject so much, the hate is bleeding into my general impression of the painting.
That would make it a successful painting, then.