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7/21/2025, 10:47:01 PM
>>7657753
To reiterate this anon's point, your job as an artist isn't mathematical perfection. It's to convince the brain. It's why impressionism is one of my favorite styles. Look at this masterful watercolor painting by Sargent. Almost the entire painting is composed of blobs and shapes of color, but to your mind, it looks convincingly real because hard edges and defined shapes are placed where they matter. The point is, masterful painters don't learn how to perfectly recreate reality, they just learn the laws of reality so they can sell you the illusion of reality on a 2d plane. Once you study light enough, you can intuitively place it on the canvas in a way that convinces (You) and hopefully your audience. If it doesn't convince your audience, you don't understand the rules well enough yet.
To reiterate this anon's point, your job as an artist isn't mathematical perfection. It's to convince the brain. It's why impressionism is one of my favorite styles. Look at this masterful watercolor painting by Sargent. Almost the entire painting is composed of blobs and shapes of color, but to your mind, it looks convincingly real because hard edges and defined shapes are placed where they matter. The point is, masterful painters don't learn how to perfectly recreate reality, they just learn the laws of reality so they can sell you the illusion of reality on a 2d plane. Once you study light enough, you can intuitively place it on the canvas in a way that convinces (You) and hopefully your audience. If it doesn't convince your audience, you don't understand the rules well enough yet.
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