mabeybaby in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"

2014-09-20 00:47

I'm 33. I found this sub through a post on r/learnart.

I have been drawing for maybe 3 months. I had been thinking about starting to learn to paint for months, but because I wouldn't be very good at it, why bother?

Then I suddenly realized that I didn't need to paint to have a show or be a brilliant artist, but that I could just paint for the fun of it. So I bought some paints and brushes... and quickly realized that drawing is a big part of painting.

So I bought some sketch books and pencils, but before that I had literally not drawn anything since it was a mandatory part of school. So I'm not great, but I don't need to be. I just want to make something out of nothing. I haven't taken any classes, but that might change.

I just really want to be able to make something look like I want it to - instead of what is limited to skills (which obviously at this point is difficult)

My painting at this point is really just learning how colours and brushes work. I want to make something more detailed but everything that I've tried just looks flat. A couple things I've done so far.