Monday, 21 March 2011

How To Paint Like A Grand Master

Chances are, you enjoy painting or have enjoyed painting in the past. It may have been finger painting as a child or it could be that you are a secret late night graffiti artist. There is something about the creative juices that flow when you put paint to paper that can bring out the emotions in people. This is partly why painting is often used as a type of therapy which helps people to work through their problems by being expressive.
The best painters to have ever lived are generally referred to as the grand masters. These include people like Renoir, Monet, Picasso etc who are all incredibly famous even a long time after their death. Did you know that you can take your love of painting, and your emotions and can actually paint just like these grand masters? Here's how:
Learn to paint
First thing you need to do is to learn to paint. You can do this at school or college or private art school, or you could teach yourself from books or videos. You will learn about colour, shadow, line, form, perspective as well as all the different styles that have developed through the years. You will also learn about the grand masters and find out what they did that made them so special.
Invent a new style of painting
Next thing you need to do is, just like the grand masters, come up with an original way of painting. This may involve using obscure instruments, using a new kind of paint or coming up with a new way of laying out images that compliment your subjects.
Have an original idea
Once you have your new way of painting you need to them pick a perfect subject to convey your emotions. The best paintings are the ones that convey the most emotions. You may want to choose someone you love or someone you hate or a scene from your childhood or something from fantasy that really captures how you feel. This way you will produce a piece that is not only unique in style and made with unique art supplies, but is also original in subject.
No matter your degree of artistry all budding artists require at least a few Art Supplies or Craft Materials. With a few simple tools you too may become one of the next modern greats.
Die
Sadly, once you have created all your new art you will have the same problem that many of the grand masters faced: no one wanted to buy their paintings. It was not until after many of them had died that they became famous and their paintings became so valuable. So basically, now that you have all the credentials to be a grand master, you just have to wait until you have died to make the most of it.
Sam Qam is a very good artist and keeps many craft materials. He hopes that if you can't be a famous painter he will become famous for his art supplies or maybe just his abstract shaped canvases.

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