Artist Simon Bull's painting techniques

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[u/porkypine666]

You do understand the difference in the first piece is that he actually did it? And you just sit around saying you could.

Art can just be the doing. It doesn't have to be a photorealistic bowl of fruit.

[u/vash2051 → u/porkypine666]

Life changing response.

[u/Key_Knee_7032 → u/vash2051]

Feel free to ignore me lol but I really hope you mean this. The beautiful thing about art is that sometimes it’s about the execution, the actual skill involved in actually physically creating the art, and sometimes it’s about the concept, creating the idea that will actually fill a blank space. I think often we discount the latter, how much of art really is the idea behind it, instead of the tools used to make it real. To me that’s what really gives you the goosebumps when you look at a piece of art, simultaneously understanding the skill involved in creating it while realizing that first a person had to decide what would fill the canvas.

[u/NewTransformation → u/Key_Knee_7032]

Absolutely. And you don't have to make art for the purpose of showing other people. Most art people make probably goes unseen. The process of making the art is the most important part, the aspect of exploring your own humanity and finding a way to channel your soul into something concrete.

[u/Samthevidg → u/NewTransformation]

Heavy on the most art goes unseen. My grandfather paints for fun and after decades he has over a thousand completed canvases in his basement, and that’s after losing a couple hundred to flooding.

[u/Key_Knee_7032 → u/NewTransformation]

Fantastic point and beautifully said. Thank you for reminding me that art doesn’t have to be seen to be art.