I beat myself up learning to do this
I think it's amazing work
I think it's valuable in learning tenants about value shadow lights and tones
I also really think it lacks soul so I stopped doing it
If you can hold a pencil, you can draw. The question is do you have the commitment to keep working at it?
I've been drawing/painting for close to 60 years. People just think you put pencil to paper and it's a masterpiece on the first try....maybe for some it is, but there are typically SEVERAL versions and drafts of any major project I've worked on.
Oh and to answer your question I strongly believe that ALL human beings can do photorealistic work. If you can memorize your favorite song (perform it with some semblance of reflection) then you can copy light and shadows. It takes patience, trial and error and you can get it. All humans are capable of this, the biggest barrier is yourself.
I beat myself up learning to do this
I think it's amazing work
I think it's valuable in learning tenants about value shadow lights and tones
I also really think it lacks soul so I stopped doing it
Never understood the point of hyper realistic art.
all that work just to create something boring that looks exactly like a photograph.
No style in it or anything.
I beat myself up learning to do this
I think it's amazing work
I think it's valuable in learning tenants about value shadow lights and tones
I also really think it lacks soul so I stopped doing it
Never understood the point of hyper realistic art.
all that work just to create something boring that looks exactly like a photograph.
No style in it or anything.
For those of you who actually learned how to do this, I commend you!
Several years ago, I met the inventor of the term ”Hyperrealism, Denis Peterson, one of the pioneers of the art form. We were admirers of each other’s work- I think the connecting point was that my street photography and (photo manipulation art) used similar subject matter and perspectives. This is his website with several examples of his work:
Denis Peterson was one of the first Photorealists to emerge in New York. His hyperealist paintings are sought by collectors worldwide.
www.denispeterson.com
As you brothers were speaking about this kind of work being static and boring and lacking soul beyond the photorealistic aspect (which I agree with with a lot of the examples provided here), I thought of Denis‘ work. The two things that differentiate and separate his from being mundane is that he is a good street and editorial photographer who looks to depict social statements and consciousness in his work and therein lies the “soul”. His pieces tell stories. He works off of the photos he takes, but adds or removes a thing here and there to accentuate those stories.
Check out the descriptions of the paintings when you visit the site. It’s interesting stuff.
For those of you who actually learned how to do this, I commend you!
Several years ago, I met the inventor of the term ”Hyperrealism, Denis Peterson, one of the pioneers of the art form. We were admirers of each other’s work- I think the connecting point was that my street photography and (photo manipulation art) used similar subject matter and perspectives. This is his website with several examples of his work:
Denis Peterson was one of the first Photorealists to emerge in New York. His hyperealist paintings are sought by collectors worldwide.
www.denispeterson.com
As you brothers were speaking about this kind of work being static and boring and lacking soul beyond the photorealistic aspect (which I agree with with a lot of the examples provided here), I thought of Denis‘ work. The two things that differentiate and separate his from being mundane is that he is a good street and editorial photographer who looks to depict social statements and consciousness in his work and therein lies the “soul”. His pieces tell stories. He works off of the photos he takes, but adds or removes a thing here and there to accentuate those stories.
Check out the descriptions of the paintings when you visit the site. It’s interesting stuff.
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www.denispeterson.com
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