Yes, painterliness really is a word.
I struggled for a while to figure out how to word this exercise. In the past, Exercise 03 has been a tromp-l'oeil - you lay your reference down next to your painting and try to trick the viewer into questioning which is a painting and which isn't. This lends itself to realistic interpretations of subjects, which is all fine and good (there's nothing wrong with realism), but my favorite watercolors have some ineffable quality that you probably would struggle to duplicate with a camera.
So here's what we're going for this time around - we're sliding all the way to the other end of the scale toward painterliness. The tricky part about attempting this is that I don't really have clear cut instructions on how you should be approaching it. It's a slippery subject and every time I try to pin it down with words, it squirms out of reach. I'm going to offer some guidelines instead - if any of you come up with additional suggestions, don't be shy about sharing them.
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You don't have to work from life. Good news for those of you have been itching to use a photo reference. The caveat here is that I don't want a reproduction of your photo. I want you to find a way to communicate the essence of what you're painting rather than the literal translation. Think poetry instead of prose.
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Get up, go outside, move around. Bonus points if you turn this into a plein air exercise, but that's certainly not required. I tried to force myself to go for a walk every day this week and ended up taking several reference photos that lend themselves to this exercise. You're more than welcome to use any of them that you think might work for you. If you choose to use one of those references, go for a walk anyway. Take an hour to just think thoughts, feel feelings, whatever.
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Work a little bigger than you're used to. Get loose. Make your first brushstroke from the shoulder (not the wrist) and try holding your brush near the end (away from the bristles). If you do an undersketch, don't spend a ton of time perfecting it (and don't be afraid to color outside the lines).
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Be bold. Save the fine details until the end, if you decide to include them at all.
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Tell me some lies with the colors you use. We saw in Exercise 02 that you can convincingly paint th
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.
Just to clarify, 12345678
Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
“BOOM”?!
