I love to draw still lifes, I never knew why but I finally figured it out recently and I wish I took a picture of the water bottle I painted today to show you what I mean.
I'm not naturally good at drawing, I had to go to an art school since 8th grade to learn what I've learned so far and the way I learned was by watching my teacher when she'd help/fix whatever I was working on. Sometimes (bare with me I know this story seems out of the ordinary but it all leads up to the big point) She would work on my painting or whatever for 40 minutes straight! and no she wouldn't finish it, no where near because there is so much you have to take in to consider when drawing (painting etc), so much to be aware of and When I'd see the way she would highlight things and do things I would be too scared to do or would never think about doing I would be amazed at how well that detail but everything together and I would begin to recognize all the important pinpoint details and really just learned from that that way... So when I draw a still life I love it because I love being able to see what others (people who don't really paint etc) can't and I love how I can fearlessly (I fear a lot of things going wrong and this is one of the few I don't fear, I guess it's freeing to me) put a striking line of white paint across something because thats the way the item shines or whatever and it looks good! it makes it look more realistic but you would have never known otherwise how to get a object to shine, bend, or stand a certain way without these techniques. It brings so much more visual aesthetic to this simple still life, it makes something so simple seem significant, intricate, and interesting an I love it! Ever since I realized/learned this I've been amazed. I could probably explain it better in person.
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