I wrote ~5000 words on what 40 hours of studying drawing can do.
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@nina_kali_nina four, next time you go to an art museum, bring your sketch book and draw pictures of the art. I don't know if this is obvious or not, but you will not get in trouble for drawing in an art museum. If you see something that grabs you about the art, try to pin it down with a quick technical study.
@nina_kali_nina five, unfiltered objective reality is a fantasy. all art with no exceptions (even photography) is fundamentally contaminated by the subjective judgements and interpretation of the artist. this is, in my opinion, is a wondrous gift, because art allows us to see the world through another's eyes.
consider these two portraits of Charles Robert Leslie by two different professional artists who were contemporaries:
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@nina_kali_nina five, unfiltered objective reality is a fantasy. all art with no exceptions (even photography) is fundamentally contaminated by the subjective judgements and interpretation of the artist. this is, in my opinion, is a wondrous gift, because art allows us to see the world through another's eyes.
consider these two portraits of Charles Robert Leslie by two different professional artists who were contemporaries:
@nina_kali_nina six, it is important to remember that the western tradition of making Correct Art developed due to a significant commercial aspect that is not there anymore: extraordinarily wealthy individuals and the church commissioned expensive objects for a variety of reasons ranging from propaganda and practical to entertainment. Many of these works that are credited to old masters were actually made by teams of people.
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@nina_kali_nina six, it is important to remember that the western tradition of making Correct Art developed due to a significant commercial aspect that is not there anymore: extraordinarily wealthy individuals and the church commissioned expensive objects for a variety of reasons ranging from propaganda and practical to entertainment. Many of these works that are credited to old masters were actually made by teams of people.
@nina_kali_nina it is certainly possible to learn those techniques and apply them as an individual, but I think it is a bit like being dazzled by a video game and confusing the technical and creative power of a few dozen people for the work of a solo individual. Anything is possible with enough time and support.
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@nina_kali_nina it is certainly possible to learn those techniques and apply them as an individual, but I think it is a bit like being dazzled by a video game and confusing the technical and creative power of a few dozen people for the work of a solo individual. Anything is possible with enough time and support.
@nina_kali_nina however the western tradition of art is a cultural anomaly, and contemporary western art in particular struggles with it because when you strip away all the whims of rich people and all the catholicism, what exactly is left? we are left to piece together our own cultural identity from the margins. for the majority of human history people did not make art like this, and did not have this existential problem
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@nina_kali_nina however the western tradition of art is a cultural anomaly, and contemporary western art in particular struggles with it because when you strip away all the whims of rich people and all the catholicism, what exactly is left? we are left to piece together our own cultural identity from the margins. for the majority of human history people did not make art like this, and did not have this existential problem
@nina_kali_nina which is why Modern art is Like That
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@nina_kali_nina which is why Modern art is Like That
@nina_kali_nina and I guess one last thing, because I can't help it, a great deal of learning observational drawing (as you've already been hard at work doing) is re-learning how to see the world, and developing the ability to deconstruct what you see into shapes and color that. This is also a process of training your mind's eye, as the visual deconstruction is a kind of second sight that you see in tandem with your real vision.
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@nina_kali_nina and I guess one last thing, because I can't help it, a great deal of learning observational drawing (as you've already been hard at work doing) is re-learning how to see the world, and developing the ability to deconstruct what you see into shapes and color that. This is also a process of training your mind's eye, as the visual deconstruction is a kind of second sight that you see in tandem with your real vision.
@nina_kali_nina drawing from observation and from your imagination are not mutually exclusive, it is often the case that you imagine the forms you want to draw in isolation so you can draw them. As you practice observational drawing, you can develop a symbolic repertoire of forms that can aid you at more effective observational drawing, and is also a transferable skill to drawing from memory and/or imagination.
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@nina_kali_nina drawing from observation and from your imagination are not mutually exclusive, it is often the case that you imagine the forms you want to draw in isolation so you can draw them. As you practice observational drawing, you can develop a symbolic repertoire of forms that can aid you at more effective observational drawing, and is also a transferable skill to drawing from memory and/or imagination.
@nina_kali_nina anyway, I hope some of this was interesting, and thank you for giving me this space to ramble passionately about the act of creating pictures
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@nina_kali_nina anyway, I hope some of this was interesting, and thank you for giving me this space to ramble passionately about the act of creating pictures
@nina_kali_nina oh one last thing, you've already been doing it but keep doing it: regular practice is the most important thing, and looking at lots of art and deconstructing it is the other most important thing.
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@nina_kali_nina oh one last thing, you've already been doing it but keep doing it: regular practice is the most important thing, and looking at lots of art and deconstructing it is the other most important thing.
@nina_kali_nina it doesn't really matter what you practice, your skills will sharpen so long as you keep thinking deeply about what you are making and you make a lot of it
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Il "board of shit".
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what's the deal with two factor authentication
[laugh track]i come back to work after a weekend and it's like girl what are you doing here
[laugh track]for every fucking thing.
[laugh track]i'm amazed that the two factor app doesn't require two additional two factor things to unlock
[laugh track]should have called it twenty factor
[laugh track]you there, info cop. in the back. I see you taking notes. don't get any fucking ideas
[laugh track]
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@repubblica @cronache-italiane-la-repubblica-repubblica fateci caso che per la giustizia con i casi di suicidio lo stipendio corre ugualmente
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@aral @nicolasvivant eh, in reality, most of the federated platforms came in responses or alternatives to closed ones, for example, you can compare when was Mastodon born & when was Twitter
but yeah, they are becoming worse & worse each day, I am using fb since 2008 and if you compare what I remember with the current state, you'll seriously question why all Tunisians are there, well, most of them anyway
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al @nicolasvivant@colter.social i thought it was a meme 🫠
btw also bluesky is lobbying quite hard in EU afaik
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Guerra d’Occidente: trappola per tori
Scott Bessent a Davos umilia e minaccia gli europei sul caso Groenlandia. Ma l'idea di ritorsioni finanziarie vendendo asset americani è pura fantasia autolesionista. Repetita: solo i mercati potranno eventualmente frenare Trump
https://phastidio.net/2026/01/21/guerra-doccidente-trappola-per-tori/
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@_elena 😆 Well, sometimes real life can be a piece of art.
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@stefano Beautiful.
