Guidance needed(Painting after 11 Years)

Shuva, what is perfection for? Modern painting is not about achieving the right impression, but the right expression. So abolish perfection.

One would have expected that amateurs be followers of Expressionism to a greater extent. I don't know why people think it's so important that one gets an impression of realness. After all, one expresses a psychological reality, and that's why Expressionism is more intimate, in a way. Why not paint large homogeneous areas of green, as in below paintings by August Macke, rather than making the impression of grass blades, by way of some neat brush technique?

This is why Expressionism is closer to abstract art and this explains why the first abstract painters, Kandinsky and Malevich, found support among them. Of course, one should acquire some drawing skills, knowledge about proportions and perspective, etc. But then one should go about expressing oneself, rather than continue to be a student, and try and attain the level of Corot or Monet, because this is impossible.

Mats

I forgot to give the links to those Macke paintings:
http://maherartgallery.blogspot.se/2012/04/august-macke-1887-1914.html
http://maherartgallery.blogspot.se/2012/04/august-macke-1887-1914.html

Shuva, haven't you heard of the notion that you should "forget everything you've learnt", because one must paint with instinct, and one must practice archery that way, too. It's hard to see what you think is so wrong about your painting. Maybe it is the lack of focus on the ground, because it's as if the sun rays ought to be shining on something. On account of this, it's as if something is missing in the picture. So why don't you place an object there, which needn't be big. Isn't this Expressionist painting by Alexander Camaro adorable? “Seagulls at the beach” (1951). /Mats



http://mlwi.magix.net/individuation.htm