Pablo Picasso's Guernica helped me pass the Eiken 1st class, my interview question being "Do you think art is an effective tool for social activity?"
On the other hand, I still find it hard to appreciate abstract art.
I've always liked art with shapes that I'd immediately recognize (and that is probably one reason that I have such a non-flexible mind.)
What I like most about painting is the ability to manually reproduce something in real life - like the subtle differences of color, the exact shapes, and so on, so that might be why. The amazement of people being able to reproduce real-life pictures or beautiful shapes is universal, I believe.
I remember that the replication of Georgia O'Keefe's pansy drawing was my favorite activity during art class in middle school.
I'll upload a picture of my drawing if I can locate it.
Here are some of those other art that really amazed me.
Unicursal dragon Kosyuuya (Nikko) [日光一筆龍 晄秋家]
∟With the exception of decoration and color, these people draw a significant dragon with one "swipe" of the brush!!
How to Draw a Realistic Bag of Chips
∟Just Watch
How to Draw a Realistic Water Drop
∟With this Technique, anyone will be able to draw a realistic water drop!
Then there is this Japanese Gag comic/animation about Renoir and Cezanne by Kosuke Masuda that I am addicted to.
Hi Maki,
返信削除Very cool post. I watched some of the videos and was amazed. Maybe the chips bag one was the most interesting for me, as so much art could be applied to such a mundane object. It's great that you have such an appreciation of art, and I hope you are continuing to do art yourself.