I'm replying here because I'm hiding from my LJ, Karen, sorry! ;; /still owes people meme replies and things
1. Yes, I have. I really wish I could. Just, I lack three things: means, talent, and conviction.
2. This is hard...! I don't think I can pick just one. I love M.C. Escher, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, Titian, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Katsushika Hokusai, and Islamic art in general (their calligraphy is gorgeous). I don't know a lot about modern art, and I don't have any particular favorites among living artists.
3. Julius Caesar! Or Genghis Khan. Or Qin Shi Huang. I-- ummm, like things on a grand scale. Among other reasons.
4. Well, it used to be a matter of fear: I wasn't confident in my ability to draw faces, so I left Murasaki's face blank rather than mess it up. After some time, though, I realized that by leaving the face blank and making everything else detailed, I called even more attention to the face. I like the contrast between detail and stark simplicity, and I also like inviting people to guess what the woman looks like, what the expression on her face would be, based on the atmosphere of the piece. (I'm still not very good with faces, though.)
5. Yes. Yes, I would. (PS: I showed this to my special someone. She laughed and said I'd probably eat the cake from the inside out before it even got to the point of the timed surprise.)
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1. Yes, I have. I really wish I could. Just, I lack three things: means, talent, and conviction.
2. This is hard...! I don't think I can pick just one. I love M.C. Escher, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, Titian, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Katsushika Hokusai, and Islamic art in general (their calligraphy is gorgeous). I don't know a lot about modern art, and I don't have any particular favorites among living artists.
3. Julius Caesar! Or Genghis Khan. Or Qin Shi Huang. I-- ummm, like things on a grand scale. Among other reasons.
4. Well, it used to be a matter of fear: I wasn't confident in my ability to draw faces, so I left Murasaki's face blank rather than mess it up. After some time, though, I realized that by leaving the face blank and making everything else detailed, I called even more attention to the face. I like the contrast between detail and stark simplicity, and I also like inviting people to guess what the woman looks like, what the expression on her face would be, based on the atmosphere of the piece. (I'm still not very good with faces, though.)
5. Yes. Yes, I would. (PS: I showed this to my special someone. She laughed and said I'd probably eat the cake from the inside out before it even got to the point of the timed surprise.)