Are Brushstrokes in Paint Good or Bad?
Saturday November 14, 2009
On the Painting Forum Martin is asking about the brushstroke element in a painting, saying:
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"Can anyone help? I am very (well almost) pleased with my finished (acrylic) paintings as long as I step back a couple of meters - but - when I return to a close up I get quite disappointed with the 'brushstroke element'. Do others have the same problem. If the elements of a 'good' painting are there at a distant viewing does that mean it is a good painting?"What do you think? For me brushstrokes are part of your brush handwriting. Whether you strive to eliminate them all or endeavor to have as many as possible isn't a question of good or bad, but style. Join the discussion here...
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Comments
Just do what feels right to you, free yourself! For me, brush strokes show the character, personality, soul of an artist. They can show the emotion you were feeling at the time you created the piece, the movement, the passion. Art is subjective, there is no point waisting time trying to work out things like that. Feel it! Experience it, put yourself into it and keep going till it feels right. Look at it with your heart, not your head.
Sometimes, the brush strokes are the very thing that can make me fall in love with a painting! Sometimes the brush strokes make me hate a painting!
Do you! There are no rules except your own.
Brushstrokes are the bain of my sessions. I am confused as to what it is I enjoy. I enjoy the creation but like the realistic view, I don’t know if it is because I find impressionist painting easier but I would like to get up close and see neatness to my lines, but then I may as well take a photo – whatever – its fun
Martin
Each brushstroke is the electrical signal from your brain. Brushstrokes will reveal the mood of the painter from lack of enthusiasm to passionate expression.