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Now let's talk about those who declare in their creative endeavors the idea of 'I'm an artist, this is how I see it.' I'm also an artist. I also see. And here's what I see. All discussions and critiques of the works of novice artists are dedicated to. I smile.

Genius

It's unique and inexplicable from the point of view of logic and the set of your knowledge and experience data to date. They are bright. They are easily recognizable. What's the complexity here? You can't replicate their path. Copying their actions will yield the opposite effect or zero at best. Therefore, it makes no sense by definition to repeat the path of a genius. Even if you do the same thing, just green or with pearl buttons, it won't be interesting to viewers and buyers. I'll repeat. it won't be interesting. Because viewers have already seen it from someone else.

Why should they watch the same thing again, now from you? Let's say you like the creativity of Lev Leshchenko. And you are offered to listen to songs of his clones instead of him or after him. How do you feel about such a situation? Another Salvador Dali. Another Van Gogh and Picasso. Have you grasped the idea, yes? Then let's move on. If suddenly you're not a Genius (for example, I'm not a genius), then you have 2 options left: dilettante or professional. It's going to get tough now.

Dilettante

To loudly declare "I'm an artist, this is how I see it" and simultaneously demand recognition and income, you need to have basic settings. First, learn to draw properly, and then create works with your own vision, handwriting, and style. And you can learn to draw properly and become a professional.

And what is a good work? There is an opinion that a good work = an inspired work, done with love. After all, the main thing is love. Very ambiguous. Not a fact. Therefore, I have a number of questions. Inspired by whom? With what love? To whom? To what? The main thing is where, in what, when, for whom. In what time frame and space? How will you understand that this is love? And how does the viewer consider it?

In reality, this is an excuse for not wanting to learn and a demand to become a mommy for the author of the masterpiece, admiring and sighing with each curl and spot. I've already mentioned a couple of times about the requirements for the quality of execution, in the context of watercolor. A good work equals productivity plus quality. This is closer to me, of course. I don't discuss the quality criterion by default.

But what about productivity? Well, the main glitch of the dilettante is a fairly large number of works, all of the same level. There are many of them, and they are not needed by anyone, primarily by themselves. And at this stage, I usually hear that you just need to draw a lot, and then… Who gives these pieces of advice and why? It's a mystery to me. Then it will never happen. There's a joke. When a person is asked at an interview how many characters per minute he types. And the answer is 2500 characters, but it turns out to be complete nonsense.

So it is in creativity. The process of drawing itself is not an end in itself. It should result in a clear and high-quality work. It's very desirable that it reflects the original and nature. And it's very desirable that it reflects as accurately and without errors as possible. And not just me doodling here. A lot of low-quality work is meaningless. Accept it as a fact. This is the stage of the dilettante. And we smoothly move on.

Professional

An artist who produces and creates quality works. And this can be learned at any age. I'm very glad about this and I know a lot of inspiring examples of wonderful artists. This is the artist's labor.