Paintings

I have been addicted to buying paintings lately, or trading huge amounts of baby swag for them. Everytime I have money in my PayPal, I'm on Etsy looking for weird art.
What's been your addiction lately?

 

working out.

I hate wasting money on art, btw. even though I find it incredibly beautiful.. it's so overpriced.

 

lately i've been after gear for my camera every time i have some spare cash, although i'm trying to resist as i need some savings for holidaaays! apart from that my only other addictions luckily don't cost me money.

and you can never have to much art Bella

 

maybe i should put my art on esty....


lately i've been addicted to... uuummm HF chat... i guess..

 

Pfff, seconded! I rather buy a copy then

 

I've been buying art supplies.

 

im addicted to texas holdem poker :/ .. not real money haha dont have that.
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.but yeah addicted to playin that

 

You should sell on Etsy Ang. You are so talented and I would be more than happy to help you set up a site, let you know where I got my cheap graphics, all that.
Unless. Are you one of those people that can;t let go of your work? im jealous of those people and all their ready to be framed drawings int heir closet, while I can;t even draw a straight line. Bastards! Share the art!

 

ahh yea, i've never bought an original copy of anything.

just prints for a 10er.

 

whaaa whaaa what??? I guess I can respect that. i bought all of my 'art' for my condo at the Pier One imports Outlet when I was 19 lol and thought the same thing.
I buy a good mix of prints and originals, because orginals are very pricey. i am just super excited because I just bought (or rather traded for) a huge original oil painting for the center of our living room when we move.

 

It is hard for me to let my art go. When I draw I put a part of myself on the page, most of my work is quite dark because it's like therapy to me. So it would be me giving a part of my soul away. But yeah all of my drawings are in my portfolio in my closet. haha I would set up on Etsy but I'm kind of scared to.

Oh and art is so expensive because the good quality art supplies bleed an artist dry financially. I buy a little bit at a time to soften the blow to my wallet. Plus I need to learn how to stretch canvas so I don't have to buy stretched canvases.

 

I figured you were one of those. there's either two types that don;t sell their work, the private ones and the insecure ones.
My mom's an insecure one and it drives me nuts. The private ones though I understand, or understand as much as any non fine-artist can.

 

i've been all over the place lately. i need to get grounded again.

 

i recently went through an energy drink addiction, but i kicked that. and i just finished GTA4, too. so my addictions are currently exhausted and i will be searching for a new one presently.

i agree that buying art is way too expensive to be worth it unless you just have more money than you know what to do with.

 

I just got this one in the mail. I am so happy I am shaking. It is even better than I thought it would be.
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=16390125

Ang, is masonite any cheaper?

 

I so want this done when I have a baby. I am not into portraints, but this is so cool. I think I would have to get it done as a fairy though:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22044296

 

That painting is beyond hideous.

But each to his own I guess...

Why don't you just try drawing something instead of buying crap art?

 

I was going to say fucking creepy

and to be fair, you could scan in the image of the person, photoshop the fuck out of it, print it up, on a gridded paper, and then just copy it onto your (gridded) canvas in acrylic canvas or whatever

or, silk-screen it onto the canvas, and then paint over it to give it texture.

 

Totally each entitled to their own. Art is really personal and what sells on Etsy isn't mainstream.
Most people on this forum claim to hate what I sell...but it practically flies out of my store and gives me more than I can handle.
On the drawing note. I suck and don't enjoy it.
But man I can;t wait to get this baby framed and matted.

 

but what that lady does typically isn't considered art.

she paints too photographically for it to actually be art, it is something pretty to look at, but, it's not actually art.

art stands on it's own, the mona lisa is a portrait, but it's art because it's not precisely photographic, and also because the person who painted it did create art that took substantial risks (at the time)

producing a near photographic painting with some unicorn and under the sea elements that belong in a little girls sticker book or velvet color me in poster isn't really art.

it's mass production for a profit

I don't have anything against that, I am mildly offended by it being called art (just as I am mildly offended by something like a danielle steel novel being called art)

you'd probably be better off doing something like it ourself, and you'd probably be happier with the final product, because any imperfections could be attributed to it being a learning experience.

and you'd get to do it yourself, which you seem to like.