yes joe..some look for how to paint by numbers..that's ok..i look inside myself...each to his own..merle Merle,
Yeah, that WAS silly. SOME people! ;-) I don't know what art is about. I think it absolutely differs for each and every artist, just as people say that our psyches differ, on the level of small-mind, and I see evidence for this difference of the shallow-psyche everywhere, and every moment; this is why it's possible to love people. There are entry-level "technique" books for landscape-painting, portraiture instruction, and, as you see, for space art. The book teaches ways of achieving certain effects, and getting certain things done so that they please viewer and/or artist. ;-) There are also tutorial books of instruction in graphic arts. And Guitar-playing, too. Music is art as well, but technique must be learned, and it can be taught, even by one's self-study of books written by teachers. If not, a lot of art teachers are immediately out of work!, although the Art-History teachers will still have a job. One can learn something of zen meditation this way, too, but only a few good books teach it. To keep from going entirely wrong, however, one should see a live teacher, even at the start. And one needs a live teacher to help you awaken, and to be sure that you do so. I think, in visual arts, we hold total sway on the canvas; we can paint any world we want, internal or external, to express any sense we have. We can even paint just to be decorative. But one person's decoration may transmit another person's awakening, or feeling of kinship and understanding of the artist. It's a funny business, isn't it?! At the outset, one's paintings are all "studies", exercises, etudes, like on the 'cello. They are music, but are mostly for one's fingers, and nervous-system pathways. One is not yet a virtuoso, where the instrument or materials disappear. Like any "how-to" book, *do* take the Space Art how-to book with a grain of salt. And, of course the illustrations therein are meant to inspire, not just instruct. We can get inspiration from anywhere, and I am not about to look a gift-horse in the mouth. Are you? If you're not into horse-flesh, though, neither look nor allow the pony onto the property. That's called Compassion. --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > joe..thank you for sharing..amazing...space art..and how to do it..right and >here silly me thought art was about self expression and the inner being... >merle
