What’s the difference between illustration and fine painting?

[JoyJoyJoy]

Joy,
I like your quote from Flack..about regaining that Original Impulse.

Now to find ways of contacting it. I touch it occasionally in my mind but its elusive. I feel its there waiting for me. I hope to get closer to it….

My drawings are more personal, haven’t shown them anywhere yet.

Perhaps your drawings are a good place to start? Since they are “more personal,” maybe they are the “diamond in the rough” of your personal vision. I would suggest you draw more, and maybe then try extending out your ideas in color… in colored pencil or crayon to start, then try the ideas in other media.

Creativity is such an incredible adventure! Take a few steps forward, experiment… you might be amazed at what you can do!

Nance

Art is not a thing; it is a way.
(Elbert Hubbard)

[Thomas Nackid]

I think an illustrator that does not work from an inner vision is just as much a hack as a fine artist who doesn’t have an inner vision. Unfortunately illustrators often have to work with art directors who are frustrated artists and want to see THEIR inner visions produced by someone else’s (more talented) hands!

Good illustrators, like good artists, put their personal stamp on everything they do.

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[artbyjune]

Thanks Joy for encouragement!
I think I will launch out into maybe coloured pencil, pastel and then paints, following the route of my (more personal) graphite drawings.

I will try that soon. Must do, its what I want to do.

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Life beats down and crushes the soul.... and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler

[philwms]

How do you move toward fine art painting? I feel it has as much to do with intent as it does content – the intent being the frame of mind and foundation upon which you build your thinking about your art and its purpose. Every good artist comes from a unique and personal place, but all the best of them have a conviction about what they are doing and an excitement about the journey.

Many of the best illustrators have been and are clearly fine artists as well, because their work in their minds is simply art. It’s a state of mind as much as being a master of skills and great conveyer of vision.

I’d also urge you to build on your personal drawings by creating them with the same vision and in the same frame of mind, but using your other mediums of choice… pastels, colored pencils, and paint.

"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
- Albert Einstein

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