What type of Artist am I ?

Jesus Nut

I am trying to figure out what kind of artist I am.
My personality type a is ISFP (The Composer).

I have tried but have zero interest in learning to play musical instruments or to draw a portrait.(I just get bored after like 2 / 3 minutes of trying it).

As a young child I liked to make a house out of cusions etc and I liked to do landscape and I am thinking that mabey I should learn how to paint landscape again!!!!?!!

Can anyone point me in a general direction?

Cheers

Coriolanus

What do you want to do.

Jesus Nut

Learn Art and how to Landscape and paint urban(ish) land scape paintings.
Thats what I think I would like to do

Coriolanus

Then, and I'm not trying to be an ass, but go and do that.

Buy a pencil and a cheap sketchpad, and if you want, a book on the basics of drawing.

One thing I was told by my old art teacher that has stuck with me was "To be a good artist, you have to be willing to be a bad artist first."

So, don't be discouraged if your first pieces aren't all that good. Practice, practice, practice.

wmpdd3

To be a good artist, you have to be willing to be a bad artist first.

Best advice ever, buy a few sketch books and just jump into it, keep all you books so you'll be able to see how yo progressed and never rub out or rip pages out!!

Jesus Nut

Great advice, cheers and thanks.

Any good How to books out there I should get? (Land scape)

Coriolanus

Not that I can name off the top of my head.
If you live in Dublin try Chapters on Parnell St. Art section is right down the back and the practical art selection is pretty extensive. They usually have a bunch of stuff in the €5-10 range as well. Otherwise try amazon.co.uk, you can usually find a lot of stuff dead cheap second hand. I've picked up books for literally 50p plus postage which is £2.50 or something. If you're willing to wait.
Watercolours also rock for landscape drawings, so that'd be something to think of for the future. A lot less expensive to get into than oil or acrylic painting too.

Tiriel

james453 wrote: »

i think is that you are lazy artist ....heheee

Answer the OP or don't post james453 - read the charter.

megaten

If you want to do landscapes start studying perspective. I'm only starting to study it myself so I cant give many recommendations but I've been reading Ernest Norling's Perspective made easy it it seems pretty good. You can get it for about 7 euro on-line. besides that get a sketchbook and pencil, go outside and draw some buildings.
But seriously don't bother about crap like whether or not you want to be an artist or what a personality test says. If you wan't to draw then draw. If you find it unbearably boring then that's one creative pursuit you can cross out.

Nevore wrote: »

Not that I can name off the top of my head.
Watercolours also rock for landscape drawings, so that'd be something to think of for the future. A lot less expensive to get into than oil or acrylic painting too.

Also for the love of god don't try watercolours first they're way more difficult than you think.