Speed vs quality

[Danilo]

When I work on my drawings, paintings etc, I found my self making 10 min pause every 5 minutes. Most because I dont want to draw when I dont feel drawing.
Is it ok? Sould I approach to art like any other work (for example dish washing), and to make my self working? (consider that I want to live from it)
tx

[CaptainInsano]

Danilo

I often get the same why. I tend to find myself actually *bored* half the time.

However, I also notice that I have becoming more, and more enthusiastic about art, because I feel that I'm getting better at it. It's not so frustrating as it used to be, and I'm not as discouraged as much. Also, I tend to get bored at only certain parts of a painting, usually when it's something I don't know HOW to paint it and it's coming out awful and I've done it 5 times over again. On the contrary, I get really excited to paint things I *like* to paint, such as flesh tones and faces, and I can sit down for an hour or two without any breaks in my concetration. I think this ability to focus grows as your artistic capablities grow too.

Also, it's actually GOOD to paint for an hour or two, and take a break. It allows you come back to your painting with fresh eyes. When I do a painting, I take breaks every 15 minutes for a few minutes, and when I return back to the painting, I'm not as fatigued and ready to start again.

I"m willing to bet that once an artist gets to that professional, master level, there's never any of the boredom or frustration. It must been like smooth sailing.

So anyway... I feel ya'.

[MoP]

If you're gonna be doing it for an income and a career, I'd say you'd better get used to keeping on working whether you enjoy it or not ... if someone's paying you, and you've got a deadline, they're not gonna be happy if you're taking breaks all the time you don't feel like painting or drawing, since it'll be slowing them down.

Time is money - time wasters get less money.

Try to just stick at it even if you don't feel like it, it'll mean you improve faster, and get used to working most of the time.

[Qitsune]

Well, you have to reconsider your plans for the futur if you rarely feel like drawing for extended periods of time. Aside from the obvious (skills) what differenciates a professional from an amateur is being able to draw on command, draw what your customer wants, how he wants it, when he wants it. Of course even pros get sick of it, but you have to consider that crunch time doesn't really allow for that.

[darth massacre]

Some artists believe in Quality. Ie, serious consideration before putting the pen to paper.

Some artists believe in Speed. Ie, shoot as fast as possible and as long as it looks good enough its good enough.

Myself, I believe artists can achieve both as they improve and become more familiar with what they do. I'm trying too....:teeth:

[NoSeRider]

I've seen speed and quality at my QuickSketch class............just thought I'd make you go crazy.