Love hyperrealism. I started drawing a couple of years ago and am trying to make portraits as realistic as I can. This was my first crack at it:
I'm always blown away by people who can draw well (or even draw at all), as I am so immensely ***** at it, it's not even funny. Well, actually it is. I'm at the level where I can start drawing a cat, and there's a reasonable chance that by the end it'll have morphed into a dog, a teddy bear or a monkey, depending on what the pen decided to do that day. To me, people with a modicum of artistic ability are completely mystical, on the same level as astro physicists. Actually, at least I can grasp the very basics of astro physics, so maybe I'd go with magicians.
Same with me, it can be frustrating at times though I tend to mostly laugh at myself. I’m envious and appreciative of those can draw, sketch, paint etc. I’ve always been useless at Art, creative crafts etc, my handwriting is also poor. I’m probably somewhere on the dyslexic scale. My wife and 3 daughters are quite the opposite though.Indeed, my youngest at 10 thinks it’s great that she can draw much better than I can.
I used to be very good at sketching at school. Crap at painting though, which is mad considering I have a decorating business I don’t think I’ve sketched anything since leaving school 40 yrs ago, probably couldn’t do it now if I tried.
