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[KraftyKim]

What type of arts do you create? I in my opinion am not a very good painter. I tend to do abstracts because in the end no one can tell if its good or not. I mean how can you really evaluate a bunch of paint streaks on canvas other than to give it a very personal interpretation? 

[Crafteroo]

When I do paint it does tend to be abtract too...that's more out of taste though. I much prefer simple paintings rather than ornate ones... I'd take a Mondrian over a Constable any day!

[tameblue]

I'm a stickler for detail when it comes to my own drawing. But I love a Francis Bacon myself.

[CraftyMum]

I was trained that for both painting and drawing, there should never, ever be white space. Even a white wall should be somehow represented, through shadow or so on.

So I guess that pretty much was a classical training, and its what I continued beyond school.

[cutedesigns]

I don't really paint very often now but I like painting animals.   I could never get the hang of watercolours but I like acrylics.

[CraftyMum]

Acrylics are kind of the best of both worlds. The boldness of oils and the same blendability-you can achieve some really amazing looks. Yet there are none of the penalties-not the three week drying time.

I managed a rather nice look once with oils-a thatched cottage. My cat trashed it (and a lot more as he walked off) whilst it was drying.

[crochetchick]

I adore acrylics!  The only thing is they dry too fast for me.  I finally got a mix in that slowed down the process and it worked a lot better.  I like oils too though.  I also have tried oil crayons but don't do well with those.

[chatness]

From what people tell me I tend to find things that go together when nothing else would or no one else would think to do it. I have seen some crazier things online than what I have done so its not that much a matter (anyone for a tie skirt?). I like to paint and mixmatch things, I guess thats my nitch.

[Poppet]

Quite frankly, I feel that abstract painting and non representation painting takes great thought and skill.  A lot of people just think that it is simple slapping paint around a canvas (Jackson Pollack, anyone?), but it is far, far from that, IMO.

Poppet

[janetS]

My daughter is getting interested in digital artwork. I bought her one of those drawing tablets and she is busy at work learning how to produce tomorrow's masterpieces with it.

[Crafteroo]

I'm a stickler for detail when it comes to my own drawing. But I love a Francis Bacon myself.

You couldn't have one on your wall though...it'd put you off your dinner!

[chatness]

I give your gal an applause as digital art is not something I could do. I cant wait to get back into some pottery type crafting, its something I have just messed for too long now.

[pennydog]

I sketch, but useless at cartoon style, it has to be relative realism for me, and it has to be in front of me, my imagination isn't too good with a pen. Here's a couple of mine, hand sketched, then digitally coloured:

[colourart]

Pennydog - your sketches are lovely.

I'm an acrylics girl, lifes to short to wait for oils to dry. I paint abstract work but also childrens designs, which are decorative and take alot of patience to paint.     

[pennydog]

Thanks, though I'm extremely amateur in that I draw when I'm on the phone at work and that is all (which is where they came from)!