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What is painting? Painting, as was said, is first and foremost an application of artist’s expression. The answers beyond this get internal, personal and verbose in many of their offerings. One can say that there are some basics that would have to be applied. Herein lies the difficultly of the definition as the view point, the time in which it is offered , the understanding, as well as the circumstances in which one who offers such definitions finds himself.
As Wikipedia has offered some on “Computer Art” as well as saying application and result really coexist within the definition. Somewhere in the definition one has to go from just applying paint to a surface in some artistic fashion to an act whereby an individual with certain skills and God given abilities applies practices, principles, learned skills, inherent creative abilities within a range of mediums to formulate something on a surface within some sort of defined guideline. Here is where one gets into what has value and what doesn’t, what is beautiful and what isn’t and a vast library of information and understanding being applied in a sole opinion. Do we know what a painting is? Yes! Do we know whether it is beautiful or horrid? For the most part it is “Yes”, as even those who hate it will come from a position of their own likes and dislikes. That said, most people know what’s beautiful and what is not.
A person chooses what they like and what they don’t. They choose to engage or to endure where the endurance may often evolve to love or hate or non feelings. This is different from a person choosing to do what they know is not right or dismissing someone because feelings have given way to worldly answers. In all of this, paintings can engage one in a love at first sight phase, in a like it phase or in a grow on you phase or even in a hate phase. All of these are possible in a person’s choices about paintings which clearly defines another element of “what is a painting”. It is the “emotional” element.
Therefore the answer to “what is a painting”, a painting is an application by an “artist” with creative expression on a surface which causes emotion to be stirred within its viewers.
Artists usually decide to create these works by having a concept, selecting a subject matter within the concept, a method, mode or means of expression, and applying one’s skills, techniques, training and observances to an output. This involves applying paint or some form of it which may or may not contain color or other medium and outputting it on a surface. You can find examples of these techniques on Sunset Paintings, Photorealism, Beach Paintings, as well as other painttings throughout the site.
We are going through a time much like the advent of photography, its integration and application as an art form and medium as well as its place in art. Digitally and with the use of the new technology we stand on the most exciting time in history. We have all the means, methods, and application tools and techniques lying before us complete, useable and better than any we have had before.
The end product are Works of Art, Art Paintings Digital and the quality, integration, and application is unparalleled
May you find your definition of “what is painting?” in painttings you acquire or may paint-tings find you!
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