Life Figure Painting March 26 - 15 Minute Poses

A4 and A3 (lower right), Oil

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Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 29, 2015 at 1:13: Great comment Jon!
I would like to add that the aim to make a living from art by making money is not in contradiction it but is an driving force. As long as the underlying notion is the abandance of money, fame...

Comment by Jon Main on March 29, 2015 at 1:03: Poor Charles - you're very hard on him! ;) ;D - BS tends to be the norm these days, but I look some thoughts I liked from it:

Inculcated into the minds of many art students, amorously accepting a role as born with a gift for painting and eager to invest this world with talent, is a notion that achieving fame, wealth and eminence is the true mark of an artist’s success, a belief that to be happy as a painter requires the recognition of the masses by distinguishing oneself on the merit of one’s own unique gifts.

The idea that money and or notoriety represents success and should be the motivation for ones aesthetic exploration is not unique to painting. It happens to be the driving force behind almost any field in today’s culture.

Art students may want to take some time to ponder these questions and honestly examine the root of our deepest intentions. Challenge ourselves, what is my impulse?

...their true goal, that of finding the center where artistic truth is realized. A true artist accepts this truth as the supreme description of life, not in an absolutist sense but in a benevolent relishing of the natural

At its deepest level, painting can be the pursuit of the underlying reality of all things.

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 29, 2015 at 0:51: Stu, there is a lot to think about reading your comment. The balance of seriousness and enjoyment. The passion to view the art of others. I tend to compare too much there and keep being busy with thiughts about my own work hindering me to feel that passion more. I love your words about talent... The activation of that underlying passion... Wow!
What does BS stand for again? I thought it means bullshit but then you mention it might be in your comment too,.. ;-)

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on March 29, 2015 at 0:15: After reading Charles Miano's material on his website, all I can say is that some people take themselves a little too seriously!! I guess that to become a truly "great" artist (at least in your own mind) you do have to be very serious about your studies, but some of these quotes are really bloated with BS! Many people enjoy art and many people enjoy creating art. The true artist goes way beyond this with an absolute passion to both view the art of others and create his/her own art. Hard to explain this to nonartists becase they just refer to it as "talent", not realizing that talent is merely the activation of that underlying passion for art. That's my thought on this (and maybe there's some BS in this as well!). Anyway, I see no inate talent in the artists that I know, but rather just a lot of hard work and enjoyment in what they are able to create and the progress they see in their art.

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 28, 2015 at 23:49: Jon, i hate to say it... But know you mention it ... It really made me laugh out loud!
On that website i read cites from Greek philosophers like " the only way to approach art is on your knees"
and then i read what someone wrote about the artist (the artist maybe ;-)....exceptional, outstanding, unique , world class...
Nice contrast there.

Comment by Jon Main on March 28, 2015 at 20:58: On Charles Miano's site, there's a couple of nice posts 'On the art of growing' (as an artist)

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 28, 2015 at 6:45: Thanks a lot Linda and Ruby.
I love the life figure works of Charles Miano.

Comment by Thomas Ruckstuhl on March 27, 2015 at 21:38: Thanks Aurelia and Stu!
I do these studies every Thursday night since October and pencil draw one croquis cafe video each day. Glad that it starts showing. The harder i work the slower progress feels.