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I've been painting since I was quite young.
But still, I am overwhelmed and intimidated once I am facing the vast 'whiteness' of a blank canvas.
Like Goliath to little David, the empty space challenges me and I recoil.
I think being a good painter is nothing other than to overcome this fear of blank canvas.
Just like Van Gogh said,
a good painter never fears the canvas;
The canvas fears him.
But still, I am overwhelmed and intimidated once I am facing the vast 'whiteness' of a blank canvas.
Like Goliath to little David, the empty space challenges me and I recoil.
I think being a good painter is nothing other than to overcome this fear of blank canvas.
Just like Van Gogh said,
a good painter never fears the canvas;
The canvas fears him.
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Aristotle once said...
Aristotle once said,
'A corpse is repulsive, but the painting of a corpse can be beautiful.'
And I say,
'A pimple is repulsive, but the painting of a pimple can be beautiful.'
It's the magic that keeps me practicing on hyper-realistic portraits!
The 'Method'
I'm often asked if I use a projector, a printed canvas or grid for my paintings.
To be blunt, the answer is simple 'no'.
I do use several vertical & horizontal lines as the guide to put the object in the right position
only when the canvas is big(over 1m high).
The reason I don't use those technical methods is simple;
I'm an old-fashioned man!
I consider myself more of an old craftsman than an artist in modern-day concept.
For me, practicing and perfecting my craft is as important as creating a good piece of art.
Some people say the process doesn't matter as long as you have a good outcome, but I don't believe that.
I don't feel com
My Gratitude.
Dear friends, I must thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your kind remarks and encouragements!
As you may know, a couple of days ago I was wrongfully accused for being a fraud.
I had to defend myself via my previous journal(http://jw-jeong.deviantart.com/art/About-the-Accusation-361795043).
To be truthful, I was afraid at first that people might fall for the accusation and join the rank against me.
I know that Internet could turn into a medieval place, where the witch-hunting mob put the innocent at the stake.
But you've all been so generous and considerate that not only you believed me, but also went as far as to defend me an
About the Accusation.
So I woke up this morning, and found my DA page rather bombarded with accusing comments by a user named AetasSerenus.
Well, I've blocked him and deleted most of his comments since he basically wrote the same thing everywhere he could find in my page(what an annoying business it was to find all of them like tracking down cockroaches in your room). I've always simply ignored such a user, but this time I thought it was necessary to rebut what he said as I am quite offended.
Well, he argues that I'm a fraud,
that I somehow get the photograph from the Internet and tinker it with Photoshop and post it on DA as if I have painted it myself.
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I write books, for me it is the fear of not ending it, not finishing or the plot twist that just does not make sense or "writers block". You do wonderful work - I rarely watch people, but I have added your works now to my watch list. Congrats on your amazing talent and I am glad I stumbled across your works.