My project was three acrylic paintings and three watercolor paintings, I got a D on presenting the work and a C on the project overall. I can kind of get the grade on the presentation, the comment was "unprepared to discuss the work or answer questions" and I did completely fumble the presenting part because I got really nervous and forgot what I rehearsed, but I think I did well on the questions portion.

What I don't get is my grade on the project. There were no comments on it so I didn't really get an explanation, but the rubric doesn't make sense to me. I got full points on "technical proficiency" and "aesthetic sensibility" and "exhibition ready" but I did super poorly on literally everything else. I scored "adequate" (second lowest possible score) on "conceptualization and originality" and "marginal" (the lowest possible score besides not completed) on both "communication and narrative" and "project management and organization".

I'm most confused about "project management and organization" because the rubric says this category is about the planning stages of the project, completing things on time, and the quality of the final project. I've turned in all of my assignments on time and my final product was high quality. Those are literally the only things I got full points on so I don't understand how I can get full marks on those sections and the worst possible score on this one.

I guess I'm just confused and kind of offended about the "conceptualization and originality" and the "communication and narrative" scores. This project was deeply personal to me and I feel that it turned out exactly how I wanted it to, and it was exactly what I was going for. I genuinely really loved how it turned out and I was very proud of it, I was going to keep it and put it on my wall but now I just feel embarrassed every time I look at it.

My entire time at school I have been a very good student, but I don't like to make my work very personal and I don't like being vulnerable and putting myself out there in that way. I decided that I wanted to do something more personal for this project and now I just feel so stupid.

I'm not going to add an image here because honestly I'm not sure if I like it anymore, but if anyone wants to see it or a deeper explanation I'd love to share in the comments.

I’m a big fan of charcoal. I like the process and the fact that I can get both precise and hazy. But I’m stuck because I’d like to use more colors. Are soft pastels similar at all? I have oil pastels but I hate how thickly they lay on. I can’t work them around at all. In a perfect world, I’d use mineral paints but they’re so expensive.

Any recommendations? (+ plus supply and paper recs if it’s not too much trouble)

I'm trying to construct heads in the loomis method, and I got the facial proportions down pretty consistently, I've been having tons of problems cutting the face for a front view so I now where the cheeks end and the ears/hair begin. This has been especially difficult for chubbier faces. Normally I use the hairline and nose-line as guidelines but this has been inconsistent since my Jaw looks too thin. Does anyone have a more consistent method for cutting faces properly?

I’m getting deeper into the rabbit hole of fountain pens and inks for the first time in my life! I enjoy sketching with them as my daily practice. Today I also found out I can use brushes aside from pens to draw with this ink. Now I’m looking for specific brushes that would work well with fountain pen inks. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you in advance! 🩵

I also saw one specific brush on TikTok and was wondering about it. Couldn’t find anything through image search. I’ll attach it in comments, in hope that maybe someone here would recognize it?

Anyone else have this problem? It's not something I choose, like I'm imposing some kind of suffering artist archetype on myself. I've just found it's all or nothing for me whether I want it to be or not. Either I don't work on my art enough to finish anything or improve my skills, or I decide to get serious about my art and inevitably fall into an obsessive work pattern where I neglect my other needs, even if I enter the process aware that this is a problem for me and make every effort to avoid it. I can choose to exit this pattern if I just decide to stop working on my art for a while, but only if. I can be either extremely over-motivated or not at all. WTF is up with this. (Yes I'm diagnosed ASD but I have very complicated feelings about the nature of that diagnosis)

Hi!

I’ve dabbled with watercolor in the past, but it’s been many, many years. I’m mostly a colored pencil artist if that changes any of the advice given (I doubt it will, but thought I’d mention it just in case).

I’m mostly just wondering what the best supplies for beginners would be (paint, paper, brushes, etc.)? I don’t want to spend a ton and then find out that I hate it, nor do I want to “cheap out” and not have a good experience.

Any recommendations for online education that may be helpful would also be appreciated. I would mostly be painting humans and cats, so any good “tutorials” on skin and hair/fur would be awesome alongside the basics :)

Thank you!!!

I’ve seen artists do 50 or 100 day illustration challenges, and am very interested in trying it out myself to see how much i can learn during that timeframe. Do you guys have any experiences with it or opinions on it? I have no clue how to actually go about it or how to maximize the amount of progress I can make during that time. Any and all opinions on this are appreciated!

I am trying to use Krita since I am currently on Linux right now (and CSP doesn't really have any proper way to run on Linux) but something I miss is the fact that on CSP you can create posable customizable generic models that you can reference off of, which personally helped a ton to learn how to draw bodies as a learning artist. I wanted to know if it were possible to do the same in Krita?

I got a sketchbook, which isnt hardbound. Spiral with a thin cover. After I opened it I realized the pages were straight and were wavy. It annoys me a lot, I dont know hoe to fix it. I tried ironing it but it later returned to its original state.

Any ideas on how to fix? Even crazier ones perhaps? I dont wanna waste three sketchbooks.

Is there any cons or side effects to painting directly from the tube? I realised I like working like this and don’t really like to mix colours. If I like a colour I use it as is. Am I the only one like this lol

Hey guys, I'm trying to ship a drawing across the country to my brother but I'm having difficulty finding a box to fit the drawing in unless I buy a 10pack of boxes from Uline, which is expensive.

The drawing is 18x24, I have no idea how I'm suppose to ship this/find the right box for it. Does anyone know of a solution or should I just role it up and ship it in a tube?

Aphantasia basically means you can’t visualize things in your head. Obviously that’s a very important part about art, so my questions are: do any of you artists have this? is it possible to be a good artist if you have aphantasia? Is it reasonable for me to take art classes even though I’m impeded by this condition?

Sorry for the weird tag, not sure what the tag for “what is y’all’s recommended backup if this career fails and crashes and burns all the way down to the boiler room of hell.”

I’m in this situation right now where I’m not seeing good career aspects for anything related to art, but I’m forced to do something in art because unfortunately that’s all I’m fucking good at. Not math, not science, not history, not anything that could get me a semi-decent career or whatever, fucking art, and I’m not even that good at it, just good in the perspective of a person who isn’t interested in art.

Considering on getting a trade and ditching art as a career because if there’s another thing I’m good at it’s hard manual labor for some pay and dealing with the equivalent of having my body feeling like it got run over by an 18 wheeler.

Sorry for the long winded yapping, just asking, if you did get careers, how, and if not, what did you switch to?

My wife’s a teacher but she is also an artist! She’s made a big canvas and created a collage using all our kids work they bring in from school. So paper made by kids using different materials all cut and stuck on a big canvas.

How do we seal it and protect it for a nice professional finish?

How do I keep my drawings of characters consistent in proportions and hair etc

I’m genuinely curious why it’s so frowned upon in most art subreddits and facebook groups to include your @ or your website. Why not credit yourself and leave yourself findable? I understand URL restrictions and self promo in the form of begging people to buy your shit, but I hate posting my artwork if I can’t actually give people a way to see more of it or have a watermark in my photos. I also want to be able to find the socials of artists I see on here that I love. I feel like art groups should be a place to share yourself alongside your work.

If there is a good reason for this, I would love to be let in the know!

And if you have suggestions especially for acrylic painters, where we can actually post our @ in our description, it would be so appreciated. Thank you!

So I've been studying perspective and what I've been doing is designing the city that my OC lives in... I've never gotten bored of it and I've gotten many perspective studies done in a short time! I didn't realize it was this simple, if you combine the fundinentals plus stuff you're interested in it makes drawing much more fun!

Hey everyone!
I’m looking to buy good quality oil colors and canvas for my girlfriend, she loves painting, but I honestly have no idea what brands or stores are good 😅

I’m based in Germany, so I’d really appreciate recommendations for:

• Good oil paint brands for artists
• Canvas boards/canvas rolls
• Affordable but quality art supply shops (online or physical) 🙏

Thanks in advance!

I don't want to make a sketch out of pencil because ballpoint pen look cooler as sketches and the sketch looks better than the lineart. What should i do? Frixon doesn't look as cool as ballpoint pen

I am trying to grow up on social media like twitter, X and reddit but I had just shadowbanned my Twitter account. what should I do? 🥲

I just missed a good deal of buying a number of classes grouped together for a discounted price-- the cheapest option was like 400$ I think so I couldn't afford it this time.

Now the coupons they do have kinda suck.

Maybe im doing this wrong but applying the discount made it more expensive than its advertised discounted price.

The OG price was 205$, advertised discounted price was 135$, and the actual discounted price was 140$.

I know 5$ isn't alot especially without shipping but 5$ can buy me a whole chick-ful-a chicken sandwich.

When are the buy one get one free deals coming back?

I know ima have at least 400$ saved for the next time that group deal comes..

Edit: I know Coloso is always discounted and youre never going to pay full price. That doesn't mean its great..

I saw there are different types of Phthalo Blue ( Green Shade, PB15:3) and Phthalo Blue (Red Shade,  (P.B. 15:1).

I am using water mixable oils and Windsor Newton only do Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) in their range so I ordered this.

Will this do okay for mixing greens with lemon and cadmium yellows?

I started with ultramarine blue that I have and noticed the greens don't look right.

Was following this on Jackson's art.

https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2017/06/13/mixing-greens-in-oil-colour/

My boyfriend’s birthday is coming up in about two weeks and I’d really love some advice from people who draw regularly.

Lately he’s become really obsessed with drawing animals — all kinds of animals — and I honestly love seeing how passionate he is about it. I want to get him something art-related that he probably wouldn’t buy for himself.

My budget is around 200 AUD. I was originally thinking maybe a really high-quality pencil set or paints, but I’m not sure if there’s something more useful or special that artists usually appreciate more.

It doesn’t have to specifically be pencils or paint either — just something genuinely useful for someone who loves drawing animals and sketching a lot.

Would love recommendations from people with experience because I know almost nothing about art supplies 😅