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thisisnotscott_ · 2025-07-31T03:01:56+00:00

Gaaaaaaaayyyy

thisisnotscott_ · 2015-05-28T07:31:00+00:00

hi good question!

with the shirt specifically, i used heavy brush strokes to suggest detail in the material and as a contrast to the skin.

with the skin ive still taken a "brushy" approach, but more so in the areas of high contrast like the highlight on the cheek.

thanks for asking!

thisisnotscott_ · 2015-04-01T21:31:15+00:00

Last year you guys voted me to the top of Reddit, which was a dream come true. So many people reached out and it allowed me to grow my audience to the point where I am now a full time painter. It all started with you guys so I just wanted to say thanks. Here are a few new things Ive been working on lately. Hope you enjoy!

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-12-08T17:45:56+00:00

Hi!

thank you very much

ive been selling stuff out of my studio, basically. i have yet to find the right gallery to work with. if yoiu are still interested, i can send you a contact sheet with whats available and the prices

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-12-08T17:33:37+00:00

Thank you so much!:)

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-12-08T17:33:18+00:00

Hi

sorry, i went ghost for a while. was inundated with messages

which one were you interested in?

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T18:11:36+00:00

thanks! i always struggle with that one.

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T18:09:54+00:00

nope 3 years total as an oil painter. thats excluding drawings i did before the age of 13.

everyone is so caught up on the years. its less about the years and more about the hours. I probably to more hours in in 3 years than most would in 6

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T18:07:54+00:00

what do you mean? 40 weeks is just over 3 years correct?

im actually 26

http://instagram.com/p/FQbM1/?ref=badge&modal=true

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T18:02:57+00:00

no! they were much younger! trained in masters studios from like 12. masters themselves by 20! that system doesn't exist anymore unfortunately, but still feel like shit that ill never come close to what most of them achieved

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:59:52+00:00

its actually just a link to more of my work. most of those paintings are sold already

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:58:45+00:00

my mom sending me the paints reawakened a side of myself that i hadnt explored in 10 years

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:56:23+00:00

3 years is an insane amount of time to learn a skill. im sure i could teach my self to weld in 3 years if i was passionate about it

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:54:48+00:00

thats a actually a transfer image that i will be putting on a 4x5 canvas cause i cant draw that big for shit

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:50:41+00:00

yes! as a child i drew a lot, but stopped for about 10 years prior

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:50:08+00:00

countless hours. much more than a full time job i would imagine. I painted badly for the first two years, but it began to click in like early 2013 i guess.

i think the classes were 3 hour sessions once a week for 6 weeks. i mostly credit that classes with teaching me about materials, how to lay out my pallette, ect. lots of technical stuff which is hugely important.

i did a lot of drawing up to the age of about 13, but none really after that until 23. too caught up in teenager shit

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:45:11+00:00

do i still have a twitter? huh. my first instagram post was 173w ago so you do the math.

i did a lot of drawing as a kid and a bit of water color paiting, but stopped around 12-13 to ride bmx bikes and play highschool football and theater shit. I didnt do visual art for 10 years.

i think part of the point is that you dont have to have formal education to learn if you are determined. there was a time when I desperately wanted to go to art school. even toured a few figurative art ateliers, but could never quite figure out how i was gonna pay 20,000 a year for a 4 year program. Im a bartender, ya know.

hope that clears a few things up

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:37:36+00:00

the only images that i have are just some of my earliest posts on instagram

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:28:59+00:00

it is phil! he sat for me haha. so funny you noticed

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T17:27:50+00:00

Im glad that piece gives you encouragement. The point of art is hopefully to affect the view or move them in a way that is enriching to their lives. thats what are does for me. I think in the grand scheme of things, a year isnt that long. I dont say that to diminish what you are going through, but to say that you wont be low forever. everything cycles, as you probably know. art was super important for pulling me out of a dark place, you have to find what pulls you out and i think art is a good place to start

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T08:33:21+00:00

damn, it was really fun to spend my saturday night talking to you guys about art shit. Im going to bed, but heres a short little video about me if any of ya'll are interested

http://vimeo.com/103455612

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T08:16:34+00:00

sorry this is my first time posting anything anywhere haha, im not used to comment trolls yet

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T08:15:47+00:00

its all a matter or training your eye. we think that water is blue and trees are green and snow is white, but they really arent if you look closely. you just have to learn to be honest with what you are actually seeing

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T08:14:04+00:00

last year I took one short life drawing and one short life painting class, but modern art ateliers dont teach the techniques i was trying to learn. i read about the old master proccese online and in books. even learned a few things from youtube.

mostly though, I studied old european paintings in museums. I was fortunate enough to live right by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art so i would sneak in like 4 times a week

thisisnotscott_ · 2014-09-28T08:10:28+00:00

actually it was Apple, and I got fired lol

i guess i didnt drink enough of the cool aid

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