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If you’re having trouble learning to paint, but you’re trying to learn with a fork, then you should start by replacing the fork. If you’re having trouble paint

If you’re having trouble learning to paint, but you’re trying to learn with a fork, then you should start by replacing the fork. If you’re having trouble painting because your paintbrush isn’t made of squirrel hair, then you just need to learn to fucking paint.

cphoover 4y ago
Does squirrel hair make a good paintbrush? Never knew.
- wombatpm 4y ago
  My wife claims that the red squirrel hair is better than gray squirrel hair, but I think its because she hates those little red bastards
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    Makes me wonder if her opinion would be better if she source it herself.
  - egeozcan 4y ago
    Having lived in big (and big-ish) cities all my life, it's always a big amusement watching at Youtube the videos of people in the suburbs trying (and failing) to out-smart these intelligent burglars :)
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  Erm... there is a whole bunch of brushes made with a different animal hair/fur. It matters when you know how to use it. It doesn't if your skill tops at a "line and line and a circe - I drew a person".
lostcolony 4y ago
So as someone trying to get better at drawing, I will say that the -ease of use- matters tremendously. I'm doing gesture drawings daily now on a Supernote. The ability to use the entire 'page', then hit next page and start a new one, lets me crank them out in a way pen and paper doesn't. Pen and paper -absolutely- is better for trying to capture a likeness, and the actual "quality" of the job at the end is about the same (if it isn't it's probably better), but the sheer ease of use means I do the thing more, which means I'm practicing more, which means I am, indeed, becoming a better artist. The tools have to be suitable to the task (and I don't think anyone is saying the various frontend frameworks are -unsuitable-), but after that ease of use still matters.

cphoover 4y ago

Does squirrel hair make a good paintbrush? Never knew.

wombatpm 4y ago
My wife claims that the red squirrel hair is better than gray squirrel hair, but I think its because she hates those little red bastards
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  Makes me wonder if her opinion would be better if she source it herself.
- egeozcan 4y ago
  Having lived in big (and big-ish) cities all my life, it's always a big amusement watching at Youtube the videos of people in the suburbs trying (and failing) to out-smart these intelligent burglars :)
justsomehnguy 4y ago
Erm... there is a whole bunch of brushes made with a different animal hair/fur. It matters when you know how to use it. It doesn't if your skill tops at a "line and line and a circe - I drew a person".

lostcolony 4y ago

So as someone trying to get better at drawing, I will say that the -ease of use- matters tremendously. I'm doing gesture drawings daily now on a Supernote. The ability to use the entire 'page', then hit next page and start a new one, lets me crank them out in a way pen and paper doesn't. Pen and paper -absolutely- is better for trying to capture a likeness, and the actual "quality" of the job at the end is about the same (if it isn't it's probably better), but the sheer ease of use means I do the thing more, which means I'm practicing more, which means I am, indeed, becoming a better artist. The tools have to be suitable to the task (and I don't think anyone is saying the various frontend frameworks are -unsuitable-), but after that ease of use still matters.