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The impulse to sign up
We’ve grown used to thinking that painting is a field of art reserved only for the lucky few — those who were born with something we call talent. But is that really true? Isn’t it possible that talent is just one of the gifts that may help an artist begin, but cannot replace the often long and painstaking journey toward mastery?
The course Painting & You – START is a small, practical challenge that almost anyone can take on. It invites you to explore the question: “Does everyone who paints truly have talent?” and to try — at least once in your life — to confront a larger sheet of paper placed on an easel. It may turn out to be not just a search, but a genuine discovery of whether artistic talent is truly necessary to paint and draw.
But is it worth the effort? Is it worth signing up, spending some money, and devoting a bit of time just to seek that answer? That depends on your purpose. If it’s only to ask the question — perhaps not. But if it’s also to truly find the answer, and then simply enjoy the adventure of engaging with a deeper understanding of art — then why not? I encourage you to try.
Let’s return for a moment to the idea of talent. In today’s world, do we sometimes confuse it with mere skill — a kind of manual dexterity? If sensitivity to colour can be improved by learning how and where to see it, and the precision of a line by learning how to apply a drawing tool to paper — then isn’t that skill? Isn’t that technique? So what, then, is talent?
Perhaps acting. Or a beautiful voice.
Maybe a beautiful voice… But if that’s true, then perhaps acting as well. And a beautiful painting. If singing is talent, then painting must be too. That would be fair. But wait — maybe the painting itself is the talent, not the person. We’ve grown used to saying someone “has talent,” without really thinking about it. Maybe the one who is gifted is the person who receives a good painting. Maybe one person is simply endowed with the skill to create it, and only the one who — through that skill and the act of giving — receives the painting, receives the talent. Provided they accept it.
It’s something worth pondering — even while learning the recognized principles of technique that every true painter should know.
— Renata, author of the course Painting & You – START