Why are you not studying renaissance art? And making art in the renaissance art style? For maximum art gains? You want to be the best artist, right?
>>7246151Impressionism >
>>7246151Already happened, it was called mannerism
>>7246176gimmick
>>7246151they werent even that good. reference painters are a dime a dozen now, and quite often much better
>>7246400yeah the ability to capture the essence of something without drawing it realistically is totally gimmick
>>7246176>>7246151why not mix both?
>>7246151High Renaissance sure. I have done my fair share of Leonardo and Michelangelo studies.
>>7246404it's a gimmick because it's based on technique, whiles still remaining essentially realism. the essence of impressionism is actually realism, but their fans pretend to be anti-realists, while doing the least interesting and laziest form of abstraction of realism. there's little depth to impressionism.
>>7246735>RealismYou mean naturalism, right?...
>>7246854you assume they know what he is talking about, he is just seething over his perceived image of those who like it or pursue it