Self taught artist.Are you another one?

Jerry 04 Feb 2010

I’m a folk artist or self taught person that used a new art instrument and my love of art and people to produce art history!

BALLPOINT PEN VIRTUES *Four thousand year pen and ink history *Most sold art instrument in history *Largest undeveloped art movement in history *Longest flowing pen lines in history *Brightest colored pen inks in history *Subtlest camera-ready half tone lines in history *Only oil based pen ink in history *Strongest pen tips in history *Best carbon copy producer in history *Most reliable pen in history *Produces half tone lines from a full tone ink

Some achievements I have accomplished as an artist and publisher via the WWW over the past forty-one years. I’ve completed many different styles, formats, techniques, media plus much research to advance the Ballpoint Pen & Ink art movement.

*Published 800 worldwide ballpoint pen artists *Commercial ballpoint layouts * Ballpoint Animation art *Ballpoint Video's 153 *Ballpoint Slide shows *Ballpoint Blog *Ballpoint Sites *Ballpoint Digital art *Ballpoint Illustrations *Ballpoint Cartoon/Comic *Ballpoint Design/Interactive art *Classical Realism ballpoint art *Impressionism ballpoint art *Abstracts ballpoint art *Multi-colored ballpoint art *Mono ballpoint art *Ballpoint art, drawings, sketches, doodles & inklings (5,440) *Black & White ballpoint art *Ballpoint Domain Names *ISO/DIN Archival Ink list *Colored Pen and Refill list *Steadfast Light test results *Ballpoint Pen History information

Bill Luke I'm rather surprised that you desire others to motivate you. Teachers simply teach my friend! The things listed above are what I've done on my own to produce ballpoint pen art history. NO others artists have ever produced a program to advance ballpoint pen art like I have therefore art history was produced. Bill how many thousands of artworks have you produced? How many different mediums or media have you used to produce new creations? Self taught artists have to work twice as hard because they're outside of the institution or box. Trying something new, introducing or developing a new art medium, instrument or movement is a very radical goal or stance because its out side of the box. My biggest critics come from the institutionalized conformist or those inside the box. They hate seeing my achievements and agenda because its far more creative or bold than theirs!

I could have conformed, remained within the institution or walked the walk yet I chose to be free and independent. Art to me is about newness, freedom, creation, expression and liberty. There's nothing stronger than volunteers’ heart! Waking up and creating my own destiny was the liberty and freedom I was looking for because it provided a refreshing outlook to life. Try something totally new and reaching out to hundreds of other doing the same is what my ballpoint pen art program is all about.

Developing a new art medium, instrument or movement and reaching out to many others is what it took for me to become an international leader. How many people are you helping? How many others are you promoting, publishing, supporting or helping is what I'm interested in knowing? Unplugging from the institution and developing something new takes a lot more courage than sucking up to a boss. Producing history and having historical, international, national or state wide achievement under my belt works for me and is far more important than a buck or two.

There are billions of others interested in the art world therefore you better do something special, new and prosperous that benefits others if progress is of interest in my opinion.

Cheers, Jerry Stith

richard jasso 05 Feb 2010

self taught, i have been painting for six months now and still learning. I have only worked with oils but picked it up pretty quick.

Charles Redman 07 Feb 2010

I've had thousands of hours of education, but never stepped in the halls of education.I am not blind, nor and I the mute. I'm education is perpetuated simply by being alive. Self taught is semantic(cal) play for not being able to give credit to others.

chris Navarre 16 Feb 2010

I guess i've always considered myself "self taught" or "outsider" but really I just like to paint and create pictures, thats it. no labels no restrictions. The rest can label me what they want,it's just another name to add to my long list of who i am and should be, according to others:)

Dan Bunch 17 Feb 2010

Howdy,

Some would say I am an "Outsider" artist. Others that I am a "Folk" artist. I have the bonafides to be the "Outsider" and the craftmanship to suite the "Folk" artist label. But really I am just having fun doing art. I always have done art. I learned at my fathers knee making clay warriors and horses, spears, and shields, from clay he found while digging ditches by hand for Lone Star Gas Co. in Texas. Baking them in the oven to harden them so I could play with them as toys was a lot of fun on winter days. I cannot remember when I did not do art of some kind.

I try my hand at painting in Acrylic, sculpture in anything I can find, and drawing, which is my favorite thing to do in art. I express myself in my art without reguard to limits, rules, or other peoples input. But I do like to present my art and love feedback from anyone that appreciates my efforts. dan tx

Gage Downs 23 Feb 2010

im self taught i havent really had any training... i just watched what was around me and learned how to work my hands... i love art but surprisingly ive only been doing it for 3 1/2 years...

Michael Huskey 26 Feb 2010

Am currently in art school.

Ivy Moses 01 Mar 2010

Self taught, just loved doing it since I was a child. I'm a cook now . . . go figure

Oksana Tanasiv 09 Mar 2010

Hi! Thank you for this interesting discussion. I got two Bachelors - in Psychology and Business. But my heart belongs to Art. Thanks God, I understood this not too late. I started to work as an artist a couple years ago when I was 28. Now I am enjoying of painting. I am a very lucky and happy to be in Art.

Ebere Ikerionwu 15 Mar 2010

Mostly Self taught - did art in primary school and for three years in secondary school. Primary school got me interested in drawing comic characters like ninja turtles and spiderman like most of the artistic kids in my school did, then took it from there.

Marie K Godwin 17 Mar 2010

It's a blend for me. I was an artist first, pursued the degree second. I feel every artist needs to refine what they've learned formally so they become an artist with their own voice. I do this by viewing artworks online & in-person; reading magazines and books; and experimenting with my materials.

croidon herscheid 17 Mar 2010

teached telefon. and educated. got missed me comment. just polite 2 an indian

Paul Simpson 20 Mar 2010

I am a bricklayer by trade and since the "global economic melt down" or whatever you want to call it, have had a lot of spare time on my hands. Since i was little i have been able to draw but never persued it through school. But now i am seeing where i can go with this. I mainly work with graphite or charcoal, but hope to try paints later on in the year. please excuse the photo's, i am going to get them scanned soon and put on properly.

Jo-Jo Kolodnicki, Jr. 13 Apr 2010

Wow, lots of opinions. I'm not that deep or interesting. My public school taught us to read & write & other things, for which I am grateful. The art education went as far as tracing my hand in the 3rd grade & making a turkey out of it. Drawing was something I liked to do on my own & found art books along the way that helped me with some tricks here & there. I was never a fan of the idea that everyone has to do it the same way. Just use what works for you.

Katarzyna Lappin 13 Apr 2010

Hi! I am not even sure how to call my self. We like to put name on everything and classify things and people and yet each of us is so unique and different perceiving the world in his/hers individual way. I would even say that the artist doesn't have to be able to paint. It is a state of the soul I think. This is this creative potential we have inside. How we express it is a matter of technical skills of the person. Some artists intuitively know which paint to use, how to deal with the medium they choose, other artists need guidance and those are sometimes lucky if they meet the guidance which direct their individual potential in a right way. Anyway my point is that I don't remember in my case learning and then some ready state of being taught. I think we learn all life. I started painting when I was 23 years old inspired by XVII century Dutch masters works. My friend who was an professionally trained, highly educated artist encouraged me to do so. At that time he was doing a lot of commissioned works in this style. I liked so much what he was doing that inside my heart something told me " I can do it too". Without any previous experience with oils I made my first painting which was inspired by one of the Dutch masters works and I was shocked how easy and quick it came out. It just came out from my hand in few sittings. This felt even weird for me, all of a sudden to see what you can do. So there was not learning from some kind of zero level leading you to some kind of higher level of skills. It was like something was ready inside sitting and waiting to be expressed. So I believe that this is a gift from the Lord. Then you are just responsible to maintain that gift, water it, treat it like a garden to take care of and develop it. So I would give credit to the Lord for equipping me with something I didn't learn. I believe that all of you are gifted people. Some of you used some guidance , some of you went by your self. Both ways are great and the credit goes to the Lord who is the source of any creative activity.

Mike Jeffries 14 Apr 2010

I suppose because I have learned the little I know about painting and not had a teacher to direct, critisize or encourage me in my efforts I am self taught. The knowledge I have gained is derived from the study of works of far, far better artists than myself like for instance, Cuneo, Wyeth, Alma Tameda [to name a few] but also conversely from a ruthless critique of the work of other artists whose work I don't like in the least and a desire to produce work as unlike theirs as possible. Some, but not all, of this second batch are very well known indeed and celebrated so discretion means they remain nameless.

Having said that when I am actually painting I try to cut myself off from the influence of other artists if I can and let a sort of instinct take over and let it come from my un-concious but naturally all I have been influenced by in the past colours, pardon the pun, the result whether I like it or not!