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Traditional Art

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From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they're made in a traditional medium

'Traditional' here means 'Physical', as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

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[–] stoicmaverick 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think it's pretty well accepted that, even for a classically trained artist, the three most difficult things to paint accurately are human hands, a horse in motion, and the concept of epistemology.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

me I just paint the philosophy of science of entelechy like a fuckin moron

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond 3 points 17 hours ago

NGL, you had me in the first part

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

I think Barnett Newman nailed the concept of epistemology