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Being a good painter is a combination of skills. You need to be able to sketch, draw and make a 3-dimensional model. You also need to have the technical skills to paint on different types of surfaces such as canvas, wood and metal. A good painter can work in any medium from oil paint to watercolor.
The first skill you will want to develop is drawing. Drawing will give you a foundation for painting. You may not think about it this way at first, but if you don't have a basic understanding of how light and shadow work together with perspective then it will be very difficult for you to create realistic images in your art.
Once you have learned how to draw, then it's time for the next skill: painting! Painting is more than just putting colored paint on paper. It requires an understanding of how pigments interact with each other under different lighting conditions and how they react when wet or dry. This knowledge will allow you to create realistic paintings that look like they were done by someone else instead of just relying on someone else's ideas about what real life looks like (which are usually wrong).
The third skill necessary for becoming a good painter is learning how to sculpt objects out of clay or wood with your hands.
The first skill you will want to develop is drawing. Drawing will give you a foundation for painting. You may not think about it this way at first, but if you don't have a basic understanding of how light and shadow work together with perspective then it will be very difficult for you to create realistic images in your art.
Once you have learned how to draw, then it's time for the next skill: painting! Painting is more than just putting colored paint on paper. It requires an understanding of how pigments interact with each other under different lighting conditions and how they react when wet or dry. This knowledge will allow you to create realistic paintings that look like they were done by someone else instead of just relying on someone else's ideas about what real life looks like (which are usually wrong).
The third skill necessary for becoming a good painter is learning how to sculpt objects out of clay or wood with your hands.