i'm also an autodidact... many people can draw 'realistically', its such an easy skill to train: just go outside and copy till it looks like what you're looking at. so straightforward : boring. i profess strength: the ability to look beyond and make art stand for itself. not a subservience to technicity and what pictures can make 100 times faster and better looking. and you forgot a component of what generally makes people invested in art for their lifetime: emotion. hitler had no place for emotion in his paintings, (except the one with snow which is quite ok) at the same time you had schiele and klimt running around changing history. (not a super fan of kilmt anyways) start caring about art. not the social order. be strong and make your own path
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