What is a bad work of art?

Sometimes you spend time on a painting, and when you've had a chance to think about it, you must be able to tell whether it's a good job or not.

adesane oil pastel art bad work of art

Today I produced four works, all different, two portraits, a still life and one that could be described as a lifestyle painting, yes I’m inventing that term, after all, we are the artists.

Of these four works, there’s one that I’d call a bad work of art, and here it is:

adesane oil pastel art, bad work of art

Why do I think it’s a bad work of art? The problem, as I see it, is that the jaw of the person on the right is too low. It’s bad because, at this stage, you can’t say it’s a style because everything else in the painting is quite well proportioned. Everything would have had to be assumed in terms of deformation for me to be satisfied with the painting.

I have several solutions:

  • Correct the jaw so that it’s homogeneous
  • Hide the mouth
  • Deform the baby’s head

I’ll work on the paint again tomorrow, but I’ll give myself the night to stop thinking about it.

 

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