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.

What's allowed: Acrylic, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache, Oil and Watercolor Paintings; Ink Illustrations; Manga Panels; Pencil and Charcoal sketches; Collages; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood Prints; Pottery; Ceramics; Metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; weaving; Qulting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

What's not allowed: Digital art (anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs) or AI art (anything made with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney or other models)

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This is the result of my first attempt at making my own charcoal to draw with and I couldn't be happier. Leucistic Curtains by L. Lamm (me) Charcoal, 2024 (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by 1d420@lemmy.world to c/traditional_art@lemmy.world

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I'm looking forward to practicing with this medium more, I used to love it but I haven't done anything with it in years.

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[–] namosca@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

God, this is beautiful!

Makes me want to paint again!

This makes me feel as a mix of Van Ghogh and at the same rime being inside a Dostoevsky book, I think the Karamazhov brothers or something like this (the one in why the main character is sick inside a room for a long time)