Is it normal to not want to make many erasures on canvas?

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I'm a perfectionist and it's to the point where it might be considered neurotic by some people. I hate making the slightest erasures on canvas and it's almost like I want to draw without having to make many erasures. I want the process to be characterized by flawlessness and want to get things right the first time. I believe perfectionism in art is attainable but can be painstaking and a very tedious process. However, I am attracted to the cause which is creating exceptional art characterized by integrity. Indeed perfectionism is a hallmark of my character. Even when I have started drawing something and realize the slightest thing has to be fine-tuned I have a desire to start over and order a new canvas. I've ordered 14 canvases!

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  • Darkoil
    8 years ago

    Why don't you simply stop making mistakes.

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  • VirgilManly
    8 years ago

    Yeah good luck with that.
    You're never going to get anything done.

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  • Nokiot9
    8 years ago

    Really think of what ur doing. Canvas is just textile stretched over wood. It's not gold. It's not the fabric of the universe you are painting on. Sometimes the mistakes you make can become the most wonderful and attractive part of your composition. I like making random scribbles and Turning them into fully rendered drawings of stuff, it's a good way to practice making something good out of a mistake.

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  • Nokiot9
    8 years ago

    I'm an artist too. I was like that when I first started out. Extremely focused on detail and perfection. Terrified to make a mistake or have an outcome I didn't expect. I was in control, and that's the way it was. But as time went on, and I started drawing on a daily basis it all kind of fel together. I use newsprint and charcoal. Two things where it's very difficult to be precise and static. It's like... Once you aren't afraid to make mistakes and step outside that box you keep yourself in.... The possibilities become absolutely endless.

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  • seekelp
    8 years ago

    Fart.

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  • RoseIsabella
    8 years ago

    Erasure?
    http://youtu.be/QES-eQ4lR5U

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