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Master Studies – Is It Cheating? Liron’s Podcast Episode 116

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Today we’ll discuss the question – are master studies cheating? Is it okay to copy works of other people? Let’s get into it!

Master Studies

A master study is the recreation of an existing art piece, usually one made by an art master of the past, but could also be a contemporary master.

The intent behind these is LEARNING. It’s a study.

You use the study to get into the mind of that artist, and understand why they did things the way they have.

Here are some of the artists I mentioned in this episode, for inspirational purposes (:

Marc Folly – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD4fuUMH3Ts

Viktoria Prischedko – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZIGDfgY0w

The classic school of thought, from what I’ve been exposed to – encourages master studies to be as close of a replica as possible to the original. This teaches you about hard work, effort, focus and patience.

I however tend to take a more lenient approach. I love to learn the basics behind the original – why the particular composition was chosen and the basic technique applied to create the piece. But that’s about it. To me, there’s a lot to be learned by doing a smaller, quicker version of the original.

The Benefits of Master Studies

Let me briefly list some of the HUGE benefits of doing master studies:

  • Learning from the BEST
  • Forcing yourself to break past your current level and comfort zone
  • Learning how much effort is required to produce something great
  • Opening your horizons and continuing to push the envelope and improve (preventing stagnation)

So… Are master studies legit? Is it cheating?

No! Not in my opinion. As long as you’re honest with yourself and others, as long as you DON’T take credit for work that’s not your own, as long as you mention you’re doing a study based on X artist’s work – I’m perfectly fine with that.

In fact, I do MANY of these, and have learned a lot from them!

So go for it!

I hope you enjoyed this one!

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Authenticity in Art – Cesar Santos Interview | Liron Yanconsky’s Podcast – Episode 67

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In today’s episode I wanted to share with you a snippet of my interview with Cesar Santos.

This was an amazing experience, and Cesar is such a great guy!

You can check out the entire thing here:

Authenticity in Art

In this snippet Cesar shares his insights regarding developing your style, artistic freedom, being true to yourself and learning from others.

If you set aside techniques, master studies and so on… over the long run I find one of the most fun parts of creating is slowly learning more about yourself.

With time, and doing the right work, you become more and more like yourself, and less of an imitation of others.

I always aspire to learn from others, but at the same time preserve my authenticity, which is why this topic is so close to me!

Artist Corner

Today’s artist is obviously Cesar Santos.

He is a highly renowned classically trained painter and creator. He works in many drawing mediums, and mainly in oils.

His work is exhibited in galleries in the US and around the world. His series of paintings called “Syncretism” has been one of his major works, and he is always striving to teach, learn and improve.

You can check out his EXCELLENT YouTube channel here: Cesar Santos on YouTube

And his beautiful works on Instagram here: Cesar on Instagram

And Here’s where you can find me

Check out my YouTube Channel – Liron Yanconsky

Or ask me questions on Instagram – @LironYanIL or Snapchat – @LironYan3

I hope you enjoyed this one. Take care, and we’ll talk again really soon,

– Liron