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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GaleriaGila, post: 158251, member: 993&quot;]I have had this confusion for a while... could we please discuss/share?</p><p><br /></p><p>I myself am a professional artist, yet I have never completed a class... refused to be graded/judged.&nbsp; In hindsight, it was a mistake; I could have learned a lot of skills and techniques.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When we look at a work by an unknown artist here, there is usually an interest in guessing if the artist is trained or amateur. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t usually guess, because I just don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here would be my reasons for guessing &quot;amateur&quot;.&nbsp; Use of crude materials... cardboard, crayons, sloppily-concealed pencil drafts under paint... and of course, paint-by-numbers!&nbsp; But alternative/experimental artists, however trained, might play with these, right?&nbsp; Might?&nbsp;&nbsp; Do exotic/expensive&nbsp; materials suggest non-amateur?</p><p><br /></p><p>As for trained/professionals... hand-stretched canvas, maybe unusual size of canvas (not the common 11 x 14, 18 x 24, 24 x 36), evidence of quality oil/acrylic paint, but... again... mightn&#039;t an innovative artist use odd/primitive media and such?</p><p><br /></p><p>I regularly look at high-end art and think &quot;my nephew does better stuff than that&quot;.&nbsp; I also sometimes see something at a local low-end art fair that stuns me with its beauty and quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is...&nbsp; *IF* you judge, how do you judge?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks, if you care to comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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