Paul Ramnora

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THE KINDS OF ART I DO

To me, personally, art is nothing else but an ‘experiment’...; so I try and do art using all different kinds of mediums…; I guess, I’m trying to find the ‘right’ way that works for me…; by finding my own style/and, mediums which I do feel most comfortable working with…; and, so far to date these methods include…

>drawing (cheap pen/pencil/A4 paper)
>painting (cheap children’s water colour paints on A4)
>painting (cheap canvas/paints: oil/acrylic/water colour/brushes brought from the pound shop – good enough for ‘practicing’ on)
>digital printing (Mouse/MS Paint program/A4/cheap all in one printer/scanner/copier machine)
>graffiti(in my time, I have done some graffiti art, when younger; I don’t do it anymore now-a-days that I’ve grown up; but, I remember, it was fun being able to execute ‘life size’ drawings; instead, of the normal boring A4 size!)
>sculpting (by using really cheap children’s plasticine)
>ceramics(I’ve done a few lessons in the past/it’s also possible to buy cheap clay; which dries on air)
>origami (paper sculptures/A4)
>design(I sometimes try designing things like shopping bags/text fonts/book covers-on the computer/jewelery-on paper/-etc.)
>web sites(I’m interested in web design: HTML/DHTML/XML/Javascript/Java/DreamWeaver/Adobe PhotoShop/Flash/FrontPage/-etc. When bored I create web sites purely for the fun of it; basically, just to keep in practice so that I don’t forget?! Mostly, I used hand coding, though; as opposed to using HTML Editor packages)
>computer programming printouts(using the FREE Microsoft QBASIC programming language/and, sometimes, LOGO/A4)
>songs(occasionally, I write songs; even though I can’t actually read/or, write music myself; but, I can hear the musical sounds in my head/simply by singing the tune)
>poetry(I like writing these, sometimes; especially, if I get tired of drawing/painting/or, learning visual arts/then, I will turn instead to practicing doing some literature)
>essays(I like to write essays; in the hope that my writing will eventually improve; then, who knows, maybe, I could write short stories/books/plays/novels/journalistic articles)
>photography(I take photos using either 35mm/or, digital camera/mobile phone still/or, moving shots)
>film making(I would love to be able to make movies; if only I could afford it; but, digital camera’s are getting far cheaper now-a-days. For me, film is the ultimate way to go; because it combines: visual arts: both still, and, moving/audio sounds/and, written scripts. I remember doing at film making course a Northwood Production Studios, and, gaining an introductory certificate. There I did things like film editing using Final Cut Pro.)
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MY ARTISTIC EDUCATION

I am mostly self-taught; but, occasionally, I will go and attend a few art lessons here and there; including going to college(Lambeth College-Adare Center/Morley College)/or, joining in with local art groups(PTGN TimeBank).

I also try to learn by reading/studying teach yourself materials: books/watching movies/dvd’s/and, visiting art galleries where it’s possible to learn by copying the masters.

I’m a yearly paid up member of both the Royal Academy Of Arts/Tate Gallery in London. Too, I do regularly go and visit seeing the National Gallery/National Portrait Gallery/Victoria & Albert museum/Feliks Topolski Memorial/-etc.

I’m also a yearly paid up member of BOS-British Origami Society.

In school my fav. subject was always English; Maths being my worst!; I remember other kids would hand in like 1 or 2 sides of paper; but, me, I would typically hand in around 8 sides!

Online I practice reading/writing at Helium.com/and, also, WritersCafe.org.

Some of my fav. writers include,...

Novellist: Eric Van Lustbader
Poets: Shakespeare/The Brontes/Blake
Short Story Writers: Alexander Kuprin/Junichiro Tanizaki
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CONCLUSION: ALL THAT I’VE LEARNED SO FAR TO DATE BASICALLY AMOUNTS TO BEING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

I’m afraid, I’m a really very difficult person to teach, indeed; as whenever I start to draw/paint; then, all of a sudden, the strict rules I learned all seem to go crashing down; and, instead, I just tend to totally insist on doing absolutely everything in my own way! I sort of go along with the flow of whatever both my hand/heart dictate at that particular moment.

In all my long years and years/even decades of studying…I honestly can’t claim to have learnt anything at all through studying others work/tutorials; by which I mean to say, the way I draw paint today is the same way that I did always draw/paint straight from the very beginning; so, there’s been hardly any visible change that I personally can detect.

I guess, if I learned anything; then, I learned to keep on doing things my own way; and, just don’t stop…!

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WHO ARE MY FAVORITE ARTISTS?

My favorite masters, and, this list could go endlessly on and on and on, quite literally, forevermore…as I keep on discovering brand ‘new’ artists almost every single day…especially, through being here on the internet…

Beardsley/Bellini/Bernini/Botticelli/Brancusi/Brugel/
Carmean/Corot/Courbet/
Daumier/Da Vinci/Delacroix/Donatello/Dufy/
Eisho/
Frink/Fuseli/
Giacommeti/Goya/
Hockney/Hokusai/Hopper/
Ingres/Ivkov/
John/
Kandinsky/
Landseer/Lowry/
Magritte/Mantegna/Marrero/Matisse/Michaelangelo/Miro/Modigliani/Mondrian/Moore/Monet/
Oprea/
Picasso/
Raphael/Redon/Rembrandt/Renoir/Rops/Rosetti/Royo/Roualt/Rubens/
Stubbs/
Tagore/
Utamaro/
Vallejo/
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Because, I left any artists out; it doesn’t really mean that I love their work any less; instead, it just merely means my mind is feeling far too cluttered, at the moment, to be able to remember everybody all at once?! However, I will try to add more, later.