Post #273315 by Benzart on Mon, Dec 18, 2006 7:52 AM

Well, by now we all know that this seems to be a very touchy subject. It seems everyone wants feedback and not necessarily criticism. While I am probably the biggest offender of "Sugar coating" my feedback, I do it for many reasons. Probably the Number One reason being that a Tiny bit of negative criticism turns into a Mountain before long, even though most of it comes in humorously. We All know that negative posts get out of hand and the suffering artist reads all that crap and may likely never post on TC again and may well never pick up a tool again. I personally like to mentor and promote sculpture and I enjoy prodding young artists as well as the seasoned ones. I just believe a bit of sugar goes a Lot further than a bit of vinegar. I prefer to show by example or if I have a stern critique, it will usually be in the form of a PM and not for the general public. I Know we are all big boys and girls but it just isn't that easy. Like most of the seasoned artists I can see flaws in my work that No one else would possibly notice and I see the same flaws in everyone else's work. Most everyone else sees a lot of flaws that they don't deem problematic and are no big deal. Every art work has flaws in it and as we grow as artists, we learn to see those flaws and learn how to correct them. Weather we do or not depends on the piece. Some art is intentionally rough, quick and has no thought given for any further refinement. An artist can spend hours and hours going after every little flaw and refining and refining it to death, (I am headed toward that with my current piece)but that