Copying Other Artists Work, Reproduction.

How do you feel about copying other artists work? I'm a art student trying to learn painting techniques I like looking in detail at the brush work and seeing how the artist has created the work. As long as you aren't selling the work and confusing the buyer, I personally feel you can learn a lot by doing this. Over the years I have copied a couple just for painting exercises in getting to know the medium, these particular works are well known and wont get confused with the originals as they are in deferent mediums.

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Below are a few of the copies I have made alongside the original work, the originals are the first images .

 

Just recently I've look at another artist that creates similar paintings to myself, I really admire his work and wanted to look closer at his work. The painting I have copied is not for sale it is for me to hang on the wall and admire. My version is more worked on then the original and if you didn't know you might say the original is a poor rushed copy of my work. I have still painted the image with my own hands, they are a few differences along the way but the composition is basically the same. I couldn't afford the buy the original myself even if a wanted too I would rather spend the money on paint and blank canvases. I was just wondering how other people feel, personally myself if someone liked my work that much I would be honoured that someone reproduced the work as long as I got a mention somewhere and the painter wasn't getting a profit from my design..   

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I have put the original image first the artist is James Downie and his work can be seen here. The second image is my version of his painting.

 

 

 

I'll be looking forward to any comments left about reproduction…