Reproducing existing work to add techniques to your repertoire
One of the most useful exercises in producing your own art is to try and recreate styles that you see and like or find interesting. This is the perfect way to add strings to your artistic bow because it expands the mediums and the techniques you have in your repertoire.
Great artists learn by reproduction and by witnessing as much art as possible. This is not at odds with your originality as artist. It simply gives you all the right weapons to attack your original ideas with or to approach things in a different way. Without exploring how things have been done by others, you might miss techniques and styles that are appropriate to your take on the world.
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