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Do you title your work?

Nearly every book, song and most poems, have a title. Most sculptures have titles, yet many paintings are either numbered or untitled. I paint and I enjoy naming my work. What is your policy?

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  • 9 years ago
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    I actually believe determining a title constitutes at least 25% of the work, depending on the piece. I have poems and art works that I cannot title because I am inarticulate in truly understanding what I want to say. I know I've said something, dammit! but it has slipped past like the images of a dream. I depend on others to tell me what I'm thinking. That's not necessarily bad -- it's like asking for directions to a destination. But it is too easy a bail out.

    For Christmas one year, I gave my boyfriend a painting that I acknowledged had not turned out as envisioned. He told me, "just call it 'Study One.' That's what I do with all my works that don't live up to my expectations." Might be his most memorable line. Except when he lured me in and captured me by quoting a phrase in Latin with his sexy Southern drawl.

    Everybody said how handsome he was. I didn't get it. But that quote in Latin? Damn.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Only if I'm putting it in a show or selling it other than that they may or may not get a title and I'm not too concerned about it.

    Most famous paintings do have a title but occasional one may be untitled. If they are numbered thay are a print

  • dragon
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    (not a painter) I love coming up with a name for my project! how it happens is a bit of a mystery. sometimes it starts with a title, sometimes the work proceeds without any name and all of a sudden there it is. I like titles that can be read in many ways: the obvious, and something farfetched. it's a playful fooling around with words too

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  • Jay
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I title most all my work

  • 9 years ago

    Because I do enter art shows and post my work on the Net, my "policy" is to title my pieces. I think it shows a potential client that I cared enough to "add the period at the end of the sentence".

  • 9 years ago

    If I post onto a site like DeviantART then I'll put thought into the title, whether the drawing was traditionally or digitally drawn.

    But if I don't post it on any sites, my traditional drawings go unnamed. If I draw digitally I'll create a title of its meaning.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I like to title my work also. My landscapes sometimes are nothing but the place and date, but figures and cities I've traveled get special names.

  • 9 years ago

    I use a working title to clarify the subject matter in the work but may modify it as work progresses towards a conclusion.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I think a title is a just' policy.

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