In a message dated 12/11/01 10:09:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
whest177@wheatstate.com writes:
> I was "taught" how to
> draw during my college prep courses. Once I learned this skill I was then
> able to move on to develop my own style.
I go back further when studying art on a meant that you were turned loose
to be experiential and experimental a la the 60's and '70's Pop Art
era/Expressionism. As a result, I didn't feel I had enough technical
background to "fly" and develop new modes except "by accident," . When I
backed up and developed my technical proficiency, then put them together with
my exploratory skills, my art progressed to a professional level.
Concert artists like Yanni had to first learn the basics to create new music
styles. Skaters have to learn the figures first to create an expressive
program in competition. Actors have to learn stage technique first, to act.
Why would it be it different with artists? We need to become proficient with
our tools in order to create NEW stuff. Picasso was originally trained in a
classical way and then developed his style from it.
