Essay on The Visual Artist

The pencil liberates my stresses and sorrows. Bare and unimpeded, my mind is able to isolate itself from anything that was happening in my life. At my art table, which is merely an escape from reality, my curiosity is able to wander. Within this room, five blank canvas's look in on me as I become a mold of my imagination. A step inside my world develops into a sea of color and exploration. The vibrancy of the walls resonates throughout. Over the years, my room has served as my oasis. It’s my escape from monotonous and mundane routines. It’s my exploration of another side of me. I observe such works of art almost as much as I create. Taking notice of my classmates’ innovations and inspired by their creativity, my paintbrush begins to alleviate stress. I strive to produce pieces others will appreciate, but often find myself to be the true admirer. My pride, in this world, is driven simply by my own curiosity to express myself. I credit this side of me as the “passion” that supplements my insane drive for success. This passion has sparked critical thinking in me as well as how I see failure. Life is a blank canvas and you can truly draw whatever you want, and if you fail, you start over and don’t make that same mistake again! Hard work takes ideas quite far, but true success is derived from ingenuity and the generation of

My parents were never the ones to send their children to classes. While other kids were busy being tutored, swimming at the community center, or sent to a studio for art: I was the one at home staring at the television or playing with my cars as my only source of entertainment. Eventually, I grew tired and would do whatever was available to me, I would pick up pen and paper and I'd draw: and before I knew it, I became obsessed. Every flat surface became a victim of my addiction. Even my bedroom ceiling had drawings taped to it. Gradually, a minuscule spark of passion for art was lit inside of me.

The demarcation of the studio workspace was such that she had little contact with Nell Vyse, of whom she was in awe. To Drawbell, Vyse allocated the task of removing (fettling) the excess clay from figures fresh from the mould. A plaster piece-mould would through continued usage, inevitably became rough, making coarse patches on the surface of the damp clay figure. Before firing the clay figures, Marjorie Drawbell describing her work as follows.

As a student from Guy Krant’s Art 3 High School class, I can wholeheartedly affirm that Mr. Krant’s form of teaching art is efficient in terms of stimulating students’ individual skills while assuring that they grasp and fully incorporate the main concepts of standards required by school districts into their artworks. What sets aside Mr. Krant’s form of teaching compared to that of other teachers, whom I have came across throughout previous years, is that his teaching provides more creative freedom to students and allows them to individually explore different art mediums to further develop their own methods and skills. For instance, when my Art 3 class was assigned to fulfill the district requirement of expressing a show of skill in increased

Art can encourage people’s creativity. Some people who want to be an artist want their drawing to look good but most of them don’t have any creativity. People who go to college as an artist won’t become one because some

In the section designated “bodies” a painting by the artist Amedeo Modiglini is displayed. This female nude is titled Reclining nude. Like some of the other nude that were being painted after the idea of romanticism influenced art Modiglini’s nude didn’t follow the rules of classical painting. The nude is lying horizontal across the entire painting with her hands and feet cropped from view. This cropping put the viewer very close to this nude woman in a very sexual and provocative position. The contrast of the light and dark really brings her right out at you.

Beginning in eighth grade, I developed a strong desire to use art as a means of expressing ideas from my imagination. I attended summer art camps for 5 years during middle and high school, and I drew characters constantly in an attempt to figure out the human form, but it wasn’t until my first high school art class in tenth grade that I really progressed in technical skill.

In the early 1700s, the monarchies failures at finance, national debt, involvement in multiple wars with

The first of the three studios we visit was the studio of our teaching assistant Mills. Mills’ work is primarily collage based with photographs and clippings from magazines. Mills is now trying to experiment with some instillation techniques as well. One collection of Mills’ work uses photographs of her home and meaningful places in her life, in the piece everything is symmetrical and reflects itself, but forms one shape. Mills uses photographs frequently in all her work, but it is not the only element of her art she also incorporates other materials such as yarn and wood into some of her newer installations. I found all her work very interesting as they combine images and made them into a new story other than the original ones they told. I

As a young child, I knew that I would take an interest in an art related career. I drew on any flat surface I could locate, from blank sheets on paper to the walls of my room. I considered becoming an Art Instructor for a while before I entered high school, where different options opened up and caused me to rethink my future goals.

Two semesters ago I met a very strong woman, and she opened up a part of me that I had mostly given up on. The part of me I had given up on over a decade ago was my artistic side. I simply felt that it was a waste of time to spend hours perfecting something that would most likely never make me money. Also, I would look at the multitude of staving artists online, and consider how much better they were than myself, and how even the most talented artist starves from time to time. Have you ever heard the phrase “rent’s due art boy”. Well I got tired of hearing it, and went to drafting school. It wasn’t until this last semester, in my 19th century art history course, that I learned that most of my favorite artists started out as draftsmen, but we will talk about that later. Until recently, I had forgotten that i actually enjoyed the peacefulness of the artistic process. I had forgotten that during this process I tended to become very focussed and all of my life’s daily problems seemed to fade away.

Throughout my life, I picked up multiple hobbies which soon turned into talents of mine. One of those hobbies was centered around art. In elementary school, I was guilty of not paying much attention in many of my classes (except Art and Music class, of course). Many important lectures and classwork assignments were spent doodling in my notebooks. After several years, people began to notice my random doodles as actual pieces of artwork. This surprised me, in fact, that I began checking out drawing book upon drawing book from my school’s library.

Chapter six explains two kinds of approaches to art making which are direct and non-direct. The direct approach is when the therapist specifically explains to the individual what he or should draw with specific directions. Whereas, non-direct approach has no specific subject, it is based on what you desire to draw in no particular way. These two approaches help the therapist on how to work with their clients depending on their situations. Therefore, these approaches as the book defines them are also known as free art, or free art expression referring to no theme given. Spontaneous drawing provides the clients with the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings in safe ways. Consequently the client chooses the content of the drawing

As a photography major, it was never clear to me on why I had to take a drawing class. I dreaded each class because of the known fact that I didn’t possess the skills to be a good drawer. When speaking to friends and family, I would always complain to them saying, “I’m going to fail this class. I have no idea why I have to take these drawing classes.” As the quarter went on and the more I learned about the different drawing techniques such as the use of lighting to create interesting shadows or the use of color to create a sense mood and emotion, I began to realize the parallels that drawing and photography have.

The history of art dates back to ancient times. Artwork can be, and was, found around the world. What makes art interesting is that it can be created in any way, shape or form with any materials. It seems that the artwork can also tell us a lot about the artist. Art seems to be simply, a direct, visual reflection of the artist’s life. Therefore, one can assume that an artist’s life experiences and beliefs directly influence their art. If we look at examples from different periods of art we will be able to see the connection between the artist and the art.