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as a life long drawing freakshow, and a graduate of art school with a Bachelors in Fine Arts, I can say that everything being said in this threa dis true. EVERYTHING, even the shit that negates the other shit
Of course in art school and music school there are pedantic know it alls who base their self worth on how much theory/history they know. so what? those people are necessary, and may become great historians of art or music, or great critics, or great popularizers of such things.
Of course there are teachers that try to get everyone to fit a certain mold. so what? the point is to learn the "rules" and then you can bend or break them at will, but you do so with knowledge and intent behind your actions, not with random crap.
I can teahc anyon eto draw. drawing is not an inate talent. anyone can draw. drawing is the ability to see and the ability to use your fingers to recreate what you see. it should be as integral to being human as reading and writing is. Sady, it is not, because too many people have been brainwashed into thinking that only thos with obviously natural talent are worthy of making art. that is bullshit.
drawing is a tool, and therefore it's proper use must be learned. Most of the arts require some form of drawing ability, even if just to plan ahead what you are trying to do.
snobs will be snobs, and artsy or music snobs are some of the worst, but frankly, so what? so they feel better than others because they have specialized klnowledge. does not every endeavor do the same? Do not musicians in bands rarely talk to other non-musicians? This has been the case in my 20 years of concertgoing. most guys in bands will chit chat with fans but they will have long doawn out conversations with you about music if you tell them you are also in a band.
arts education suffers currently from the same thing all education suffers from, and that is a focus on rote learning instead of on creative critical thinking. Rote learning is a foundation, and is thenput to use in critical thinking, but if it never gets past the rote, it stifles creativity.
and going back to the earliest of human history, almost every single artist was TAUGHT by someone, even the cave artists were taught by their elders. art has to be handed from generation to generation either directly by teachers or indirectly by the opersonal study of art. either way, it is learning. sure ther are savants out there , self taught artists making crazy shit, but they too use all of art history, all the art they ahve ever seen, whether it is book illustrations, magazing photos, or paintings on walls, to learn from.
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