Yeah so sub art is not that fun for a wealthy family with a little princess. Only one hour a week. Still though...I dig her. And her non-ability to eat any damn vegetable. Hey my talents only go so far. Kid could eat cheeze its for dinner ever day as far as I care. Unfortunately though, I do care. Her: (sobbing) I ruined it! HELP ME!! Me: Doubtful. Let me see. Her: (rustle rustle, sob sob, hand me painting) It looks fine what are you so whinnying about. You sound like a horse taken through a mud pasture. Her: (Open loudly sob) It looks nothing like the picture! Me: Was that your intention or are you trying to do art? The art with the picture has already been taken through the eyes of the photographer. Exactly what are you trying to be? A motel artists or someone who can see something and then add expressions, color, depth into their own narrative of the picture that they are composing from? If you want to do still art and bowls of fruit, exactly as they appear you need more study. If you are taking something from this photo and making it into your own, you need none. So, which will it be? Her: (sniffle, hiccup) I just want to be good. Me: How much time did this take you to do? Her: (Blow, snivel, gulp) Like 3 hours! Me: Nothing good comes in 3 hours. We spend so much time as artists trying to be good. The most successful artists, not in money per say, the ones that changed the world and shaped the entire concept of art, rarely did anything of a painting or drawing looking exactly like a photograph. Yes, there are some but not that many. For me, personally, I do what I do and am saying from here on in that I have Monet eyes. Her: (sniff) What does that mean? Me: Google it. It looks fine. Needs more petals. Use more bold colors on the edges. Hell, it is your painting, do what you want with it. And if you hate it at the end, start all over. What did it cost you, time. What did it save you from, other crap. Enjoy art. Embrace it. And listen to me, I might be new in art, I might be far older than you, but anything, and I mean ANYTHING you do is art. Her: You arent like my other art teachers my mom had picked out. You are kind a cool. I like you. (sniff) You really think it is okay? Me: Of course I do. It is art in your own mind. And thank you. Now eat your salad. Her: Why? Me: Because I freaking said so. Her: (crunch, crunch, crunch)
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 04:36:56 +0000