Comments on: Creative Wisdom/Faces on Friday: doing the work

By: lyric

lyric — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:40:44 +0000

Oh my goodness how RUDE! For some crazy reason I thought the job of an art teacher was to teach students to make art. A math teacher could never get away with transferring a student out of class because they showed no aptitude - they must teach the math.

My dad was an art teacher by the way. He TAUGHT students how to make art.

So - kiss your teachers gently on the cheek, escort them through the door - then brick it up and get to work. You CAN learn to draw unless you keep believing them and saying "can't."

Start at the beginning. I have a tutee in the links page about the beginnings of drawing a face. It's very much like math.

:-)

By: Alexandrite Woman

Alexandrite Woman — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:51:16 +0000

Wonderful work. You really have made great progress. In answer to your question, I'm a frustrated artist -- I paint by number, sew, do needlework, crochet, but I can't draw. Yesterday, inspired by some doodling on a blog, I tried to at least doodle. One of the things I tried to do was a face. Ugh!

The answer for me is quite simple: my 8th grade and 10th grade art teachers, both of whom told me I had no talent and I shouldn't even try to draw, do art work, etc. The 10th gr teacher transferrred me out of her class w/o my approval, agreement or any further discussion.

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By: landscapelady

landscapelady — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:48:29 +0000

How did you know I was afraid of faces? This is a good idea – a face a day. When I make something with a person on it I always have to do a back view so I do t have to draw the face. I like the junk paper idea. I'm going to take my junk mail and cut the envelopes and anything else usable into the same size and use them.