http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1145 louise Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:48:39 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html#comment-1145 Guess who used the correctly spelled, incorrect word today......... wreckless instead of the more appropriate reckless.... Louise in SW Saskatchewan Guess who used the correctly spelled, incorrect word today……… wreckless instead of the more appropriate reckless…. Louise in SW Saskatchewan

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1144 Becca Parson Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:40:33 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html#comment-1144 I found this to be true of my peers in both college and grad school. It always surprised me that other artists were so reluctant to learn about what came before them - many would ask why we "had" to take art history classes! I was told by one such artist that she did not want to have her artwork influenced by what she had seen. But it is exactly that - those artists who have influenced me that I feel makes my work stronger. The more work I see and learn about, the stronger my own work has become. I found this to be true of my peers in both college and grad school. It always surprised me that other artists were so reluctant to learn about what came before them – many would ask why we “had” to take art history classes! I was told by one such artist that she did not want to have her artwork influenced by what she had seen. But it is exactly that – those artists who have influenced me that I feel makes my work stronger. The more work I see and learn about, the stronger my own work has become.

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html/comment-page-1#comment-1143 Sharon Crute Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/2006/08/study-the-artist%e2%80%99s-craft.html#comment-1143 Alyson, I'm so glad that you've written about this observation. I'm always amazed that some of my peers seem oblivious to what's happening in the artworld both locally and internationally. They struggle with their art without utilizing the infinite information and reference material available. In addition to studying techniques from other artists, living or otherwise, they could get some direction by reading what the critics are saying about our contemporaries in trade magazines such as Art in America, etc. As a painter of horses, I scour e-bay, flea markets and antique shops searching out books about Delacroix, Gericault, Rubens, Bonheur and Kemp-Welch. Technically, I can paint a horse very well - it's the depiction of power, passion and story that will ALWAYS keep me studying these painters. Alyson, I’m so glad that you’ve written about this observation. I’m always amazed that some of my peers seem oblivious to what’s happening in the artworld both locally and internationally. They struggle with their art without utilizing the infinite information and reference material available. In addition to studying techniques from other artists, living or otherwise, they could get some direction by reading what the critics are saying about our contemporaries in trade magazines such as Art in America, etc. As a painter of horses, I scour e-bay, flea markets and antique shops searching out books about Delacroix, Gericault, Rubens, Bonheur and Kemp-Welch. Technically, I can paint a horse very well – it’s the depiction of power, passion and story that will ALWAYS keep me studying these painters.

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