I Suck At Art (Oh, Boy Do I Ever)
Sep. 13th, 2011 01:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinkwriterI'm taking two classes this semester, which span 3 nights of my week. I have to take them; they're part of my web design curriculum. But these classes... I don't know, man.
They're primarily going to involve ART projects. You know, drawing and stuff.
I CAN'T DRAW.
I can't, okay? In these classes I feel like a kindergartener drawing with crayons amongst budding Michaelangelos.
I suck at it.
And I am perfectly willing to admit it.
I can turn a phrase on occasion, in that writery kind of way. I love to sing. I also enjoy taking photographs.
But art? Like charcoal and clay and chalk and colored pencils and watercolors and acrylic paint? I have come to realize that I do not enjoy it.
I enjoy it when OTHER PEOPLE do it. My friend Sonnett, for example, can paint and draw and be all crafty like nobody's business. I marvel at her works. And some of my classmates have been artists and painters for years now.
I, on the other hand, was not blessed with that particular talent, and I don't like doing it. I could sit down and write or sing for hours and never be bored. In stark contrast, I just don't feel inspired to draw. It's not an art form that drives me, you know? So I am fearful that this is going to be one very long, trying semester...
As I try my hardest to do these projects upon projects without tearing my hair out.
Tonight I have just finished the first assignment. I don't like the end result. I think it looks hideous and incomprehensible.
Then again, the assignment was to create an abstract map of Charlie Sheen's brain, so maybe it's supposed to be a scary and confusing place. That was my creative intent, anyway. *GRIN*
At any rate... I just want to tip my hat to all you true artists out there, the ones who are inspired to draw and sculpt and create in that way. You're amazing. I can't do what you do, and I will honor your creativity all the more now that I've experienced how truly difficult it is.
To creativity, in all its forms! May the muses always be with you. :)
They're primarily going to involve ART projects. You know, drawing and stuff.
I CAN'T DRAW.
I can't, okay? In these classes I feel like a kindergartener drawing with crayons amongst budding Michaelangelos.
I suck at it.
And I am perfectly willing to admit it.
I can turn a phrase on occasion, in that writery kind of way. I love to sing. I also enjoy taking photographs.
But art? Like charcoal and clay and chalk and colored pencils and watercolors and acrylic paint? I have come to realize that I do not enjoy it.
I enjoy it when OTHER PEOPLE do it. My friend Sonnett, for example, can paint and draw and be all crafty like nobody's business. I marvel at her works. And some of my classmates have been artists and painters for years now.
I, on the other hand, was not blessed with that particular talent, and I don't like doing it. I could sit down and write or sing for hours and never be bored. In stark contrast, I just don't feel inspired to draw. It's not an art form that drives me, you know? So I am fearful that this is going to be one very long, trying semester...
As I try my hardest to do these projects upon projects without tearing my hair out.
Tonight I have just finished the first assignment. I don't like the end result. I think it looks hideous and incomprehensible.
Then again, the assignment was to create an abstract map of Charlie Sheen's brain, so maybe it's supposed to be a scary and confusing place. That was my creative intent, anyway. *GRIN*
At any rate... I just want to tip my hat to all you true artists out there, the ones who are inspired to draw and sculpt and create in that way. You're amazing. I can't do what you do, and I will honor your creativity all the more now that I've experienced how truly difficult it is.
To creativity, in all its forms! May the muses always be with you. :)
