Overcoming Trying Times With Campuses Centered On Art

By Paula Hess


Various schools with artistic value will be able to teach you about whatever medium it is that you want to invest the utmost time in. I think that anyone will agree with just how effective these establishments are, especially when it comes to the various challenges that artists can find themselves encountered by. This may seem like a blockade that's impossible to break down but I do not believe this to be the case. In fact, these schools can help to break down said blockade as well as many others.

Schools with emphasis on art will be able to provide students with a platform for creativity; take a look at the Art Institute of New York City, for instance. With associate degree options in both fashion and graphic design, there is breadth when it comes to the interests covered. This is something that cannot be said about typical part-time jobs. For example, what if a budding artist has to work within the retail industry while going to school at the same time? It's one of the more common jobs, after all. Anyone who has spent time in this field will be able to tell you just how much work it takes, not only from a physical standpoint but an emotional one as well.

Maybe it is an issue of scaling that is the greatest challenge to you as a student. The aforementioned types of schools can tell you that the creation of an item is strong but the ability to recapture its size in such a way that it makes sense next to other elements that are drawn has to be considered. When you are trying to recreate a scene, you want to make sure that everything is in proportion. For example, a drawing in which someone's foot is the same size as an ant is not going to be acceptable.

After coming home from work, as physically exhausted as one could imagine, my mental energy was still very much intact. I was able to sit down in front of my computer and compose blogs in order to have a release that I couldn't attain anywhere else. I was able to make my points in a way that I wouldn't have been able to in real life. In fact, it brought me to a point where I saw blogging as not so much my real life but rather an extension of my life in general.

Art schools, in general, are going to possess certain challenges and each of them is meant to be overcome. At the onset, you may not think that this can be done but I am of the opinion that this is matter of gaining experience. From the way that pieces of art are created to the way in which criticism is handled, artists have to mature. Once they reach that level of maturity that all artists desire, their futures are going to be that much brighter.




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