Art 101 Research Paper

Young children are typically horrible at art. If you’ve ever known a child, you probably know this already. They draw people about as unrealistically as you can get, with circles for eyes, triangles for noses, and lines for fingers. But parents always praise their children. Even though their artistic skills are not yet developed, kids have to be encouraged to try again and again until they learn how to draw more accurately. Professional artists must go through the same process of revising their style until they get it right. This is where the saying comes from: “practice makes perfect.” When I was in elementary school, there was no art class. Instead, an art docent would come in once every few weeks or so and teach us about art. He or she would bring in a painting and tell us what style it was and who painted it. For example, one day the art docent brought in a pointillism painting. That painting, comprised completely of small, delicate dots, taught me about the patience it takes to be an artist. Every time the art docent came, I learned something new. Learning about art this way inspired my friends and I to practice our art. Almost every day at break or lunch we would draw together. Practicing art helped my friends and I become more creative,

She reminded me that she still had some old drawings from elementary school in her room. Together, we looked through them and laughed at some of our earliest and worst works. At the time, we thought we were amazing. And we were pretty good, for our age. But looking back, I realize that over the years I’ve gained so many skills through practice. Color, shading, composition, you name it. Through practice, both of us have improved dramatically over the years. This really made me think about how different I will be even a few years from now. If I changed that much in such a short period of time, It’s inspiring to think about how much my style will change over the next