NEWS: Art Teachers: "Artists, Learn How to Draw or You're Fucked"

Hahahaha!

I'm sure it's true. I personally hate drawing, because I suck at it, and now that I'm taking an intro printmaking class that incorporates drawing, I kind of wish I hadn't taken a digital art course first, because I hate drawing even more now. (It's worth noting that I'm not an art major by a long shot, but still.)

Or maybe I just like the camera better than anything else, and Photoshop works well with that. Either way, though, I could see how this makes sense.

Isn't it just a new medium, a new method of doing things? Good quality coloured pencils haven't been around for that long when you compare them with cave drawings. Surely this is just another way of expressing your artistic talent: there will always be others who take different routes.

nahh, not really. the real issue here is not Use a computer/Do not use a computer, but that kids using a computer early on and getting a glossy surface havent learned as much about how to make the image. the emphasis on drawing is pretty important for all artists (even photographers); its should be called how to see (and then translate that to whatever medium youre using)

i think you could look it up? almost every art school has a 'foundation year' with basic courses to get all students up to speed in basic areas, based on the salon theory i think its called?

i mean, you Dont need to draw to make a photoshop image for your band's albumn or your internet humor, but thats a very limited skill, and most art jobs call for a fairly diverse knowledge, just so the client has all the bases covered.

Oh, certainly. I was just referring to art for art's sake.

Surely the people doing the hiring are responsible for checking the interviewee can do the job.

guess its a good thing i never learned how to use computer art programs...

However, in order to be a good dancer, you should also take acting classes. They are complimentary art forms.

I never said that, and neither did the article.

In my experience, a graphical artist with skills in one medium is immensely limited. Learing how to use both the perfect shapes of the comupter and the natural shapes of the eye teaches you more.

this articles doesn't really make much sense to me. the author is trying to make the point about how "US art students" are losing drawing skills because they are using computers.

it's pretty obvious this guy doesn't know anything about art. he interviews two architecture professors, a director at a school of illustration and some new media guy. doesn't actually interview any fine art professors. basically he lumps together anything creative, whether it's art, design, architecture, interactive, etc into: art, and talks about drawing as a necessary skill for commercial work, but not for art making.

in the second page, he completely switches gears and talks about drawing, as in fine art. how drawings are in high demand for (art) collectors. and drawings are also economical for artists.

it's a poorly written article.

drawings tuff alot of these illustrator tracers would be lost with out there fancy shmancy comp.

I have to agree with the article. I make $$ through art. I've always used pencil and paper, paints, airbrushes - traditional stuff - and I always will. Heck I even have a pad and pencil in my pocket when I go out just in case I want to draw something I see or something that pops in my minds.

What I see in a lot of computer artists is that they are impotent without a little box. And a lot if their work all looks the same from one person to the next. Give them pencil and paper and they can't cut it. Most couldn't walk up to a wall with a stick of charcoal or brush and design a mural out of their head or even draw something they see in a reference pic. Canvas stumps them, paper is their enemy and in the end their inability to use these mediums puts into question their status as an artist, in my humble opinion.

Yeah, I could sit on the computer and do art, but the truth is that just sitting outside with a pencil and paper is much more fulfilling and if I lose power for the day, I will still be working while the computer artists are sitting there banging their heads on a dead screen.

Ooops. didn't look at the date and realize I was reanimating an old thread.

If the art is good, I don´t care how they made it.