WTF is an Art Course?

WTF is an Art Course?

October 01, 2024

By Afzal

True artists don't go to art schools.

Back after months with an opinion that may not sit well with many creatives or artists. Let’s start with the question that’s the title of this piece: WTF is an Art Course? I often wonder about this, so I thought, let’s write about it. What came to your mind when you read ‘WTF is an Art Course?’ maybe you went “An art course is an art course dumbo”. What I want to understand is what they teach in an art course, I never went to one but what I found by hearing from those who did is you get to know about the history of art, types of art and also you get to learn the tools and more. Learning all those is good but is that enough to make you an artist? I don’t think so, art at its core is unique, abstract, and deeply intuitive. We can call intuition the parent of art, don’t take my words—take a look at the work of any great artist in history. Any great artist is incomplete without intuition, no institution can gift you intuition only God can. No true artist goes to art school to learn art because mechanical stuff can be taught but what about originality and style? That comes from the complex and genius mind of the artist. Artists are geniuses and complicated minds not just someone who can draw. Now don’t go “SO YOU THINK YOU ARE A GENIUS” because I don’t consider myself an artist in the first place, you can call me any of these three: Designer, tinkerer, and craftsman.

Thank you!

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