Robindcr8l

I googled toledo dragon on roof but came up empty. RATS!

marg

I've been wanting to add my own comment to this thread for some time - but I don't want to get in the way of other people's art.. so please forgive any unintentional break-in on the thread !

To me, every human being is an artist - I think it's part of what makes us human - and I think every individual shows it in different ways, so that some people are better at drawing, some at painting, some at talking, or cooking, or gardening, or carving, or singing, or writing, or juggling numbers, or cleaning roads, or whatever..

In every field, however, there are always some that do better than others -so does superior ability make them artists, as opposed to the others ?

My opinion is that we're ALL artists.. but some manage to portray something better than we could ever do, and some manage to make us gaze in awe ... and I LOVE that - and to me, the people who make me go
'what ?? - how could you do that ? how could you THINK of that ?'
are the true artists, even if the picture they've drawn doesn't get another vote but mine.

lilalee

Marg, thats exactly how I feel! You expressed it much better than I could!! Robin, I tried for a hour last night to get a pic, but failed. So will make some calls and see if he has something on the internet, then post it.

potatoesoftheworld

well, this website got me really inspired. i actually picked a bunch of flowers and glued them into a picture!

Chinky

I was studying for my vocabulary quiz for my 3D art class and noticed that the term "for art's sake" is included in one of the definitions. My teacher describes the meaning of it as - that art should be purely about the creation of beautiful effects; the idea that art can or should be like music - that just as music is patterns of sound, art's effects should be created by pure patterns of form, color, and line. -

Robindcr8l

Found this really interesting artist from here in Idaho. He makes art out of pine needles from the mountains here in Idaho, and carvings from deer and elk antlers. Check out his stuff...it's really cool!

http://www.whereartmeetstheheart.com/richardcarpenter.shtml

Baldur

WOW!
I cannot imagine how much work that was

Boochie

I TRIED sketching a horse running freely across a field . . . but it turned out to look like a cat running from a fence, and the cat had massive hair problems.