To Be An Artist

foreign [Music] put it together space it out feel C let it happen it comes on fast [Music] and sometimes it comes on easy you'll find it in colors and Shades of Gray there's action in action impressions expressions [Music] experience flat out and it is the artist observant involved who freezes life in time [Music] all right he makes a stop look see as he sees he can be a reporter [Music] or he can be a Critic [Music] sometimes he just makes us laugh [Music] the artist comments on life he captures Impressions with a collage of ideas [Music] he reaches back recreates what was [Music] the artist intrigued persuades he offers a personal interpretation of what is [Music] in art you start with what is [Music] you can break it down into line and shape begin to rebuild it with color give it new meaning create moods and Impressions unlike any photographic reproductions take something commonplace ordinary [Music] the artist will see something that's Anything But Ordinary [Music] through ART you can experiment be free with ideas see what will happen when when you look at it in terms of line like [Music] give the chair character create a personality have fun with it [Music] look at it one way then look at it the other way you can explore it in color not as it is but as you feel it let it happen [Music] place it in different environments surrounded [Music] work in a combination of mediums [Music] build it in collage whatever art is it's a personal response [Music] it doesn't have to look like Rembrandt or Renoir it just has to be honest and free a reflection of you an artist tries to capture feelings his work may have a likeness to reality but he goes deeper exploring expanding an artist creates his own view of things starting with what is you can work for an abstraction of reality use tape bright plastic colors experiment what counts is that you give form to ideas and share an experience [Music] beyond the expression of ideas art for the artist is a way of life in this technological age in our computer-controlled culture the artist feels a unique sense of freedom Freedom often denied others he is on his own from the idea to final form he is his own guide his own disciplinarian choosing his own directions [Music] but this Freedom has its special demands the artist must first master the skills of his craft train his hand to respond to the commands of his eye [Music] he must know his materials learn control [Music] please experiment with creating effects discover techniques [Music] he must learn the secrets of oils mixing colors achieving textures [Music] beyond the technical skills there is also the mental training for art Above All Else is a way of seeing life is color line shape form textures perspective and dimension as an artist you must learn to look at detail to see things as they are then look deeper beyond the mirror reality and give form to your impressions [Music] foreign [Music] to be an artist you must expose yourself to life get the feel and the smell of what you paint explore it with the tools and materials of Art store away impressions remember the coloring the textures see it in terms of shape and line all that you experience will show up later in your art art is art whether it is fashion a painting an illustration or a cartoon each demands its measure of perfection the work will stand or fall on its own integrity and always the challenge to the artist is the same to give life to ideas to communicate thoughts to translate experience into form [Music] the possibilities the opportunities for the skilled artists are Unlimited in advertising [Music] magazine covers record covers book covers in fashion [Music] in industry [Music] portraits [Music] in graphic design and in a hundred other fields the artist fills a need [Music] [Music] what does it mean to be an artist a career greater involvement enjoyment achievement whatever the personal reward when you begin to notice life and put it down on paper in whatever form you cannot be the same again you have learned a language discovered a new way of seeing and found an all-absorbing way of life [Music] thank you [Music]