tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post7466412664288081832..comments2024-03-28T09:25:25.716-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Academy of Art UniversityJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77209548447478924632007-12-13T22:48:00.000-05:002007-12-13T22:48:00.000-05:00Yep I can definitely relate to that as well coming...Yep I can definitely relate to that as well coming from a small lunch box city that’s narrow vision was the auto industry. Plus not having any one in the media industry to help you is also a real drag.<BR/>So as with every thing, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade, lemon pie and repellent. LOL<BR/>Like Mr Gurney said, about the books and practicing, sometimes you have to customize your education in order to gain the knowledge you want and never stop learning something new.K_tigresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435524324162761134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60227572735323027792007-12-13T17:55:00.000-05:002007-12-13T17:55:00.000-05:00Sounds like a great school.Are you going to be doi...Sounds like a great school.<BR/><BR/>Are you going to be doing this tour again? I'm a risd student and sadly I missed your presentation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15280217649575279882007-12-13T16:56:00.000-05:002007-12-13T16:56:00.000-05:00Looks like a wonderful place to learn!Looks like a wonderful place to learn!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648858083403131620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-66371254312789343172007-12-13T10:40:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:40:00.000-05:00Hi,I'm from France and I can tell you one thing : ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I'm from France and I can tell you one thing : the situation of Art teaching in France is the same that in the nederlands apparently. American kids don't realize how lucky they are to learn a real job and to be taught by real profesionals. Schools in France are made by and for lousy teachers in 90% of the cases.<BR/>Being profesional, earn a living one day is considered vulgar qnd I'm not talking about drawing since we don't need to learn to look at things anymore : we have cameras and computers for that. Using your eyes is so antique, what matters is the b******t concept. And if your technique sucks, that is even better, that makes you a human being !<BR/>It makes me sick.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm happy that in some country, such old-school habits like seeing and making are still taught and learnt.<BR/>Lucky you !<BR/><BR/><BR/>NicolasNicolashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633554092921714856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-80610559732523192722007-12-13T10:29:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:29:00.000-05:00Anonymous speaks for many of us (me included) who ...Anonymous speaks for many of us (me included) who couldn't find good training back then. I also admired people like Norman Rockwell and Rien Poortvliet who were out of fashion in the art schools. That's why I had to teach myself by sketching at the zoo and reading old how-to books. <BR/><BR/>It is different now, thanks to people like Chuck Pyle. He will only hire working illustrators to teach. He said, "If they can't walk the walk and talk the talk, they don't have a job here."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57054520594763528122007-12-13T04:06:00.000-05:002007-12-13T04:06:00.000-05:00I think if I had been to an artschool like that I ...I think if I had been to an artschool like that I would have learned something. Instead I had three years in an elegant stately home to play and draw, and then began serious learning of the craft of illustration on leaving. Looks amazing. When I am not caring for too many cats I spend my time painting, most recently a Snow Leopard book, and was lucky enough to go an draw leopards and spend some time with them, albeit in captivity. Wonderful animals and the only way to learn to draw them.<BR/>Best wishes to you from Jackie and the GingercatsThe Ginger Darlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571331660164679317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-15104330662373030052007-12-13T03:49:00.000-05:002007-12-13T03:49:00.000-05:00God, I'm so jealous! I'm from the Netherlands and ...God, I'm so jealous! I'm from the Netherlands and Art Schools are truly rare here. Nearly thirty years ago I applied for the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague because I wanted to become an illustrator (my great hero being Rien Poortvliet) and I was laughed away: illustration was good for decorating biscuit tins. Sneeringly I was asked if I had a fetish for wide eyed fluffy kittens as well. I had to understand that they were an ART school, and pupils were taught to become ARTISTS and this did not include such things as perspective, use of colour or anatomy!<BR/>Indeed, Dutch artists, it said in the newspapers a few weeks ago, can't make a living with their art. They hardly sell a single piece a year. I blame the academy. They induced the students with an inflated sense of importance ("ART changes the WORLD!!") but failed to give them the tools to actually make truly great art. They *sneered* at those tools. They spit on the idea that art has to be marketable. <BR/>So I'm very, very, *very* jealous of these kids.<BR/><BR/>Marion RosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com