Over the break...

Planning on doing a series of long exposure photos during the break.  Some shots I did playing with my camera.

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Advice to Young Artists Chapter Reviews 1-3

I wasn't really expecting that the book would actually describe the learning process and how the author felt toward it.  I thought it would be more of a "how to" book or "Being an Art Student for Dummies".  The first chapter focuses how intelligent a person is, not by how many facts the student retains, but how you use the information.  How great your work has impact is would more likely be seen as genius.  Chapter two dealt more with keeping an advantage by reading more and more to keep inspired.

The third chapter describes the authors experience with teachers and their methods of teaching.  Usually he'd have teachers that him what he would not teach and how he would not teach.  The teacher does play important role in the students experience, its up to the student to decide what to except and how to interpret.  It also ventures into how discipline is very vital to the artist.  Usually the most successful artists are the most disciplined.