Sunday, September 28, 2008
Top News - Technology makes art education a bigger draw
eschoolNews: "Sophisticated software and new online collaborations are helping students of all abilities acquire key art concepts and skills"
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Art is always going to be evolving as technology evolves. We shouldn't just throw out the old techniques, but we should incorporate them into the new technologies that emerge. This is what we see happening. Art is being created digitally, and I think that if it is used properly it is a great step foward.
Goodbye Pencil and Paper...
I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this but it will be interesting to see how much of the old techniques/mediums are going to be replaced with digital versions of themselves. It was interesting to note that I believe more people had used CAD than had formally hand drafted in our class at the beginning of freshmen year.
Technology is taking over many industries these days. Although this is good and it does allow for new and different forms of art. But at the same time it does take over the older and more traditional forms of art. I am fond of the newer forms of art, as well as the older forms as well. There needs to be a balance to art education today that teaches students both forms of art to make them better rounded artists.
I love digital mediums, but I respect traditional ones more. While Painter and a tablet may be my preferred method of drawing, I could never replace the ease of and connection I feel with a pad of paper and a pencil. Software and traditional methods may be technically analogous, but I don't think one will ever replace the other.
That said, I'd love to see a larger number of people embracing Photoshop, Painter, the GIMP, etc. as means of creating serious artwork. Much like it's taken years for digital photography to gain acceptance in the photography community, digital artwork still has a slightly uncultured air about it.
Despite my enthusiasm about digital media, we have to remember that computers are not miracle workers by any means; what you put in is what you get out. Even the most expensive software is no replacement for raw talent.
In the end I think a mix of the old and new techniques will survive. The old tehcniques that are very hands on, like using clay or rough sketching, will probably stick around while the new advances in tehcnology can be used to further current art.
As someone who greatly enjoys doing things with my hands, building, sculpting, shaping and , it is hard for me to imagine any of these being replaced by a computer. I think it is great that technology is opening up the world of art for more people, and I recognize that sometimes technology allows us to create, manipulate and duplicate art in a way that traditional means do not, however I do not believe that technology has the potential to replace traditional hands on art anytime soon.
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