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I think that hands-on art making in both k-12 and undergraduate art education has so much emphasis because it is very therapeutic. From personal experience, I took a class in high school called crafts and it really helped me get my mind off the tough classes and the other problems that I was worrying about. I know that my mom took a painting class after her father died and it really helped her grieve the pain. Creating something handmade is not something that most people do everyday and it gives people an opportunity to show others that they can make something solely by themselves. It is nice to see something being planned and then finished from start to end. A lot of people will start projects and give up, but I think it is essential not to give up on yourself and let yourself finish something that your proud of. It is also cool to be in a classroom and receive an assignment and see how everybody’s project is different from your because everybody thinks slightly different.

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I think it is important to know art history and the basics for contemporary drawing. I also think that we should know what specific skills are called and how to preform them. I think there should be classes for students to get hands on action while teaching about art history before completing an art piece. In my high school and in college there are a wide range of classes that we can pick from. There are so many different ways to create art and I think it is better to give people options about what they want to learn. It’s nice to have a choice in what we do in our everyday lives. We are also a very technological based society and I think there should be more opportunities to learn how to create art on the computers and technologic devices. Skill wise people should know art history and be able to perform any skill of art on paper. People also have to be technological savvy and know how to compute skills from paper to a technological device. I think it is also important to know what is trending because skills and concepts are constantly changing. It’s also important to know what skills are popular and what other artists are currently up to. It is imperative that people are able to express artwork in any form. Whether its theatrical, music, murals, dance, sculpture, painting, etc. Skills such as techniques and the foundations are important in any art form. From the basic ballet positions to the various realism in Roman art, the foundations are important skills to know when endeavoring in any art.

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