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Drawing the Line Between Oil Painting and Line Art

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Drawing the Line Between Oil Painting and Line Art Introduction  I find it much easier to complete a task when the task is enjoyable. Motions seem to flow out swiftly and easily. This is how I felt while studying my topic. I have never really had free reign to study a subject of my choice- there have always been small regulations preventing me from doing everything I wanted to do. This was easy because it was so fun. I never thought research could be fun, but I really loved doing it for my topic. You are probably itching to know what exactly I was studying… well I’ll cut the suspense. My topic of research is finding the differences in recognition and popularity between two well known styles of art. I chose line art and elaborate oils because of how contrasting the two are. The reason I chose this topic was because I wanted to choose something that motivated me to write well. I needed something that sparked my interest so that I would want to create a good paper. Art is a ...

A Post about Blogs... on a Blog

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Truthfully I can't even remember the last time I made a blog post. I know we played with the idea of keeping a blog up to date back in sophomore year of high school (for English class), but it ultimately became a boring activity. People didn't ever take it seriously so it flopped. I personally enjoyed it for some reason, I guess it was relaxing in a way... But i'm not here at six P.M. on a Sunday to talk about the nightmare that was high school. I have to tell you about other blogs that I had the joy of reading.  -I painted this for my grandparents, but I think it portrays my style efficiently- So I'd like to start off on the fact that I got to read a blog that had a lot to do with art. I'm very pleased about this because the art world is something that infinitely intrigues me. Reading this made me feel comfortable and right at home because I could relate to it! The post on  Rejecting Perfection  was the perfect start to begin my understanding about bl...