The Art of Making Art

“The point is that you learn how to make your work by making your work, and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out as finished art. The best you can do is make art you care about- and lots of it!”

How true Bayles and Orland are in saying this. The only way to get to where you want to be in the art world is by practicing like crazy and continuing to produce art until you’ve figured it out and after you’ve figured it out. If you stop practicing you will lose the skill sets you’ve picked up along the way, no matter how talented you were to begin with. It’s not quite like riding a bicycle; it is possible to forget. It is a little sad to think that most of the art that an artist creates will go unrecognized and there is so much art out there and such a small demand for certain types of art. Such is the life of one who chooses to make a living in art. The art that the artist is able to put their heart and soul into is the art that will most likely be recognized and appreciated by mass audiences, and even if it isn’t at least it will still be beautiful and worth the while to the artist.