In general, I'm pretty on-board with this. I started at one art school, then ended up jumping ship & going to a skills-focused atelier that was very much about The Rules, and that's made the difference for me.https://twitter.com/hilarityjane/status/1503701731795996674 …
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I think it's probably literally the case, though, that "art isn't about rules". The rules help you get there, and help you avoid common pitfalls, but they aren't the destination.
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Of course, occasionally some freak of nature appears, like a comet blazing across the sky, and you just have to look at the work and say "I don't know why this is so good. It breaks the rules."
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And of course, more often, you look at something and say "ah, yes. Excellent rule of thirds steelyard composition with good value range and immaculate linear perspective oh god I am so bored right now." The rules aren't the destination.
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Some of the rules about Art are actual rules. Linear perspective, say, does work in a specific way. Or some things about materials, you're dealing with raw physical reality.
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But some of them are more like "lies we tell children". Building your pictures on Rule of Thirds keeps you out of trouble, and also puts you in a place where, maybe, you can start discovering things about composition and placement, things that can't be formalized.
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I have always said that if you are going to break the rules, with regard to your art, first you must convince me that you know the rules and you are breaking them for a reason. E.G., Picasso knew how to draw realistically. The fact that he chose not to, after establishing...
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> I have always said that if you are going to break the rules, with regard to your art, first you must convince me that you know the rules
"you" have always said this?
Pretty sure this is a default cultural norm / claim / rule.
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Replying to @MorlockP @kendrictonn
I don't claim to be the first or only person to have said it. :) But I honestly believe I arrived at it at least mostly independently when I began to study photography seriously. At the time, people like Terry whatsis and Ryan whosis were big and I despise their work.
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