What Makes One An Artist?

Art is a an expression of self.

The artist, should he be a painter? A singer? An actor? A circus performer? Should he have a degree in Fine Arts? Should he have a solid formation in his field? After how many years should he be called an artist and not an apprentice? What about those who are self-taught?

Jazz Night Out - by Lavi Picu

An artist is a dreamer, someone who tries relentlessly to pursue the impossible, reshape the boundaries of real and surreal, transgress with ease from one reality to another. Someone who can navigate throughout the universe without a map and reveal to others glimpses of his journey, of the world seen through his eyes.

What makes you unique as an artist? Your view. Your statement.

Remember that more than 90% of artists in the world are self-taught!

Does the name of Frida Khalo ring a bell? You don`t need to have a Bachelor in Arts to call yourself an artist, as long as your artwork speaks for itself.

Self-taught artist does not imply poor-quality work!!! The same way, using expensive art supplies, does not guarantee a masterpiece!

When you spend countless hours drawing, learning about the science of color, composition and studying world art history like traditionally trained artist have, you are an artist.

When your love for drawing and painting make you strife to create better art, to learn more about anything related to your passions, you are an artist.

As far as I know, art is a free form and there is no way to do wrong art. It may be that your artwork is not appealing to the general public, that is suited for a certain niche, but there is no wrong way to create art.

Cactus Man - by Lavi Picu

There are so many styles, techniques, mediums and trends in art, that even if you have studied Art, your curriculum would have not touched all of them.

Each one of us understands colour before the art lesson. When you seek to find the balance between the light and shadow in order to create the desired impact, you are an artist.

You can learn from the Internet and books about the essentials: line, tone, colour, theory and then you can go explore what you have learnt.

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up”.
-Pablo Picasso

In a nutshell, if you feel the need to create, by all means do it! Practice everyday or as often as possible, do what you like and enjoy riding the creative wave.

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Lavi Picu is the author of three soulful poetry collections: Whiteless Thoughts, Burden of love and Tales of a moody heart. She is a Canadian writer, majored in Linguistics, with a background in translations and writing. She’s also a ghost writer, a blogger with a focus on arts and health, a Lyme disease advocate, a mother and a self-taught artist.