my visual arts teacher said this to me, what does it mean?

Question

aite so i drew my still life picture n junk n it was a pair of converse, everyone els did flowers n fruit etc. n everyone esle got like 18/20, and i got 12.5/20. and she said "a good and honest attempt." what the **** is that meant 2 mean?! is it a sugar coated way of saying "u suck, ur a bad drawer, that isnt even still life." ?

Answer 1

Yeah 4 things I observe from your question. Read it carefully and do not get excited. Towards the end of my answer I am showing you the right way to deal with this situation that will work out very well for you.

1. Your are good at still life picture drawing and drawing in general. Probably the best in your class.
2. Your teacher purposely tried to put you down dear.
May be she wants you to improve and become another Leonardo Da Vinci or Pablo. Or may be she is jealous of you and putting you down.
3. Your drawing is very good but there is a lot of scope for improvement for you in the drawing field in future over years.
4. You can become a good artist. But whether you select art as a profession or something else is totally up to you. You can make a good profession like a doctor, engineer, computer scientist, botanist anything that ensures your career and pay check but you can keep improving drawing as your your hobby.

What you should do :
1. Do not get much perturbed by your teacher's comments or your marks.
2. Cool down, relax, think of something pleasant, eat well, drink enough liquid and water and relax and rest
3. Don't let your teacher enjoy more by putting you down. Just appear indifferent to her comments. Who knows actually you may already be better than her in drawing. Don't worry about her comments.
4. Get tips from her class and other teachers' classes in future and learn more skills of drawing this way.
5. Be happy but do not openly confront this teacher. Be smart and shrewd. Learn more from her only. One day in future this will help you shine more than her !
6. If she likes to see flowers as still life picture drawing, draw flowers next time when she asks to draw a still life drawing, okay ? And then don't get worried by her comments, got the game ? If she likes a particular drawing in a particular way - just do that in her class. But remain indifferent to her criticism later on. Clear ?

All the best.

Answer 2

My guess is that she meant your choice of subject matter was excellent but you fell short in execution. That's why you are learning...to take an idea (honesty) and try to execute it (attempt). The low grade indicates the attempt was less than 100 percent successful. That's OK...the more important thing is coming up with ideas which the instructor cannot teach you. But she can give you instruction on how to improve the execution...the things that make an idea a reality with great attributes, such as composition, perspective, foreshortening, form, color, depth, balance...and other attributes of drawing. These things take time but you can learn them. Don't be discouraged...you are ahead of the class. Ideas are the hardest aspects of art to master.

Answer 3

Yeah sounds like she was sugar coating her own ignorance. If she truly meant a "good and honest effort" she should have at very least given you a C instead of a barely passing grade.

Nothing worse then an art teacher who thinks they're god.

Answer 4

I don't think so. Humans have the ability to make conscious decisions regarding their own futures. They have the concept of cause and effect. Animals live in the "now". They do not think beyond the moment. That does not make them less intelligent, it just means that they have no regard for the future. They react to events around them rather than planning and acting. Because of that, I feel it is our duty to make sure that these animals are cared for properly. As for the pulling the tail thing: My daughter is almost two. We take her over to see her grandparents regularly. Her grandparents have 7 animals. If she messes with the cats and they scratch her, she gets no sympathy from mommy. If she pulls on the dogs' tails and they growl at her, she doesn't get comfort from me. We teach her how to be around animals and if she doesn't do it she has to face the consequences of it. I think you're right in your assessments.

Answer 5

If you just finished studying a certain style of still life like Dutch then maybe you were suppose to incorporate what you studied in your creation. Common still life subjects include vessels, food, flowers, books, clothing. Shoes are clothing and many still life paintings were of everyday items so I don't think it was the shoes themselves. Maybe just the arrangement or style.

Answer 6

It wasn't the subject matter; one of the greatest still lifes I've ever seen included a John Deer lawn mower. Really.

Perhaps your teacher was trying to tell you that she feels you were doing your best, and not screwing around, you just didn't perform very well.

There are worse things than not being a good artist.

Answer 7

It was probably your subject matter. I think when someone says Still Life, they mean something that was alive, but is now still, like flowers and fruit. I give you credit for your creativity.

Answer 8

well maybe it was a good and honest attempt, which means that you have potential but you must put some extra effort..hence a grade that wasn't as high as you would like (but you did above average nevertheless)

Answer 9

what was the lesson. shoes arnet really still life...

Answer 10

Please translate into ENGLISH. I can't understand a thing you said.