12-3-12-3 Blog #3

Art to me is a form of expression. Artists today are really different in the way they draw or even their ideas of what to draw. For example, artists like Leonardo Da'Vinci were mostly about people and old time concepts. However, today's artists like in school and around cities are bolder about their work. They use a lot of abstract work and more specific concepts. To these artists, drawing, painting, and molding is their way to express themselves. There aren't just artists that pertain to legitimate artistic things, but there are also musical artists and makeup artists or even performance artists. Musical artists find that playing an instrument or singing releases their expressive feelings through song. Makeup artists think as though a person's face is a canvas (as said by a friend of my sister, Ashley). Doing makeup is a very relaxing, but stressful at the same time. They do what helps them express themselves, but they also don't want to mess up, because the makeup they are doing decides if the client will pay them money or not. Makeup artists have a little more ease because if they do mess up, they can always wash it off the persons face. Artists that paint, however, have to blend their mistakes rather than just erase them completely. Artists that draw would be able to erase with pencil, but would have more problems if their project involved markers or sometimes paint. Finally, performance artists mostly show their expression through dance and song. These artists are more emotional in their acts. Some of them can do theatre to express their feelings and emotions. These people are more interesting in the way they act and feel.

Despite the fact that each of these types of artists are very different and special, they all are related to art by one form; expression.