Dear readers, I complain here today because every time I try to bring up this subject at school – I’m running a risk of being put down as a heathen.

In the Swedish language, the word “Weird” contains the word “Art”
I suspect this has somehow affected the brains of the population and they now see everything weird as a form of Art.

Before I attended to art-school, I thought that all modern art-schools were propagating the eternal fine-art, and bashing everything modern or abstract.

Well my school sure does not, call it lack of talent or comprehension.
Instead of spending every Monday afternoon having lessons about art-history we should instead have
anatomical theory, or even material studies.

Aside from a few crash-courses in composition, the subject is hardly ever mentioned.

This week I’m sentenced to make a duplicate of Matisse’s “Musique”
He is one of the most famous “cubism” exhibitionists often associated to Picasso.

Now I know that it’s a “style” but there’s an unwritten law about styles:
Love them, study them, but [b]never[/b] copy them!

The best styles are acquired by [u]first[/u] understanding the world and [u]then[/u] bending it. I’m sure everyone of you have at least once heard the saying: [b]You must first learn the rules before you learn how to break them[/b] (That goes out to all you manga-diehards too!)

So here I am looking for a school that will teach me the traditional fine art – So I find this school here which is literary called “Free Painting School” and i think: “hey let’s try this.”

Well It’s turns out to be not what I had expected.
Ever since I begun there I’ve been taking huge steps away from artists and thinking of myself more of an illustrator.

I guess that when one finds himself being a better teacher than his master, it is perhaps time to find a new master. [b](Tips much appreciated!)[/b]