Quiz: What is the term derived from the Italian for a sculpture that sticks out slightly from the surface it is carved from, but is not completely detached from it?
Answer: bas-relief.

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Pick your words wisely:
As an art instructor, I have a statement I always refrain  myself from saying to students. It sounds sort of snobbish and could really discourage others. However, it seem to fit for my last Abstract Workshop....so I said it. Sometimes, I feel like saying it when I see a great student not put that "Emotion or Pre-Thought" into their artwork (but that is my stuff and not always needed to be passed along).  However, it just needed to be said when dealing with Abstract...all that emotion and all. That statement goes...

"There are Artist and there are Painters".  
One isn't especially better than the other...they are different breeds and neither are purebreds. I paint to keep my skills up, but I create for my artists within. 

I realize...the "Artist" stage may come along later in the career...when one decides that there could be more an artist is suppose to do than maybe paint a painting....but I also realize that it isn't necessary to be great at artwork. It is just a stage, a thought, an emotion or a need that some develop along the way. An Artist can change minds, show the climate of the times, be a guide, teach, make viewers see and do....besides being enjoyed and viewed. Some artist excite, shock, enrage, question, please and stimulate with their art. 

May all your art be satisfying for you and all others that view it. Keep art in your life.

Thanks for listening.