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How Do You Make a Drawing a Piece of Art?
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How Do You Make a Drawing a Piece of Art?

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Christine Nishiyama
Mar 21, 2017
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How Do You Make a Drawing a Piece of Art?
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How Do You Make a Drawing a Piece of Art? Christine Nishiyama, Might Could Studios.

I've been thinking about what makes a drawing a piece of art a lot these days.

What makes splotches of paint on a canvas artwork?

What makes strokes of ink a masterpiece?

To make a piece of art—a strong piece of art—there has to be an idea. It has to be communicating something, saying something. You could be a technical master and able to paint the human a…

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