Coloring Books; What is Craft; Mona Who? and Minimal Art

Color Inside the Lines

1 ) At the age in which children are able to understand basic English , it is common knowledge that they are told to obey one rule above all others when using a coloring book . This rule is so easily broken before any real language or artistic skills may develop , but it is still something that is viewed as the ultimate goal for children . The rule is to color inside the lines

The rule is designed to show children how things are meant to be in the real world . How

a particular color is to end with one object and begin with a new . However , the rule also implies that there is a certain way of achieving anything , regardless if it is art or not . Unfortunately this goes against the very basis of art . Though a child 's first practice with coloring may be a random form of play , demanding a standard for art can hinder someone from becoming open-minded at all If children were encouraged to think `outside of the box ' at such an age , after mastering interior coloring , then creativity can pursue

Yet this is not encouraged . The real case is that once the supreme rule of coloring is mastered , there is typically no other education to enlighten dull minds . Thus , a dull generation is molded into believing that the only purpose to life is structure , even on the artistic level In this way , art simply becomes an exact mimic of reality . What art should be...