Art Classes Aid Self-Expression

Creating art means accessing your inner world and translating it into something that others can access. It can help you communicate your emotions, process hard feelings, and appreciate the good things in life.

Because it is so connected to you, art has been proven to enhance both self-awareness and mental well-being. Taking art lessons allows you to express yourself, which in turn stimulates the mind and decreases stress.

The great thing about taking art classes online with PassionClass is that you get to practice this self-expression in your own home. This means that, if you’re a little bit nervous, you can keep your artwork as private as you like—or show it off as much as you want! This gives you the opportunity to practice self-expression in a judgment-free, supportive environment.

Art Classes Help You Develop a Growth Mindset

If you enroll in art classes, you might be surprised to see yourself develop a “growth mindset”.

A growth mindset, for the uninitiated, is the belief that you can “grow” your own skills and ability. Such a mindset waves goodbye to the idea that some people are naturally more talented than others and ushers in the belief that success is a result of hard work and perseverance.

In order to develop a growth mindset, you need to try something new. But not only that; you need to embrace the failures that inevitably occur as you learn that new skill.

Art classes are the perfect environment to practice this. In an art lesson, you’ll be taking a creative leap of faith by learning a new skill. Learning new techniques takes some time, and the vision in your head might not always match the result on your paper.

This might make you feel as if things aren’t going to plan—and yet, you have to keep going throughout your lessons. And, as you persist, you will improve. This works best when paired with a supportive and encouraging environment, just like the one cultivated by teachers in beginner art lessons at PassionClass.

Art Classes Give You a New Self-Confidence

Alongside a growth mindset comes an increase in self-confidence. When you believe that your success in life comes not from possessing—or lacking—some innate talent, you begin to realise that any goal is achievable with a bit of hard work.

But the self-confidence developed in art classes extends beyond this mindset. Art classes will give you a unique opportunity for growth; one that occurs whether you sign up to a course of many lessons or just the one class.

As this growth happens, you’ll gain belief in your own ability and learn to celebrate both your success and your effort. At the end of each art class, you will be left with the wonderfully proud feeling of having created something.

Art Classes Teach You How to Plan and Generate Ideas

Not many students, we imagine, sign up to art classes with the aim of gaining organisational abilities. And yet, there is certainly an organisational aspect of the artistic process.

If you take an art class, you’ll learn how to tackle one of the hardest organisation hurdles of them all: a blank canvas. You’ll need to stare down the barrel of endless possibilities, conjure up a vision, and turn that vision into a reality.

Along the way, you’ll learn various techniques to structure the process. Some of the steps you’ll learn include:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Searching for inspiration
• Planning compositions
• Creating thumbnail sketches
• Making line drawings
• Deciding on a material
• Experimenting with colour

Using a variety of techniques, you’ll create art from the foundations up. You’ll explore which processes work best for you when creating new ideas and bringing them to life—experience that you can apply to any aspect of your work or life.

Art Classes Improve Your Observation

In order to create an artistic representation of an object, animal, place, or person, you’ll need to really look at it. Not just glance at it briefly, but really, really look at it.

In an art class, you’ll learn to dissect what is in front of you and translate that into paper. You’ll learn how to consider what shapes make up an object, how each part of it relates to each other, and how light interacts with its surface.

You’ll also practice observing how things make you feel, how that is influenced by the shapes, angles, and shadows of which it consists, and how you can use those shapes, angles and shadows to replicate that feeling on paper.

Take, for example, the PassionClass art classes which focus on folk drawing. In these classes, you’ll be encouraged to mix geometric patterns with flora and fauna to create beautiful 2D artwork. This means that you’ll need to carefully observe your subject and think about it in terms of lines and shapes—which ones will complement it?

Conclusion

Art classes will teach you skills that extend far beyond painting, drawing, and sculpting. You’ll learn techniques and habits that you can apply across all aspects of your life—learning to think more creatively, to get more in touch with your emotions, and to believe in your ability to work hard and improve.