Doodles opened this issue on Oct 25, 2004 ยท 97 posts
artgum posted Wed, 27 October 2004 at 12:22 PM
My son, who is 19, was a popular "artist" in high school. That is, he did trendy graphiti and cartoons and such, and showed talent in it. All his friends told him how good he was- how talented. Too bad none of those kids were real artists. Now he's in junior college art, and he doesn't like it. He is totally out of his element, and doesn't get any "glowing" feedback to make him feel good. So now I'm trying to talk him out of quiting, but it's tough. All those positive comments were reinforcing his belief that he was already good. Now reality is leaving a bitter taste. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be would like to send it to him. Thanks Paul