Huh? Why? Where's the disadvantage in knowing more? Even if you find the knowledge to be useless, at least you know what to avoid. Or maybe you mean that you usually shun official education in favor of exploring things yourself, in which case I'm right there with you. At any case, it seems to me to be a genuine problem now…
I find that art is also a great tool to understand how the world works. Drawing or modelling something accurately involves representing it's function - and you always have to research to find out what that function is. Form follows function is an educational tool on top of everything else. Combining aspects of modern…
Recently I was getting some critic on my work when a friend mentioned how similar it was to Rococo. My response was "what's that?". This made me realise I have very little knowledge of art periods and history. I'm typically one to shun away education, but it made me realised how valuable knowing the different periods of…