Somebody can throw paint on a canvas and call it art, but is it really art? This is dependent on the
viewer. One person might look at the splash and say, “Oh it’s just a splash on a canvas! How is …show more content…
Where is the skill?” Another person might see it and somehow look at this splash as an expression of anger or frustration with the society we live in. Art is not something that can really be held to rigid standards since it is an expression of emotion. People express themselves in completely different ways from each other and enjoy different things. Skill also plays a big part in what defines art. Some people would say that a child’s scribbly drawing of the family dog is no more art than a piece of trash from the garbage. Is this true though? It’s still an expression of the child’s love for the dog, it’s just not very skillfully drawing. If art is defined solely by skill then at what point does an artist start making art? I feel that if an artist gets their point across they’ve created art in a sense. If they create a painting to express their frustration with society and people can look at it and say, “Wow, they must be frustrated with