# art school or collage **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863 "2012-07-11T02:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![markkoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@markkoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markkoch)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/1 "2012-07-11T02:34:14Z")
where is the best art school to learn drawing at or above collage level ??: šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/2 "2012-07-11T02:35:35Z")
I believe the next step after collage level is macaroni picture frames. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/3 "2012-07-11T02:50:49Z")
There is nothing above collage level art. It is the most advanced, refined art form yet mastered by humans. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/4 "2012-07-11T02:54:56Z")
Psst. ā€œ[College](http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/images/jpgs/college_art_aw141.jpg),ā€ not ā€œ[collage](http://artyowza.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/ssing1.jpg).ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/5 "2012-07-11T02:59:41Z")
Judging from your OP, Iā€™d say go to art school. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/6 "2012-07-11T03:00:16Z")
Any that donā€™t require an entrance essay, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/7 "2012-07-11T05:04:26Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I believe the next step after collage level is macaroni picture frames. Best possible response. Iā€™ll give it a 10.0 as soon as I stop cackling. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/8 "2012-07-11T05:04:32Z")
Fortunately, you can learn to draw without learning to spell. Iā€™d recommend the Art Students League, on 57th Street, in NYC (near Carnegie Hall). If you just want to take drawing classes, you donā€™t have to take anything else. And you can see the instructorsā€™ own work ahead of time, to decide whose class you want to be in. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/9 "2012-07-11T05:06:30Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/10 "2012-07-11T05:53:29Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Judging from your OP, Iā€™d say go to art school. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/11 "2012-07-11T07:57:38Z")
This is awesome. Jokes aside, anyone know what to do when you live in podunk and want to advance your training beyond lackadaisical community college ā€œcourses?ā€ Bribe a retiring artist with martinis and ā€¦? And Iā€™m pretty open about the ā€¦ (!) Iā€™ve been out of it for a few years mostly due to boredom, inertia, and frustration, and although Iā€™m probably going to relocate soon, itā€™s not likely to be any closer to a great art school. But I do have a tremendous, near-hormonal bug for classic technique and subject, I just havenā€™t quite been able to get over the next technical hurdle on my own. Need someone to hold a brush in front of me and a whip behind me. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-school-or-collage/627863/12 "2012-07-11T11:13:38Z")
Moved from GQ to IMHO. **samclem** , Moderator