/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I'm realizing art is a personal journey and you have to come up with your own routines and techniques eventually. There is no such thing as a rule in art, and no objective truths that can be easily understood such as the rule of thirds.

Sadly the people who are looking for artistic freedom and expression turn to modern art, while the more rigid process followers turn their attention to traditional art, the kind of art you need technique and knowledge to create it.
The rigid kind of people seem to thrive in a school environment, they are the ones who score good grades, so naturally they progress the most in a course based learning environment, which is all around us today and almost impossible to avoid. Since they are the academic type they usually become teachers themselves and create their own courses.

The problem is that we are being inundated by the rigid, lifeless, boring "artists" that have no creativity on their own and seem to have an answer to every problem (that someone else came up with).
They strip art from its surrounding charm (soul) and pick apart every little thing that composes a great art piece, thinking that they have figured it out then applying them to their own artwork, like if it was a math equation. But it doesn't work this way.
Listening to these type of people discourage real artists with all that school work and grind mindset. "Just draw" remains as the superior all encompassing advice because if you want to create actual art you have to use your own brain and figure things out aka creativity.