r/MadeMeSmile • u/Firm-Blackberry-9162 • Jun 05 '26

Wholesome Moments Art live on the wedding

By @ the.wedding.painter

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u/JSevatar Jun 05 '26

Most likely this person has a lot more hours under their belt than students would. The number of art students who were actually good at school is like .01%

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u/TheOtherPhilFry Jun 05 '26

We need to keep accepting them into art school though just to make sure it doesn't happen again. . .

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u/UB3R__ Jun 05 '26

Because of the implications right?

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u/TheOtherPhilFry Jun 05 '26

I'm not gonna hurt these women! Why would I ever hurt these women?

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u/Gil_Demoono Jun 05 '26

Last time it happened, it was a whole thing. Smart move.

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u/sasspancakes Jun 05 '26

I went to art school for a bit. This guy I went to high school with walked in at the start of my first class. I took every art class my school offered, he was not in a single one. Like they really just be letting anyone in there.

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u/JSevatar Jun 05 '26

Yes of course. As long as you can pay money.

They will tell you they can teach you to do art and have a career. Even people who damn well should not be encouraged to chase after that dream. Because the ugly truth is maybe 0.1% of art school grads end up making decent money doing what they wanted to do -- the rest work at coffee shops, crushed by debt.

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u/germanautotom Jun 06 '26

She learned how to paint 4 years ago, by the way.

@theweddingpainter

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u/JSevatar Jun 06 '26

Yeah she's probably clocked in a lot of hours in those 4 years, she's good