I hate, hate, hate it when they do stupid tropes like this. "She's never painted a day in her life, never had any experience with any art medium, and has never been taught any techniques. She's a genius!"
That's not how art works. At all. Some might have a better beginning talent than others but it takes time to get to the point where you're recognized for your talent. It takes practice. It takes repetition. You have to practice again and again to get that good. It's the same with music, the same with cooking. You might do a good job on your first try but that doesn't mean you're immediately ready to join competition. It's fine if they want to do a girl learning new things or whatever. I'm fine with her being better than average at art. My issue is that it's stupid to say that someone who never picked up a paint brush spotless compete against people who have been nurturing this talent their whole life. That's disrespectful to the people who actually put in the effort to learn and that's harmful to the amateur.
Both a friend and I were in a city competition in elementary school. We both did fairly well. I won 2nd place. They won 3rd. But we were judged against our peers. We were both only in the 3rd grade. That competition went all the way up to professionals. If they're going to do a competition, they should take that kind of thing into consideration, different levels, but they never do. It's just irritating.
I hate, hate, hate it when they do stupid tropes like this. "She's never painted a day in her life, never had any experience with any art medium, and has never been taught any techniques. She's a genius!"
That's not how art works. At all. Some might have a better beginning talent than others but it takes time to get to the point where you're recognized for your talent. It takes practice. It takes repetition. You have to practice again and again to get that good. It's the same with music, the same with cooking. You might do a good job on your first try but that doesn't mean you're immediately ready to join competition. It's fine if they want to do a girl learning new things or whatever. I'm fine with her being better than average at art. My issue is that it's stupid to say that someone who never picked up a paint brush spotless compete against people who have been nurturing this talent their whole life. That's disrespectful to the people who actually put in the effort to learn and that's harmful to the amateur.
Both a friend and I were in a city competition in elementary school. We both did fairly well. I won 2nd place. They won 3rd. But we were judged against our peers. We were both only in the 3rd grade. That competition went all the way up to professionals. If they're going to do a competition, they should take that kind of thing into consideration, different levels, but they never do. It's just irritating.