artistic skills

Talent for creation

Artistic skills are the learned abilities that enable someone to create visual art, music, dance, or other creative works.

The term encompasses both technical competencies—drawing, color mixing, brushwork—and less tangible capacities like composition and visual imagination.

She spent years developing her artistic skills before attempting portraiture.

Unlike raw talent, artistic skills can be taught and improved through practice.

Related

dancing · fashion design · storytelling · painting · fine art · sculpting · singing · puppetry · illustration · choreography · mime · embroidery · novel writing · ceramics · typography · interior design · set design · costume design

Categories
Opposites
creative vs. technical ability

artistic skillstechnical skills

Measurable job-specific abilities

technical knowledge · mechanical skills · analytical skills · logical reasoning · practical skills

cultivated ability vs. absence of ability

artistic skillsclumsiness

Lack of physical grace

ham-fistedness · tin ear · untrained eye · amateurishness

aesthetic sensitivity vs. aesthetic indifference

artistic skillsphilistinism

Contempt for cultural refinement

tone-deafness · tastelessness · crudeness · boorishness · vulgarity

Family

artistic, artist, artists, artistically, artistry, arts, artful, artfully, artless

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G