Ever since I was around 4 years old, I have enjoyed drawing. Drawing for me has always been a release, and has helped me to focus my imagination into one precise point. An interesting aspect of this is that I am the only relatively successful artist in my family. Through years of practice, I have achieved moderate artistic abilities. I can connect with art very easily, and I think of it as a learning experience with every thing I draw. I tend to take images, and fictionalize them slightly so that they are recognizable, but still slightly different from the average artist's rendering. Ever since I started drawing, I have learned things I wouldn't have learned otherwise. I have improved greatly over the years, and I intend to continue improving for the rest of my career. As I grew up, I only started with small things, such as sailboats and trees. Around my late elementary school period, I started speeding up. I began drawing portraits of my friends, and characters from comic strips. Before long, I had started drawing many different types of things, such as landscapes, and still objects. During my middle school years, I began drawing things more realistically, and with more detail such as architectural pieces. Throughout my early years, I gained an appreciation for art that I still hold today. Late middle-school is when I started drawing more professionally. I joined the NINJAHS art group at the Ames Middle School, and spent a year drawing with them. With my favorite Pentel SIDE FX 0.7 in my hand, I found that I could create anything with effort and patience. Once I found my patient side, I found that I could go on for hours without getting bored. Not long after, I started investing in movement by shading, in which the multiple lines of a drawing are all at their own special angle to give flow in the artwork. That is the method I have used ever since my 7th grade. I base my drawing off of many things, including dream images and everyday objects. Most of what I draw now are still images and on occasion landscapes. Most of my drawings incorporate similar techniques, such as shading, contrast, and often movement. But there are always a few drawings that are specifically drawn differently. I am a pencil artist, but am accustomed to using coloring tools as well. When coloring, I often use oil pastel instead of paint. I enjoy working with a casual sketch book more than a canvas, but I have nothing against using one. I rarely use color in my drawings, but it is not uncommon with some drawings. I try to express emotions in my drawings as well, such as what feelings I was experiencing during the production of the drawing.
My Artwork And Me
A site dedicated to my High-School Artworks, and all that implies.