Why a blog?
Hello,
[Why a blog? I've decided to learn learn how to paint and I plan on using this blog as a way to document what I hope will be progress and growth as an artist.]
My name is James. I'm 37 years old and through most of my life I've had what I guess can be called an "artistic spirit". I've always had a great interest in creating things. One of my first passions in life was drawing, and as most artists do I picked subjects that interested me.
I started out copying characters from my comic books and learned a good amount of hand and eye control from doing these. I soon included what was easily the biggest passion in my young life:
I must have been about 12 years old when I drew this AT-AT walker from The Empire Strikes Back. I actually remember working on it during a break in school (4th or 5th grade I think). I never would trace anything I drew everything freehand :)
I got away from drawing for a few years then picked it up later in High School. I had started to play the guitar and was listening to Heavy Metal at the time which inspired these images:
I ended up getting very serious into music and playing the guitar. I was taking private classical guitar lessons and took music theory classes in college. I joined the classical and jazz guitar ensembles as well as other private lessons for the guitar. I took music very seriously and was planning on making it my life but it didn't work out that way.
I ended up getting a great job in another part of Florida and left college but not the guitar. I still played many hours a day for years after that. I didn't get back to art till I ended up loosing my job in 2001 thanks to the big market crash.
I had a lot of time off work and found myself watching the art shows that were on PBS during the morning. I forgot how much I enjoyed drawing and decided to get back to it. I bought a great book called The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I finally understood how an artist should look at the world. It also helped to improve my drawing even after years of not picking up a pencil:
I know they are not great works of art but I was very happy with what I was able to do even after so many years of not drawing.
I now found myself wanted to go into another direction. Somewhere I always though was far too serious an art for someone without formal training to do. I wanted to paint.
The art shows I've watched showed water colors, acrylic, and oil painting but which to go with. What are the advantages or each one, which is better for the first time painter, how much do materials cost?
I'll go further into this in my next posting.
[Why a blog? I've decided to learn learn how to paint and I plan on using this blog as a way to document what I hope will be progress and growth as an artist.]
My name is James. I'm 37 years old and through most of my life I've had what I guess can be called an "artistic spirit". I've always had a great interest in creating things. One of my first passions in life was drawing, and as most artists do I picked subjects that interested me.
I started out copying characters from my comic books and learned a good amount of hand and eye control from doing these. I soon included what was easily the biggest passion in my young life:
Star Wars
I must have been about 12 years old when I drew this AT-AT walker from The Empire Strikes Back. I actually remember working on it during a break in school (4th or 5th grade I think). I never would trace anything I drew everything freehand :)
I got away from drawing for a few years then picked it up later in High School. I had started to play the guitar and was listening to Heavy Metal at the time which inspired these images:
I ended up getting very serious into music and playing the guitar. I was taking private classical guitar lessons and took music theory classes in college. I joined the classical and jazz guitar ensembles as well as other private lessons for the guitar. I took music very seriously and was planning on making it my life but it didn't work out that way.
I ended up getting a great job in another part of Florida and left college but not the guitar. I still played many hours a day for years after that. I didn't get back to art till I ended up loosing my job in 2001 thanks to the big market crash.
I had a lot of time off work and found myself watching the art shows that were on PBS during the morning. I forgot how much I enjoyed drawing and decided to get back to it. I bought a great book called The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I finally understood how an artist should look at the world. It also helped to improve my drawing even after years of not picking up a pencil:
I know they are not great works of art but I was very happy with what I was able to do even after so many years of not drawing.
I now found myself wanted to go into another direction. Somewhere I always though was far too serious an art for someone without formal training to do. I wanted to paint.
The art shows I've watched showed water colors, acrylic, and oil painting but which to go with. What are the advantages or each one, which is better for the first time painter, how much do materials cost?
I'll go further into this in my next posting.
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