It All Started With Crayons
Art, Artistic, Artist, Artful, Artiste
My true Passion
Three years old with crayons
Brand new box, all sharp, smell of wax
Batman coloring book
Monochromatic - all white with black lines
Just waiting for me to color it.
Elementary school art class
Mrs. George teaching the color wheel
Blue and yellow make green
Not just crayons, markers and paint too
New mediums - clay, paper and even canvas
Bring my creations home to mom
Smiles and hugs, Oooos and Ahhhs
Hang it on the fridge for everyone to see.
High school drawing- serious stuff
Drawing, sketching, blending, shading
Mr. Crawford opening eyes, encouraging ideas
New pencils – 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, HB
Charcoal, graphite, ink, but pastels?
Learning new: Pop Art, Surrealism, freehand…
Moving on to Drawing II
Finding my niche – Drawing, Drawing, Drawing,
Light – dark
Black, grey, white
Blending, shading
Portrait, still life
Learning Line, shape and balance.
Lines – Wow – Not just a line
Vertical, horizontal, diagonal or straight
Curved, bent or angular
Thick or thin, wide or narrow
Blurred or fuzzy
Interrupted – Dot, dash, broken
Controlled versus freehand
Parallel, hatching, meandering, spiraling
Lines, lines, lines
Looking forward to university
Big, adventurous, trepidation
Anticipation building
Sketching models, learning forms
Learning axis, perspective, texture
Half tone, Quarter tone, Light tone.
What will you use this for?
Skills, skills, job.
Drawing comic books, animation, still life and movement
Make money doing what tantalizes
The world is my imagination
Super heroes, villains, and back stories
Back it up with skill.
Believable characters - form, background, backlight, shadow
Enticing Settings - Foreground, aerial or worm’s eye view, perspective
My masterpieces – See the world through my eyes
Art, Artistic, Artist, Artful, Artiste.