Why I do What I do

It started as jealousy...

So in about 4th grade, I started noticing my oldest sister getting better and better at art and this reallllllly made me irritated.

I started practicing and practicing and still in 5th grade, saw my art at a kindergartners level; cute but not her level.

Now, keep in mind my sister is 5 years older than me, so of course shes more advanced.

When I reached 6th grade (took forever), my sister started taking art classes at this small cute place called the Waterloo Art Studio. 

This place was awesome cuz it was right down our street and our mom could watch us walk down. 

Of course once she had taken classes for a month, I started complaining saying I deserved to be in that class also.

My grandma complained saying "oh you won't stick to it".... "its just a phase, you don't actually like art". Things to that nature.

Now, minus the rude comments I got from everyone, I must've eventually annoyed them to death cuz in less than a month I was in that same class. 

Mary (our teacher) gave me this challenge of drawing a still life image (drawing something thats right in front of you).

I drew it like a straight boss. Drew a tea pot and some other random stuff and I killllllled it.

I ended u in my sisters level class right off the bat. 

As you could image my cockiness went through the roof.

My sister ended up not going anymore after a few months and wouldn't you know, I stuck to it.

A couple months in is when I found my favorite medium is in fact, watercolor.

Since I was Marys favorite student (kidding), we always went to the local park and would paint flowers or whatever else we saw. Its one of my best childhood memories.She would work with me and teach me new tricks as long as I dished out artwork!

This woman Mary was literally my inspiration and quite frankly, the reason I never gave up art. She believed that I would stick to it when no one else would. She believed I had talent when I thought I didn't. Shes the reason I know as much as I do. She helped me master watercolor and even learn about other types of art! I really do owe a lot to this woman!

Side note, my sister did eventually go to college for art and still does artsy stuff to this day. I would be taking a class now in art but sadly, none are available at my school! One day though. I still paint in my free time!

Below is a recent piece I did that is sharpie outlined (I always outline in sharpie for some reason hahaha) and watercolored. It is Hindu inspired (like a lot of my art is) and one of my favorite pieces!

Here is another (kinda???) Hindu inspired piece! I'm really into the third eye and into inner awakening and personal self exploration! This is a charcoal/pastel drawing ( to show you I'm not all watercolor all the time! Gotta switch it up!)

Here's a cool piece! This is a picture of a snail with some trippy imaging on his shell. This is pen and ink (old school like Ben Franklin did with a feather!) and watercolor! One of my favorite pieces also!