Art Essay

ART-121
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When I was in elementary school and we had to do the art classes, I always really enjoyed it. I can"t say that I was a genius artist at that age, but I always thought I was really good at it for my age. I still have all of my art that I drew. We had to draw a picture of Mona Lisa and that was one that my family and myself were really proud of. When I really started paying more attention to my drawings and wanting to make it really good, I was in high school taking the art one, art two classes. I draw because its just a lot of fun, and theres always something you can draw. You can make up anything, there"s no limits to drawings, especially color stuff that involves color, I"m a very colorful person. So since I"m now in college, I"ve really been doing art for about 3 years.
I can"t say that I really have sources. When I start to draw, it"s usually when I"m in class with just a doodle, I know that sounds bad, but then after that I build on to it. Another time is just when I"m sitting at the house with not very much to do, I"ll grab some paper and markers and start drawing. There"s an artist, Alex Pardee, that I love. You wouldn"t see his drawings in a famous, fancy art museum...I do admit that his drawings are odd, but they interest me a lot. My grandmother also draws, and she both extremely good, and she inspires me to work more on my drawings I do. She taught me a lot of the things I know, like how to mix colors and how to shade. When I was younger, during the days I didn"t go to school I"d walk down to her house and she would pull out all of her art tools and we could draw all day.
I learn better when I sit down with someone, and they actually show me what I need to be doing and how to do it. That"s why I liked learning with my grandmother. If I watch someone do it, and then I study it myself, I can do it pretty easily. I"m more of a one-on-one type of learner, I like to be with just one person and going back of...