Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Drawing Classes

I never would have thought drawing is the foundation to achieving better paintings.
Since my mom passed early this year, I decided that maybe taking a fundamental art class would be a good idea. Before my mom died, she told me to keep doing my art. She always liked what I did, but I always felt something was missing.

I was never good at perspective or proportions. Most of my work was out of my experiences in life or just my creative edge.

It seems that this is just not good enough. My paintings only sold occassionally and I have only been juried into exhibits few and far between.

I thought hard and long that maybe, the class I missed while in college was the basis for my continued rejection. Not sure if that is true, because Andy Warhol constantly was rejected, and suddenly he hit the pop art scene and became a famous iconic figure.

So, here I am now taking a credit course in drawing.