DRAWING and PAINTING, etc.

I was C and D. My parents were artists and it was just assumed that I would go to art school which I did. I wavered a little when I took a job between graduating from high school and starting art in school in the fall. That summer I worked as a nurses' aide at the Deaconess hospital in Boston. I liked it and considered going into nursing but I didn't have a chance. I went to art school. Glad I did. Nurses work too hard.

Anne

d all the way and not till I was in my late 40's. Suz

No talent in my family that I know of. My nephew though is UNBELIEVABLE as a surrealist & mechanical artist and is studying it.
I learned in the military as an illustrator for 4 years. Took Famous Artist Course, went to Un of the Americas in Mexico for 1 year and have made a living mostly as a commercial artist/art director/teacher, free lancer and art/sign company business owner that my sons own now that I started in 1982. More or less self taught. Also took many night courses in things like etching, pottery, dance, metal sculpture, solar collectors.

Same as Anne, I was C and D. However, neither my father nor mother were very artistically inclined, only siblings and relatives on both maternal and fraternal sides.

I was in 2nd grade and used to copy what the girl next to me drew, mostly girls in dresses like Brenda Star. Then in high school my cousin taught me the basics of drawing the human body. I drew a lot in high school (on my own). After all of my kids grew up and I gave up tennis, I took Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and some private classes.From there to the community college in the early ninties to now I,ve taken all of their fine arts classes and especialy love watercolor and oils and pottery.I am a perennial student, it keeps me motivated and I love being with so many people. Lucie17

Self taught all the way. I guess you could say I was born an artist. Beginning in Elementary School, I ALWAYS drew all around the margins of my assignments. I got caught many times all through school drawing instead of doing what I was suppose to be doing. I did come from a fairly artistic family. My father drew cartoon characters fantastically. I have one sister that is also an artist and one deceased sister that was fairly good. She would have been very good if she had pursued her talent.

I was also self taught all the way. . I--like Rose--- use to draw all the time as a child ---but I had no one to inspire or encourage me. The school I attended didn't have art classes. I married young (16 ) and art was forgotten for me. At age 40 I told my husband that I had always wanted to paint -- and although money was very tight at the time he came home from work the next evening with a set of acrylic paints. When I saw how much he had paid for it I thought I had darned well better learn how to use it. I started painting on tree fungus ( we lived in the woods and they were plentiful ) and selling them at craft fairs . Later I moved on to canvas and oil paint. My husband and I did art & craft fairs together for almost 20 years . He was a very good duck decoy carver. All three of my children are very artistic.

I guess I am mostly a. I have read a LOT of books to gain knowledge. I also have some c. in me. My father was artistic, and encouraged me from the time I was small. I won every coloring contest I entered as a child. I had one art class in high school, but only really started working on my art two years ago. I belong to a group of artists here that is very supportive, and helpful on my journey as an artist!

Totally, Self-taught, and didn't start until I was in my 30's. Taught myself the old-fashioned way, I copied the Masters out of books. Got so I could duplicate their paintings exactly. Only I did it in pastels. Went from there to colored pencils and one day, I decided I could draw anything I can see, either with my eyes or my mind. THEN I said I was an artist.

I an going to say C and F. When I started school my mother gave me the means to produce art, this means that she gave me art supplies. She worked along side of me calling my attention to angles and observing how things looked. She never said draw it this way. I was almost a failure in elementary school art because I didn't want to paint between the crayon lines. Does not follow directions well was the teacher comment. My junior high teacher just let us work on what ever we wanted to do only making comments on our work as she walked around the room sometimes. My high school art teacher was totally different. Her class was based on art history and we learned how things were done in the past and a lot of design work.(freshman year) The new art teacher my second year gave us assignments and talked with us about our projects. By the end of that year we were picking our own projects and completing them with minimal direction. College was very much the same as later high school years. My grade school art teacher was the only one who ever said to me 'You have to do it this way'. Everyone else taught me to look and just do it (long before Nike thought of it). I thank them all for the opportunity.--W