A hint

Perspective is difficult to master i would know it's not my forte. While going through a few art books a I found a tip that makes it a little easier. If you start with laying out where you want the depth to be in your picture it becomes easier to then draw the rest of your picture. Another is if you do a small sketch of your whole idea it allows you to change the look before it's too late to change on the canvas!

Criticism need not apply

Okay i know i''m not the absolute best artist in the world, but who really can be. What makes someone the best?! I don't think there is a best or worst ANYTHING! It's how you perceive your art and yourself. I may be slightly different than most because I'm the opposite. i handle rejection pretty well, but the thing that bothers me more is criticism, i seem to take it personally and feel like they are saying what i drew is bad. Which actually isn't the case at all. The other day i was asked what the meaning was to one of my pictures or is it just for the sake of having shapes. Well here's the thing I LOVE SHAPES and most of my pictures have alot of them, but sometimes i just feel like drawing a bunch of shapes and making it very colorful. Not all of my art has a purpose, like to change someones view on something, it just makes me happy. That's one of the things i like about drawing if it makes you happy why not draw it.. I understand that people like the depth and meaning to it, but if it makes me happy as an artist, i don't really want someone telling me that it NEEDS a certain emotional side. In order to be able to explain my drawings though I've delved deeper into myself and my art to describe the connection between it and me.

A little inspiration

I get my ideas from more unusual places. One drawing i did came from the pattern on the tile in a bathroom, another from a crossword puzzle.I'd say all the pictures are unique in their own right. Block work or cubism is i found technical and complicated to plan out, mostly because once you get the idea on paper it ends up transforming itself while your painting it. Recently i was going through a local Denver art guide and came across a few interesting sections that i found helpful in my "quest" to becoming a known artist. One of the sections described art styles. Finally i figured out what my style is called, which is a mixture of abstract and modernism. I wonder if i can call it "modern-abstract-ism?!" Another section i liked was an "art locator index" it listed numerous galleries all over Colorado, with a description of what they look for and like to display. I've found a few that sound like my style of art and have started looking at their websites to see if and how an unknown emerging artist can get their stuff displayed for the public to see!!! It's exciting and hard!!

End of 2008

Well I'm an artist to say the least. I have an eye for what can draw the eye to a certain part of a picture. I have a few favorite styles that i use, i like to use bright geometric patterns, and dark Gothic style. Both draw my attention for different reasons the brightness is almost mesmerizing in a way where you can look at it for hours and still be in awe by it. Dark Gothic has such emotion in it that it makes you think about it for days at a time. I have done some pencil drawings of animals which i like to draw because they have a unique look and texture. I've been working on the perspective in paintings themselves. Which is harder than i thought but i found a certain key that makes it easier for me. I keep working at it so its improving...