I've always drawn.
For as long as I can remember I've put pencils/pens/paints to paper and created things. I think it's about the only thing I'm naturally any good at! I read an old school report a while ago and it made for painful reading. The one exception was art. I remember feeling that art lessons were a break from work, three hours to forget all of that nonsense about periodic tables and algebra, a chance to do what was really important to me.
I didn't go to art school when I maybe should have but I don't think this had a negative impact on me in any way. Everything I do has been self-taught with much inspiration from aviation artists like Michael Turner and Nicolas Trudgian. Aviation was always my first love, so much so that as my GCSE's were fast approaching my art teacher came up to my table one day, threw a sheep's skull down in front of me and said "Here! Now for goodness sake, draw something other than an aeroplane!"
Nowadays, I try and draw as many different subjects as possible and it can be quite interesting deciding what the next thing will be. You sit there in front of a blank piece of paper, a mixture of excitement and nervousness rolling around your head, yet once those first few lines appear, the creative process begins. I've never known such rewarding hobby and I love it.
Happy drawing!
Harri
For as long as I can remember I've put pencils/pens/paints to paper and created things. I think it's about the only thing I'm naturally any good at! I read an old school report a while ago and it made for painful reading. The one exception was art. I remember feeling that art lessons were a break from work, three hours to forget all of that nonsense about periodic tables and algebra, a chance to do what was really important to me.
I didn't go to art school when I maybe should have but I don't think this had a negative impact on me in any way. Everything I do has been self-taught with much inspiration from aviation artists like Michael Turner and Nicolas Trudgian. Aviation was always my first love, so much so that as my GCSE's were fast approaching my art teacher came up to my table one day, threw a sheep's skull down in front of me and said "Here! Now for goodness sake, draw something other than an aeroplane!"
Nowadays, I try and draw as many different subjects as possible and it can be quite interesting deciding what the next thing will be. You sit there in front of a blank piece of paper, a mixture of excitement and nervousness rolling around your head, yet once those first few lines appear, the creative process begins. I've never known such rewarding hobby and I love it.
Happy drawing!
Harri