stormgeranamo

Wow, I haven't been on for a while!  I have painted a ton of new stuff too, but haven't even photographed any.  I've recently started college, so really, since the beginning of senior year hs I haven't posted anything.  I've done about 14 new paintings I think?  I don't really keep track..but right now I'm working on a painting of a beautiful woman, called the Goodnight Princess Lullaby, lots of cool colors with detailed designs that remind me of sleep and dreams.  I decided to paint it because I wanted something calm for my bedroom.  Another painting I did was really different from anything else I'd done, called the Laughing Women, very warm, busy, abstract yet charming marketplace type of feel to it.  I gave the picture to my grandfather though, because he loved it, and my grandpa is a very particular artist who trades work and what not...I knew it meant a lot to him to be able to show it to his friends saying "that's my granddaughter" It seems like the first time I've ever made him proud...it's not even that fantastic of a painting, but I'm glad it makes certain people happy.  I guess that's what art is though..not everyone has the same taste.  My style just changes every two seconds depending on my mood.

  This is just some boring background about..well, why I draw I guess

  When I was age two, three, and four I refused to draw.  I would have my older sisters draw pictures for me *I'm the youngest*
It wasn't until I was five that I took an interest in drawing myself.  The people I drew looked like pigs and who knows what else.

  When I moved to Hawaii in the 5th grade I had to test to see if I was GT *Gifted and Talented* in education and/or art.  Yeah, not gifted in the educational area I guess...but, they did put me in GT art.  It was fun I guess, we just did what we wanted.  The next year they only offered regular art.  Teacher's put me in there against my will and I almost failed the class.  My teacher said I cheated and kept giving me C's and D's...how could I cheat in art, while being in class?  One of times we had to look at our hand and draw it without looking at the paper.  I did that and was pleased with the results.  My teacher gave me an F saying I looked down at the paper.  I fought with her and she eventually gave me a C.  I hated that class it was so boring we would draw the dumbest stuff.

  I haven't been in an art class since.  I enjoy drawing/painting on my own time.  
  My mom majored in art and my grandpa is an artist *he's 87*  My great aunt, great great aunt, great grandma, and other people painted, whittled, other art stuff like that, they were really good.  My 23 year old sister was in art in highschool and she does beautiful paintings.

  My stuff is decent, I do stuff for my own enjoyment and my mom usually tells me if something is off.  My friends ask me to draw them but, I don't do as well drawing them because I feel like I have to.  People think I can whip up stuff like that but, it's not that easy for me.  I have to feel like doing it, in order to do it.