I find that most young people just have an innate sense of personal style, which often seems to fade away as they mature. It's fun to capture them while they're still living out their sense of individualism. I've just finished taking a beginner drawing class at Bemis Art School, and this young woman was one of my fellow students. She prefers to go by Fish rather than her given name. Fish was the youngest person in the class, and also the most individualistic.
I do have an art degree, believe it or not. It's just that I rarely put pencil to paper again once I graduated from college. Last year I actually tried to draw a simple thing, and found that those muscles in my brain were so atrophied that I could barely eke out a square! So I asked for beginning drawing lessons for Christmas, and Santa delivered. I had a great time reviving those long atrophied muscles. Now that the class has ended, I'm going to sign up for intermediate drawing.
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So glad you've taken it in hand again...and started back to drawing. I've done it off and on all my life; am considering going back to the little group that has a model every week. Did it for 15 years and quit for the last 5, but think it would be good for me to go back. (I've kept painting in the interim, but have slowed down this year, and need a kickstart.)
@JudithK you should! It's so cathartic! And it's nice to get out of the house and do something creative in a group setting now and again.
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