Ummmmm I am in art class at school but I've been drawing my whole life. Art class is great because it has exposed me to new mediums that I haven't used before, though I started being a good artist in year 9 when I was exposed to charcoals, then in yr 10 and 11 when we got to use pastels in art, and this year when I found the fineline pens in the art room and became addicted :) having an art teacher, and access to different mediums has been a great thing for me :)

jrebel7

That's great! Have you done any calligraphy? I studied calligraphy with the late Father Catich at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, IA, U.S.A.

Clough, I thought you might get a laugh out of this posting. I did this piece in high school so does that tell you how long ago that might have been? I play "at" the piano, ukulele, and guitar. I always wanted to learn to play the drums and who knows, I may still yet!

I don't expect any raves on this piece by any means but it was a fun little India Ink piece and with your love for musical instruments, thought you might get a hoot out of seeing this one. At the time I did this, of course, I was quite excited about it!! LOL :)

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I just love the boat. Im thrilled at such amazing work being posted here. Keep 'em coming!

Erica :)

I do very much appreciate it! :) Looks very much like Picasso! Was he one of your relatives? :D

I especially like the folk instrument element in it, and that you have tied various aspects of music into one whole unit!

There is also unity, harmony and discordance (dissonance) in the work. Very much the way that music is!

So you do play a number of instruments, eh?

"We are never through." That's the only thing that I can remember of something that my 7th grade English teacher said, other than one of my brother's friends had decked the teacher about seven years earlier! :p (That was junior high in a very rough school!)

At least I learned something from that teacher! Oh, yeah! I just remembered that his name was Mr. Johnson.

"We are never through." I would also add, that we are never too old to start learning how to do art and/or music as long as we are physically and mentally okay.

Before leaving for the night, thought I would post a bit more art work. I have enjoyed viewing everyone's art on here over and over. I am posting a "wooden spool". If anyone can tell me where this type of spool might have came from, I would love to know. I have lots of different shaped ones and wondered if they were used in factories. The "John Wayne" piece was done for the Director where I worked but given as a gift from the whole "Employee of the Year" committee. The committee paid for having it matted and framed. The director had John Wayne stuff everywhere in his office and when it was presented to him, this big ol' 6'4 man cried. I hope it was because he liked it!! I could criticize it to death but won't. Didn't have enough time to do it right but here it is from a few years ago. For some reason, it seems I can't get one of them posted. If it isn't on post or if it is on twice, I will try to correct. The "John Wayne" drawing is just a photo of the drawing. I had not started having prints of my work made at the time I did this piece.

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I knew that some more images of awesome work were on there way. From your profile:

Distant cousin twice removed!! LOL :) NOT :p

My ninth grade art teacher went around to some of the students saying whether we should continue with art or not. She told me, "You have no creative ability. You should not continue in art!" Cut and dried and that was that. You know, she was right in some ways and I knew that. I am not terribly creative. I can look at a photo and do a drawing or paint a place I would like to be but have not ever seen but in all reality I am not real creative. However, because I have a stubbornness in me, not to give up, and had and have such a love for art, I have continued on. I think the teacher could have been kinder but that was that and I here I am. In college, one of my art professors asked if I would be able to go on to a specific university in our state so I guess he believed in me a little.

Didn't you think the water was amazing??

I believe in you, Jan!!

I haven't tried calligraphy, I do have a japanese calligraphy set which I have no idea how to use.jrebel that music one is amazing! And the skill you have with drawing in the john wayne one is fantastic!

Do you mean the style that uses brushes? Are there instructions that came with the set?

What a great way to end my evening!

Clough, thank you for believing in me! Tears are close to falling! You caught me off guard! Think what I would have missed had you not directed me to this thread. Thank you so much!

Cal, your words are special to me. As I said earlier, I think we are kindred spirits. We may be years apart but certainly not worlds apart! We share a love of art and that brings us all together!

Good night for now. Thank you both! I hope I can be a blessing to each of you as we continue to share our common bond, love for the arts!

Ummmm I don't think instructions came with it.
I has like a 2 part brush that clips together sort of, and a few other little things with it. When I get home ill send a photo of it.
Edit- aaaww just saw what you just said jrebel thank you so much, you are a very special person and a very special artist :)

I'm glad that you came back, Erica! We would love to see more of your work! :)

I agree with clough :) lets see more of your art erica:)

I "plan" to get another started today, my unicorn got tampered with by my 3 year old - so I'm sure you can imagine what it looks like now. Bare with me, although I'm getting a little discouraged at myself. My drawings aren't coming out near what I want them to - for me, they just aren't good enough. I know I've taken no classes, and have very little experience, but I expect more out of myself. AHHH!! Aggravation has kicked in, and its kicking my butt. SOON I hope - to post more that is. Hugs all!

P.S. I LOVE this Thread - and all of you amazing artists. I look forward to getting on here everyday :)

Sounds good and please do!

If it's Japanese than it is probably meant to write the Japanese characters for their language. I haven't studied that, yet.

What I studied was using calligraphy pens and writing the English alphabet in words in an artful way. I got so that I can shape my own nibs for the pens to the desired cant.

You can also do the same thing to brushes. That is, to shape them to how you want them to be shaped.