Speaker: Loretta , USA
Loretta : I am Loretta Mickey from the United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Can we see some examples of the art work you've produced with Draw Awesome?
Loretta : This is a graphite picture I did. I would have never... ...in this world thought I could draw to this extreme. I really do enjoy the graphite drawing. I've made my all my pictures into a book that I can pull them up very fast. This is charcoal and I really enjoyed charcoal. It was so much fun and relaxing for some reason for me. I didn't really find it all that messy. I don't know why but it worked out for me.
Loretta : When I did this one, it's super amazed me that I could accomplish this. Still have a lot to learn on shading but I'm getting so, so much better and such an enjoyment out of it.
Loretta : I was amazed how much I enjoyed doing the really fast drawings and not worrying about every line, everything being perfect. That was very relaxing and it surprised me. So yes, I like I said I have been enjoying just about everything to do with this Course.
Loretta : I've got more enjoyment. I told my kids I enjoyed a lot of time that I spent - I spend doing this - so yeah, it's pretty amazing.
Loretta : My children are so encouraging and so complimentary and so are friends and that does mean a lot to you because you know, you like to hear... anybody likes to hear...positive come back on what you're doing. I mean, I would still do the art whether I got it or not, but it does give me pleasure to hear nice comments from family and friends.
Before starting Draw Awesome, what was your level of art experience?
Loretta : My experience was very limited. I started out with doing acrylics with tole painting. When I found a class here in Lancaster and then I found a lady who taught watercolour and decided to try that. So she was self taught and taught us. She was prior Amish and had broke away from her Amish style of life and started teaching with home students - home school students - and picked up some of us retirees who wanted to challenge themselves with some kind of painting.
How do you think Draw Awesome has helped you?
Loretta : I have learned a lot from Draw Awesome. My goal was to learn different mediums and especially drawing itself because when you do tole painting most of that is traced. And I wanted to expand my abilities into actually drawing without tracing. And I accomplished that - I've very much enjoyed learning different mediums. Love graphite... ...found I enjoy charcoal and pastel pencils. I'm still not completely through the Course. I'm a little bit back on some of the classes but I'm excited to get the whole way through the Draw Awesome. Yes, friends have commented on my my improvement. My daughter who took art in college has commented that she's seen a big difference and is encouraging me to keep enjoying art. It's given me a hobby to fill in time that I really enjoy have enjoyed seeing other artists work.
Loretta : Yes I would like to also do... ...pull up other courses after this is finished.
Loretta : Anything that Phil has published I will definitely be checking out because I find I can learn very easily from him and and his Dad, Bob, so yeah, looking forward to a future of really doing more. I would like to get much, much, much better at portraits. I find I enjoy doing portraits more so than landscapes. So yes, it's been a great experience. Glad I took advantage of doing it.
So would you recommend Draw Awesome to others?
Loretta : I must say I liked everything about this Draw Awesome group. I like the interaction of our congress who would say comments back and forth from other artists... even just seeing other artist's work - - everything about it and Phil and Bob's encouragement. It's just been a time in my life that I needed and have just so, so enjoyed. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get further with their art or become involved with an art group just for the pleasure of it. In fact, I've mentioned to a couple of people, they asked what I was involved with and they were so interested. And a couple of them, I had given the website, I don't know whether they did join or not, but I shared the information. Some of them were involved with Art Tutor prior. So yeah, I definitely would recommend this to anybody - - even accomplished artists, because it was just a pleasure to see other artwork from people all over the world. I loved it. So, so glad I decided to join!
