Drawings

I’ve been drawing portraits since high school, though I didn’t even realize I could until my sophomore year. In my art class, our teacher assigned us to recreate a black-and-white image from a magazine as accurately as possible. I didn’t think much of it at the time—I just followed the instructions and got to work.

A few days later, after seeing my progress, my teacher pulled me out of the class. At first, I thought I had done something wrong. Instead, she moved me into her most advanced class. From there, she gave me the freedom to draw whatever I wanted. That’s when I discovered how much I loved drawing people—the expressions, the details, the challenge of capturing a likeness.

I’ve been drawing portraits ever since…