AM: What is your background?
I was born on May 10th, 2008 and my brother was born in 2010. Me and my brother kind of got into a lot of fights, but now that we’re older and more mature we’re settling down. When I was about two, I started doing some art; mostly scribbles, but it looked like tie-dye. Then I got better at art so I started to draw people and scenes. My mom put me in an art class at Hollyburn Country Club. My teacher was Sherry and she expanded on my art style. We did a lot of Picasso and we did a lot of collaging too. At Hollyburn, they were doing a kid’s camp, but Sherry stopped working there so around 2015 my mom put me in an art class after school. I’ve been doing that ever since. I also started karate when I was 3 and now I’m a brown belt in 2017! Along the way, I made a lot of friends, my three favorite friends are probably Eli, Haden and Declan. In the future, I’m hoping to expand on all that stuff; make more friends and get better at art.
AM: Other than the arts, what are your other interests and hobbies?
Other than art I really like karate, playing tag, paying games on T.V, trampoline and I’m interested in building structures with Lego.
I was born on May 10th, 2008 and my brother was born in 2010. Me and my brother kind of got into a lot of fights, but now that we’re older and more mature we’re settling down. When I was about two, I started doing some art; mostly scribbles, but it looked like tie-dye. Then I got better at art so I started to draw people and scenes. My mom put me in an art class at Hollyburn Country Club. My teacher was Sherry and she expanded on my art style. We did a lot of Picasso and we did a lot of collaging too. At Hollyburn, they were doing a kid’s camp, but Sherry stopped working there so around 2015 my mom put me in an art class after school. I’ve been doing that ever since. I also started karate when I was 3 and now I’m a brown belt in 2017! Along the way, I made a lot of friends, my three favorite friends are probably Eli, Haden and Declan. In the future, I’m hoping to expand on all that stuff; make more friends and get better at art.
AM: Other than the arts, what are your other interests and hobbies?
Other than art I really like karate, playing tag, paying games on T.V, trampoline and I’m interested in building structures with Lego.
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AM: What is your philosophy on art? What does « art as a means of expression» mean to you?
Art calms me down and it is a way of telling your emotions. My emotions are in the art; so, when I’m happy I draw a lot of people and draw things I like, happy things. And when I’m sad I mostly draw less people, more dark and grey drawings and not happy things – maybe some people walking around with their heads down and feeling depressed.
AM: What would your advice be to budding artists?
My advice would be to start with what you like; maybe getting art books and learning how to draw. Then you can make your own. Art books will help you start. It is also good to start at a young age. You should take classes and do a lot of Picasso because Picasso’s style is in a lot of art. He used a lot of colour and shapes. So, when you draw a flower is can be made of many shapes and colours. Do what you want with art – no one can tell you what to draw and if they do, you can always draw it in your own way.
AM: Who or what has influenced you and how?
My biggest influence was my grandma in Calgary. My mom’s side of the family is very artistic. When my grandma draws family trees she uses a lot of detail and sometimes she does it in black and white and sometimes colour. I’d really like to be an artist like her. She gives me a lot of presents – my grandpa carves them and she paints them. When I grow up and have children I want to be able to give them gifts like that.
Art calms me down and it is a way of telling your emotions. My emotions are in the art; so, when I’m happy I draw a lot of people and draw things I like, happy things. And when I’m sad I mostly draw less people, more dark and grey drawings and not happy things – maybe some people walking around with their heads down and feeling depressed.
AM: What would your advice be to budding artists?
My advice would be to start with what you like; maybe getting art books and learning how to draw. Then you can make your own. Art books will help you start. It is also good to start at a young age. You should take classes and do a lot of Picasso because Picasso’s style is in a lot of art. He used a lot of colour and shapes. So, when you draw a flower is can be made of many shapes and colours. Do what you want with art – no one can tell you what to draw and if they do, you can always draw it in your own way.
AM: Who or what has influenced you and how?
My biggest influence was my grandma in Calgary. My mom’s side of the family is very artistic. When my grandma draws family trees she uses a lot of detail and sometimes she does it in black and white and sometimes colour. I’d really like to be an artist like her. She gives me a lot of presents – my grandpa carves them and she paints them. When I grow up and have children I want to be able to give them gifts like that.
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AM: What is your favourite medium?
My favourite medium is pencil, clay and pencil crayon. With pencil crayon you can push really hard to get a darker colour and lighter to get a different shade. With markers, you need to have a lot of them to get different colours but with pencil crayon it’s optional. With pencils, you can do a lot of shading, like a chess board you can draw in just pencil, or a black and white dog or a dice. With pencils, you can also do a lot of uniforms because school uniforms usually have grey pants. Also, if you put pencil on top of another colour it will darken it. My favourite style is cartoons, jokes, scenes. I really like being funny with it. For example, a picture with a bunch of people doing things wrong frozen in time, like if someone spills wine and it freezes right before it hits the ground, or someone tripping and falling in the air. It’s like everything funny and wrong can happen in one frame.
My favourite medium is pencil, clay and pencil crayon. With pencil crayon you can push really hard to get a darker colour and lighter to get a different shade. With markers, you need to have a lot of them to get different colours but with pencil crayon it’s optional. With pencils, you can do a lot of shading, like a chess board you can draw in just pencil, or a black and white dog or a dice. With pencils, you can also do a lot of uniforms because school uniforms usually have grey pants. Also, if you put pencil on top of another colour it will darken it. My favourite style is cartoons, jokes, scenes. I really like being funny with it. For example, a picture with a bunch of people doing things wrong frozen in time, like if someone spills wine and it freezes right before it hits the ground, or someone tripping and falling in the air. It’s like everything funny and wrong can happen in one frame.
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AM: Can you comment on the work that is being featured in Arts Mag?
I was inspired to create this book from watching a brain pop video on how to write stories. Then I came up with a character – Greg. At recess, I started doodling that character. Other people were drawing and they gave me a blank book, then I realized I could make a book about that character I was doodling!
AM: What are your future aspirations?
In the future, I want to kind of teach people my art style. I ‘d like to be either a famous artist or a teacher.
I was inspired to create this book from watching a brain pop video on how to write stories. Then I came up with a character – Greg. At recess, I started doodling that character. Other people were drawing and they gave me a blank book, then I realized I could make a book about that character I was doodling!
AM: What are your future aspirations?
In the future, I want to kind of teach people my art style. I ‘d like to be either a famous artist or a teacher.
