By Jessica Zhang
According to Sunny's parents, her artistic journey started somewhere within coloring books when she was 2 or 3 years old. "I wasted whole boxes of crayons and markers just to fill pages with random colours,” she says. She continues, "Of course, what I drew made no sense to anyone, but my mom nevertheless took it as a sign of 'innate talent' and sent me to drawing lessons.” Since then, Sunny has attended art lessons on a regular basis.
According to Sunny's parents, her artistic journey started somewhere within coloring books when she was 2 or 3 years old. "I wasted whole boxes of crayons and markers just to fill pages with random colours,” she says. She continues, "Of course, what I drew made no sense to anyone, but my mom nevertheless took it as a sign of 'innate talent' and sent me to drawing lessons.” Since then, Sunny has attended art lessons on a regular basis.
When she came to Vancouver, she was taught that art isn’t just about perfecting techniques or representing the world realistically, but creating ideas. "All of a sudden, all the rules that I used to follow strictly were rendered meaningless, leaving me puzzled and doubting my identity as a real artist.”
However, the shift away from intense technique-training actually allowed Sunny to discover and create what resonated with herself. She gradually learned to express her own thoughts in creative and unique ways. Right now, she believes that art is a haven she can turn to whenever she procrastinates from doing school work.
Practicing pencil-drawing techniques, building architectural models, learning to paint with acrylic/oil paints/watercolour is what she loves to do. She enjoys all types of artistic mediums, but enjoys Prismacolor pencils best, stating, "their sharp edges and nuanced colors allow me to dig into the artwork and refine the details.”
