More Than Just Canvas and Paint

Feedback from Mariel Ypil

Scribbles on the walls. Drawings on dictionaries and storybooks. Paint between the fingernails. Ever since I was a child I have always been drawing. I didn’t think of it as much because it was just the way things are with me. It was the way I spoke my mind and my feelings, the way I could tell anyone my humble yet quite far-fetched stories. There were always the crayons that could create the landscapes, and the pencils that would magically put the characters in my stories brimming with life. It was, what I could think of at the time, the kind of magic that I could possibly have, even without the sparkles.

Grown up and still living with art, I have had so many struggles with this so-called artist life. The trials and errors, the wrong techniques, the inexperiences with mediums and color theories – there are so many things that have stumped me and left me stuck in a stage of non-progression.

The years and the failed artworks have taught me that my inexperience was part of the process, but without much reference I find myself in the middle of a void, halfway to the kind of artist that I have always wanted myself to be.

Self-study has proven to be the best tool for me, but deep inside there is this unquenchable yearning to learn the way that the artists of centuries past have learned their techniques. There is Arthur Rackham, Alphonse Mucha, Michelangelo, Vermeer, Kay Nielsen and many more artists that have captivated me with wonder. And it wasn’t just their techniques that stunned and awed me. It was the stories behind every brush stroke, every pigment of paint, every subjects carefully placed with intriguing composition that had made me devote myself to learning more about art. I want to learn the ways that art could tell a story, could evoke a feeling, could strike inspiration and thought. Art has always influenced me not just in my life path but also the way I feel. And it had brought so much joy in my life. I am ever grateful to it. And ever since that epiphany, I would love to bring the same kind bliss and happiness to others as well.

Stumbling across Web Art Academy, I found in it a master and I an apprentice. There are so many things I could learn, lessons to sink my artist’s hunger into. As an artist, I will always have the yearning to learn something new each day, something wonderful to put to the table of challenges, and it is in here that I know I could pick those things up from. And of course, this is where I could find the ways to learn as the masters of art had once done their artworks. To finally have a way I could take a peek and jump into the way they had painted and drawn and loved art is more than enough to make me happy. This is why I would love to win the Web Art Academy course. It is my ticket to learn what I have always thought of as a privilege of a few.

I would be deeply honored if people would read this story of mine. A story of how an artist finds that the world of art will always be more than just about paints, that it is a world of inspiration and struggle. I would even be more grateful if I will be voted to win this course because, this is what I have filled my life with. This is something I will pour my devotion into, my sleepless nights and delightful days. I would love to live with art all my existence and to be able to tell stories through it, for everybody to take inspiration from. Thank you, kind people, for taking the time to read this and may art always make you feel alive.

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