Drawing by Jasmine W.

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My name is Jasmine. I’m a visual artist. I love drawing and painting. I have always loved creating and expressing myself through art.

Art has played a huge part in my life, I remember when I was younger and in school art class was always my happy place and the place where I could be free to create anything I wanted without judgment, without rules, and in peace. I was bullied a lot at school but, in art class, the bullies didn’t exist and there wasn’t any judgment or harsh words, it was just me in my happy place creating what came to my mind freely. My entire family would buy me art supplies give me, pencils, crayons, paints, paint brushes, or sometimes even buy my art to encourage me to keep going for my dreams and to keep exploring my creative side. With my childhood friends, we bonded when we create art on the sidewalks with chalk or on canvas with paints and create stories for each of our drawings or paintings.

My biggest challenge in art is self- doubt. A lot of times I have to pull myself out of my self-doubt and encourage my self that I am capable of creating drawings outside of my comfort zone. But, I am more than ever ready to go beyond what I thought was my level of comfort and start creating art like never before. I am following what my spirit and heart desire.

I want to learn the secrets to creating eye-catching figure drawings, portraits, landscapes and more. I want to learn how to create art that expresses my stories and intrigues the viewers.

I think the Drawing Academy is a great place because they offer opportunities to learn the fundamentals to better their creations and reach their goals. I think it’s a wonderful place for an artist because they have tutors and a community to support the artist, and I love that their purpose and mission is to inspire and teach others.

I want to win the Drawing Academy course because I want to learn the techniques of the professionals so I create pieces that tell stories and inspire people when they look at my art.

People voting for me would mean a lot because I would like to use the tools from the drawing academy course to better my techniques and art pieces so I could create inspiring pieces.