It started with a tree

I had art as an elective class in 9th grade. I drew a tree, and I still have it. That’s the first time I knew I could actually draw.

This is how my art started and how I became an artist.

If you are an artist, please, please, please keep creating your art. The world needs you and your art. I need your art, and so do other people. Truly. I really mean it.

For so long, I used to think that artists were painters and sculptors who were spectacular at their craft with all of it looking so real as if it would come to life. Later on, I realized that artists who make that type of art in that way aren’t the only artists.

Everything is art. Not just paintings, sculptures, and drawings. It’s everything, and it’s everywhere.

The coolest thing to me about art is that it is so subjective. Completely. There is no such thing as bad art, and every bit of it is so unique. Every artist creates art in their own special way. That’s the true beauty of art.

We can all make art in so many different forms. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry, music, dance, film, photography, digital art, illustrations, writing, fashion, designing, makeup, etc. It goes on and on.

The world needs art, always and forever. It is one of the most important things. It’s eternal. It means something.

I appreciate art so much. I’ll always be the most grateful for art in all of its forms through all types of artists. I love to immerse my life in art and surround myself with it. I’ll never stop.

So, I don’t know why I stopped making art. I never picked it back up until just a year or two ago. Maybe it was because I didn’t think I was good enough, even though I knew I was good.

I even made a flower in middle school, and that’s beautiful, too. I still have it, even though some of it broke off. I still need to superglue a piece back onto it that came off.

I never got into pottery, but I love that flower I made. I love even more everything my son made when he was in elementary school, and I’ve kept all of it. I got excited when he brought art home from school that he created. I looked forward to it every time.

Maybe I will get into pottery.

To me, art is something we create. Things we create.

The best part as an artist is when you find your own style and way. The fun part is experimenting by expressing yourself.

The scariest part is loving a piece of art so much that you’ve created, and you aren’t sure if the next piece of art will be as great or a piece of art not turning out like you had it pictured in your head.

There are doubts. I definitely have doubts at times, but having an intense vision that I can see + picture super clearly for what I’m creating helps to get through and over those doubts of my art not being good through my eyes.

The worst thing is feeling that art you’ve just created is a disappointment to yourself.

What I do know is that I want to keep making art more often, and I don’t want to stop.

I really decided not long ago that I was just going to finally be an artist, create art, and put it out into the world.

So, here I am. You will see my art in my posts here.

It all started with a tree.