Win a National Art Award
- Lea Chen
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min read
Who: @art_awu
What:
[In her eyes]
Who has been the biggest inspiration for your art?
Honestly my biggest inspiration comes from Instagram and other social medias. All the artists on these platforms have such distinct and consistent styles, so I really admire that and look for elements and styles that I can takeaway and learn from. I learn lots of techniques and get introduced to various mediums from seeing videos on Instagram. There isn’t exactly one artist that’s my inspiration, but I can list a few that I’m really loving right now: @soeymilk, @audkawa, @kelogsloops, @agnes_cecile, @baotpham, @stellaimhultberg, @krztns, and @mihohiranoart. Also one of my favorite artists is Alphonse Mucha, who was an Art Nouveau painter during the late 1800s and inspired a lot of my art in high school.
Longest amount of time you’ve spent on a drawing and what was it for:
Most of my art is pretty small and takes around 3-7 hours max, but in high school I took AP Art Studio twice, and it really pushed my boundaries size and material wise. I think my most time-consuming piece for a project my senior year that was a drawing of a present that I wrapped badly (included in the photos). It sounds simple, but the subtle color changes and details in the twine/stripes made it one of the most challenging and infuriating works I’ve ever done; it took around 3 weeks. It was also 18 by 24 inches big! But in the end it turned out great, and it even won a National Scholastic Art Silver award!
Do you feel that being successful with art requires you to be a perfectionist? Why or why not?
Definitely not. Each artist has their own style, and sometimes not being a perfectionist works to your benefit when creating loose strokes and sketches. You don’t grow in art by being a perfectionist; spending too much time on a piece doesn’t allow you to move on. Practicing over and over again is the best way to learn a technique and improve in my opinion. I really struggled with this when I was little because I wanted every piece I made to be amazing, which in reality isn’t possible!
How do you balance creating art with being a student?
It’s been really hard so far, especially because art is such a time-consuming hobby. I usually like to finish a whole piece in one go, but I’ve had to adapt because I don’t have time like I used to. You really have to force yourself to sketch and draw whenever you have even a little bit of time between classes, because if you think you don’t have time you’ll just never create anything. I’m in a Fine Arts class this semester and also in some art related clubs, which helps me expand my passion. I’m actually a Digital Media Design major, so art is a part of our curriculum!
Captured by blvd eye while documenting the style of street.
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