I watched the beginning of a PBS video on Glenn Ligon. I thought that he was a very interesting artists and had an interesting beginning. He talked about he wasn't necessarily a free drawer when he was a kid, rather he would copy. By copy, he would take, for example, newspaper cartoon characters and cut them out, draw them for his friends for sale. He knew he wanted to be an artists by high school. His mother was a big help in getting his interested even more peaked by sending him to after school programs at the local museum. Glenn has an interesting beginning in his childhood I think and that is what caught my attention.
Hearing that some artists weren't that good at just free drawing is what drew me in. I would also see in school plenty of girls for the most part, doodling in notebooks and looking at this drawings and wishing I could do that but I didn't feel I had the creative mindset to make something like that. I would think that most artists had some start like that but to hear how Glenn would just copy other drawings and sell them, just goes to show that no two people are the same in how they get to where they are - everyone has a story that should be heard, you might be surprised at what you find out.
Hearing that some artists weren't that good at just free drawing is what drew me in. I would also see in school plenty of girls for the most part, doodling in notebooks and looking at this drawings and wishing I could do that but I didn't feel I had the creative mindset to make something like that. I would think that most artists had some start like that but to hear how Glenn would just copy other drawings and sell them, just goes to show that no two people are the same in how they get to where they are - everyone has a story that should be heard, you might be surprised at what you find out.
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