• How did you learn how to draw?

I’m mostly an autodidact. I used to look at things all the time and wonder how it would look if I drew it. I loved nothing more than spending hours coloring. The best advice I got was from my 9^th grade art teacher who would get visibly upset if he couldn’t see more than five gradating tones in your piece. And that was to picture everything as shadows, light and shapes when you’re drawing. I use the same philosophy when I’m composing photographs. And Bob Ross taught me that I could always cheer myself up by including a couple of happy little trees.

• What medium is your favorite?

Although I haven’t used them in ages, I love using chalk pastels. A close second would be pen and ink. Most of the drawings you see on my site (with a couple of exceptions) were inked and scanned prior to coloring using a Wacom tablet.

• What camera should I get?

If you want to get in to photography, most any entry level DSLR kit will do. I own Canon equipment simply because at the time, I had no clue what to get and it seemed like a lot of the photographers I admired either used Canon or some brand that would cost you a down payment on a three bedroom house in suburbia. Since the former seemed more within my price range, that’s where I went. Nikon and Pentax are equally reputable brands. If you’re on a budget, Pentax makes comparable lenses to Canon and Nikon at a fraction of the price.

• Why don’t you eat meat? It’s delicious. Do you have something against being on top of the food chain?

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• Why aren’t you on Facebook?

Spite

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