Personal Narrative: Deciding What To Draw

As an individual who’s been drawing and painting since before she could even hold a pen – apparently, I used to spill my grandma’s tea and make shapes with it – art has always been my favorite pastime. It’s tranquil and relaxing, and mixing paints is the most satisfying experience. Thus, it’s no wonder that the activity that I’m most invested in is art.

As I started to observe, two children name Theodore and Stella both of them was doodling lines in a paper. Theodore sat in chair drawing lines in paper

Growing up I never considered myself as artistic. This was a struggle for me considering my brain was full of whimsical scenes, but the only outlet I saw did not suit me. A couple months ago, my friend urged me to paint with her. Despite my hesitancy, I am so glad I tried. Although I'm not a skilled artist, spilling my ideas out on a canvas has been a great stress reliever and has helped me express my inner thoughts that

The more you draw the more you understand the world around you. Drawing an object from life forces you to

Yet it takes piles of cliche, over-simplified sketches with only the extremely distinct aspects of your focus to clarify exactly what object you are drawing to finally begin to learn how to truly see what you are looking at. With practice (and an incredible, patient, encouraging art teacher) you learn how to separate what you know from what you are seeing. Starting with copying a signature you are taught to simply flip it over, transforming what you are recognizing in your mind as letters into unidentifiable lines. By doing this it becomes easier to learn how to separate what we know from what we are seeing and mutes the side of your brain telling you to draw what you know, allowing you to copy the shapes and curves of the line without being influenced by what your mind is telling you what you are seeing. By continuing to learn how to separate what you know from what you are seeing you become aware of every little shape, line, and shadow, allowing you to move away from cliches and learn how to draw what is truly in front of

The pencil liberates my stresses and sorrows. Bare and unimpeded, my mind is able to isolate itself from anything that was happening in my life. At my art table, which is merely an escape from reality, my curiosity is able to wander. Within this room, five blank canvas's look in on me as I become a mold of my imagination. A step inside my world develops into a sea of color and exploration. The vibrancy of the walls resonates throughout. Over the years, my room has served as my oasis. It’s my escape from monotonous and mundane routines. It’s my exploration of another side of me. I observe such works of art almost as much as I create. Taking notice of my classmates’ innovations and inspired by their creativity, my paintbrush begins to alleviate stress. I strive to produce pieces others will appreciate, but often find myself to be the true admirer. My pride, in this world, is driven simply by my own curiosity to express myself. I credit this side of me as the “passion” that supplements my insane drive for success. This passion has sparked critical thinking in me as well as how I see failure. Life is a blank canvas and you can truly draw whatever you want, and if you fail, you start over and don’t make that same mistake again! Hard work takes ideas quite far, but true success is derived from ingenuity and the generation of

I’m sitting at my computer, ignoring pages of economics homework and mugs of cold tea now strewn about my desk, as I search for a direction to go with my life. Such was was my predicament several months ago. It’s undeniable that I’m an artist, hard and true, for a pencil found its way into my hand as a child, and no desire of mine nor of the universe ever tempted it to pry away. Throughout my earliest years and memories, I maneuvered with graphite, paint, and crayon every adventure that I ever dreamt of pursuing. Oh, I was a resilient child, as well, who refused to take part in any art class at school or as an extracurricular for an abundance of years, as I was invariably convinced that I could learn all I wished on my own accord! Consequently,

The product being evaluated for this paper is the Doodle Pro by Fischer Price, designed for children 3 and up. This product has been available for 42 years, or since 1974 when originally created as the “Magna Doodle” by Pilot Pen Corporation. It was later bought out by Fischer Price, the specific creator is unknown (Freudenrich, 2008). The Doodle Pro contains an attached stylus and 4 different shapes. It works as a magnetic drawing board that has 2 screens with a honey-comb lattice like structure in between the screens that contains finely cut iron. When the stylus touches the screen it draws the iron to the top layer of plastic, where it stays in whatever shaped intended until erased, creating a no-mess chalkboard (Fischer-Price, 2016). It is designed to allow children to explore and practice writing and drawing in a more creative and open way, where it is seen as fun and not work. The product works to mimic an individual writing or drawing normally, the child picks up the attached stylus and draws as they like, and when they are finished with that particular picture they slide the eraser button across the bottom of the screen to clear the picture and start again. To see a visual of the product, Doodle Pro, please refer to Appendix A. This allows for practicing of the essential skills and penmanship, and confidence children will need throughout their lives.

I continued to think. I drew in between moments of deep thinking. Getting my mind halfway off the subject and halfway onto another would sometimes helps me think. At first circles were the only thing that decorated the page, but they slowly turned into characters I had created or ones that others had created. None of the ideas I got seemed to help me in any way.

When I first started drawing, people knew that I would be an amazing artist one day. But, on the inside I was a 16 year old who had a dark past. I was bullied and abused and I was broken and the only way to escape it was through drawing. On the outside I’m a very bubbly person,but on the inside I’m a scared girl who needed help.

During this time, the student has to picture what she wants to draw in her head and thinks about how she wants to draw it on the paper. This helps the student with her problem-solving process. The student mental-plans by thinking in a step-by-step process of how she wants to construct her flower, like I explained above. She self-monitors by when she is drawing her flower, she can control not wanting to begin another drawing until this one is finished. In the end, the student evaluates herself by looking at her end product and saying, “Wow. I really drew a pretty flower!” The student was playing by herself during this time so this play sequence did not contribute to language

Her drawing represented her and her daddy. Her father is in the army so she drew both in uniform, saluting. She also included the sun, sky, grass and a flag on a flap pole. The setting of this drawing was at a co-worker’s house. The stage I would put Kaylee in would be the early pictorial stage. In the early pictorial stage children work on making and perfecting one or many symbols. Symbol making are like lopsided geometric shapes made. Mandalas and suns are drawn and eventually becomes human figures. Therefore, I put Kaylee in this stage due to the fact that she drew human figures. Also during this time some children can draw multiple unrelated shapes and figures. This type of drawing is an example of a child making multiple drawings of multiple symbols. At the early pictorial stage children search for new ideas, and their symbols change constantly. A picture a child draws of a lady could look like a different lady the next day. Most of the time a great variety of form represent the same symbol. Drawings in this stage are flexible in

I started outlining the oval for the face, filling in the shape. For a brief second, my eyes shift over to Maya’s drawing. She madly scribbled the black crayon with no sense of

I never felt discouraged from drawing; my intense desire to become a great artist overrode any obstacles. My curiosity for understanding the magic of transferring three-dimensional objects onto paper perpetually fueled my artistic expeditions.

When most individuals visualize a pencil, they envision a utensil that is used in the horrendous act of doing homework or any other school-related project. However, being a person that appreciates the beauty behind the creative mind, a pencil can have a stronger meaning than people may believe. In reality, a mustard-colored, lead-filled pencil is a vehicle of power that carries out the ideas or artistic designs of the holder from their mind onto the paper. For example, many artists throughout history have used a pencil as a basis for drawing out their inspiration and ideas before preparing their main pieces. Before an artist may start a painting, he may sketch out different ideas he envisions in his head, this technique has lead to the creation