1. The age I was when I figured out I could draw A. Age 5 drew a picture of my grandfather popping pop corn on a wood stove. B. Age 10 started coping.

Jennifer Donovan

Life as an artist…

The Timeline 1. The age I was when I figured out I could draw•A. Age 5 drew a picture of my grandfather popping pop corn on a wood stove.

•B. Age 10 started coping free hand animals out of a drawing book

•C. Mom and Dad caught on and bought me a set of colored pencils and markers for Christmas

•D. The love affair with office supplies and art supplies begins`

2. Subjects I enjoyed drawing•A. Animals, animals and more animals•B. Art classes in middle school made me try different things (bad Portrait!)

•C. Started drawing rock stars at 16 (Portraits much improved!)

•D. Still love drawing animals too

3. New Mediums and art classes•A. Seminole State College art classes•B. Experimented with water colors, colored pencil, pastels

•C. Finally tried oil paints in my late 20’s—LOVE PAINTING! But better at drawing…

My drawings

My Paintings

My hand-painted furniture

Hand Painted Furniture continued

Timeline continued

4. Ways to practice drawing and styles of drawing• A. Magnetic drawing board and dry erase or chalk board

• 1. learn to draw quickly and loosely plus easily erased• B. Loose paper or Drawing pad and any writing tool even crayons• C. Tracing a picture to begin with, then try adding the color and shadows

on your own.• 1. Shadows are made up of different colors and values to create depth—it’s

the different between a cartoon and a 3 dimensional appearing image.• 2. Books on drawing will break down proportions of a subject to and give

you tools help you draw with more accuracy without tons of erasing and starting over.

Shading techniques

Timeline Continued

5. Drawing leads to other Art forms and Media• A. Pottery• B. Mixed Media• C. Stained Glass• D. Metal Working• E. Various aspects of Design

Pottery

Pottery

Pottery is an ancient art form that Combines form and function and is stillUsed today

Mixed MediaMixed media is an art that combines several textures and materials

from paper to fabric, wood, leaves, clay and other objects

Mixed Media

Metal Working Many artist choose to work in metal whether they like doing

sculpture or designing jewelry.

Stained Glass Stained glass and glass blowing are other art forms that

combine form and function as they are beautiful and useful

Blown Glass

Timeline Conclusion

7. Careers for Fine Artists• A. Courtroom Artist• B. Medical Illustrator• C. Greeting Card Artist• D. Children’s Books Illustrator

Courtroom illustrations

Art Career examples

Medical Illustrator examples

Greeting Card DesignerGreeting card artwork

Looser styles of Drawing and

Painting

The Photos I have Drawn From

Bob Dylan

Bob Marley

Dave Matthews

John Lennon

Mikey

Mikey

Mikey

Mikey

Thank You

Thank you so much for letting me come and speak to you about something that means so much to me.

It is my hope that through these examples of artistic style you will find the artist in you .

Creativity is the language of the soul, and it just makes a person feel good to use it!