When I was four years old I decided I wanted to be an artist. I had just made a drawing, of a boombox on a beach I think, and I had this realization that I had just created something from nothing – I’d made something new that was entirely created by me. There was something magical about that for me – there still is. I value very strongly the idea of bringing new things into the world, especially beautiful things. There’s a sense of pride in being able to create something that no one’s seen before, especially if it enriches people’s lives. So that was my chosen path from then on. Well, except for a brief period when I wanted to be an astronaut. But creation has always been my passion. When I’m creating, everything is right in the world.

In the next several months I’m going to teach you how to sketch from life as easily as I do, and more importantly, you’re going to have a lot of fun doing it!