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Blast from the past :D

I was cleaning my apartment this week and I found very old drawings - some even from 2002 but I won't show them :)

Here are some drawings I did in 2007






They are far from good and I like to think I could do better now :) At the time I was making them I was attending Portfolio Preparation Course in Limerick College of Further Education and all of the above were my homework life drawings of Tomek.
I was very 'stressed' in them and couldn't loosen up even though I was trying - I was still afraid of the big white page in front of me. 
All my skills and approach was straight from polish art course - it was all about the technique and I didn't know anything about creativity and was a bit scared when I discovered that I am able to make crazy thing as well:















They are all a product of one night work :) I got crazy and was drawing to the music - as you can see it made me happy. This batch of drawings is the 'looses' I have made in my adult life - I was 23 at the time. I should add here that I never was good with drawing from imagination so that was a big breakthrough for me :) I guess the point I am trying to make is: it is never too late to draw like a child! :) That night changed my whole approach to art and helped me realize that what I am doing is ment to make ME happy and spread this feeling to others. So whatever you're doing DON'T BE AFRAID TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND ENJOY IT WHILE YOU AT IT :) 
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