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This is part three of a series which portrays how I got into drawing and art, starting from childhood until now.

This is how I remember the art room to look like where I attended a course to create my first art portfolio (I was around 17 years old). It's called "Mappenkurs" in German but I couldn't find a decent translation for this, so I have to describe it some other way.

I took part in this art class for more than a year I guess. And it probably was one of the most creative and fun times in my life! I had the opportunity to try out so many techniques and styles I had never used before. Our art teacher was one of the most creative and positive people I ever met (and definitely one of the craziest! )! She really had to say something good about every single drawing or painting even if someone lacked a lot of technique.
Thanks to her I understood that you can find something beautiful in everything (even in the most horrible mistakes), it doesn't have to be perfect to be good! She really helped me a lot to increase my self-esteem and motivated me whenever I felt bad about my own drawings (which happened quite often...).
I really loved the atmosphere in this room. It was full of people who wanted to study art or design in the future and we were all very supportive of each other.

I wanted to use many techniques and styles to show how colorful and playful this time of my life was. Maybe it looks somewhat naive and simple-minded, but I think it really depicts well how I feel about this time and place.

Other parts of the series (you can take a look at the complete drawings and story in this folder ):

Description
This is part three of a series which portrays how I got into drawing and art, starting from childhood until now.

This is how I remember the art room to look like where I attended a course to create my first art portfolio (I was around 17 years old). It's called "Mappenkurs" in German but I couldn't find a decent translation for this, so I have to describe it some other way.

I took part in this art class for more than a year I guess. And it probably was one of the most creative and fun times in my life! I had the opportunity to try out so many techniques and styles I had never used before. Our art teacher was one of the most creative and positive people I ever met (and definitely one of the craziest! )! She really had to say something good about every single drawing or painting even if someone lacked a lot of technique.
Thanks to her I understood that you can find something beautiful in everything (even in the most horrible mistakes), it doesn't have to be perfect to be good! She really helped me a lot to increase my self-esteem and motivated me whenever I felt bad about my own drawings (which happened quite often...).
I really loved the atmosphere in this room. It was full of people who wanted to study art or design in the future and we were all very supportive of each other.

I wanted to use many techniques and styles to show how colorful and playful this time of my life was. Maybe it looks somewhat naive and simple-minded, but I think it really depicts well how I feel about this time and place.

Other parts of the series (you can take a look at the complete drawings and story in this folder ):