Drawn-Out Drawing

This was our second action project in endurance. We learned about many different people’s struggles in history. We read Night by Elie Wiesel and discussed what it meant for him to endure. We thought about what endurance means for each individual person and how different people can endure different experiences.

This project really pushed my understanding of what it means to be an artist and the accessibility of making art. I felt like I grew a lot. I began to understand what I want being an artist to mean to me. Art is your own personal journey and what you decide to do with that is difficult. Something that really interested me when working was how expensive digital art can be. Procreate is one of the most popular art apps. There are tons of tutorials online and learning it is very accessible. Procreate is also only available for apple devices which makes it very inaccessible. Apple is a lot more expensive than android but is considered the go to. My tablet cost 350$ and came with a pen. I can do everything an apple tablet can do on it except access certain apps.

At the end of this project I realized how much I had endured. I stopped drawing because art wasn't as accessible during the year I spent bed bound. I thought about how I endured doctors not being able to tell me why I was in so much pain and endured long tests with no hope for answers. This project made me think about how I stopped doing something I loved so much once it was no longer accessible. I am grateful for this experience and grateful to feel love for art again instead of resentment towards something I wasn't able to do for so long.

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Music: Inspirational Breakthrough by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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