salyon
I'm Salyon Vigne. I love to paint and draw. I think art is important because it can express emotions and culture. What inspired me to become an artist was seeing other artists’ drawings and paintings. I drew a lot with pencils and colored pencils. But then my auntie got me paint for christmas when i was 6.
My favorite art mediums are color pencils, acrylic paint and watercolors. I don't know why but it's just satisfying to me to paint and it reaches almost to my heart and painting helps calm me down. I know when a painting is finished or artwork in general is finished when I feel proud of myself and my body feels less tense or I can tell everything on the canvas has been used and there's no white space I didn't put intentionally. I choose what I want to make for my artwork by thinking about what i haven’t really drawn beforehand and i haven't developed yet or i just use my imagination to relate to me in some way while still trying to make it seem logical. I don't think I have developed an art style yet but if i did i just haven”t noticed it yet so for now i don't have a clue what my art style is. One thing I am struggling with as an artist is taking feedback but also choosing fully what I want to paint or draw because sometimes I overthink what I want to make and end up changing it. I don't really know how I would face it. I would just do it and hope for the best. I don’t handle making mistakes well and I really start stressing out about it and I slowly start to lose my mind and I know that's not good but I don't really have a coping mechanism for it nor a way for me to stop freaking out. The biggest struggle while being an artist I would say is time management because sometimes when I'm not finished with something I start to rush and get stressed out and end up messing up my artwork. My goal is to finish at least 4 paintings and to get to a better level where I'm much more confident in what my artwork looks like without stressing out about it. What I do to keep growing as an artist is that I keep myself in check when I start to doubt myself and I keep trying to do new things with my art and take Miss Nuru’s advice when she gives me some, at least trying not to freak out. I definitely don’t think I will be doing art as a job in the future because as much as I love art I will be a veterinarian because I love animals and I think I would fit better into being an animal caretaker or a veterinarian.
One thing i have for a new artist is that you will make many mistakes and just don't give up when feeling defeated and you might lose your mind in Miss Nuru’s class but even so just keep your cool and don’t crash out and make sure you still take care of your health.
