Introduction

Greetings and welcome to the Eveningfall Illustrations blog.  Seeing as this is my first blog post, I will use this opportunity to introduce you to me and elaborate on my reasons for creating this blog.

I am Shawnna, a girl with many interests and experiences.  I grew up in the south, where I learned that you have to work for what you want and fight for what you believe in.  My family bred dogs, most of whom I trained and showed at varying degrees.  We also sold ceramics, which I had minimal involvement in due to my age and inherent clumsiness.  

I learned to love drawing at a very young age.  My dad used to always draw me cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Bugs Bunny while we sat in church not listening to the preacher.  This was also the same time that he taught me how to play word games, such as seek and finds and unscrambling games (one of my other hobbies now).  I started out like any other child, drawing unrecognizable creatures that were supposed to be dogs all over everything I owned and sometimes all over things I didn’t own.  Drawing soon developed and evolved passed being just a hobby and began to define me and my soul.  It’s who I am.

I later joined the service and learned some really cool things completely unrelated to art.  But my love of drawing actually pushed me into learning Persian Farsi, which when written is an art all of its own.  And there will be a translated (all be it poor) version of each blog available for any Persians who would like to read my blog and feel free to correct my poor Persian at any time :D ( I am still a student after all).

I am currently a student at the Academy of Art University out of San Francisco, though I do the classes online since I work and reside on the east coast.  And, though I’ve only completed a semester, I have already learned a lot.

Now, if you’ve read this far into the post, you’re probably saying something along the lines of “ok, that’s cool but what is the purpose of this stupid blog?”  Well, I want to learn more about art, the basics, techniques, about other artists and styles and I want to teach others as well.  I want this to be the hub that I use to not only record what I have learned through my research but also a hub that I use to share my research and openly discuss the information with others who share my interests.  I am also using this as a way to promote my own personal art, which I will have for sale on Etsy in the near future.

My posts will be irregular at first, but hopefully as time goes on and as I gain readers, I will be able to have a set schedule.  Until next time, may the gods bless you on your life’s journey.