Welcome to Electron Fish

Electron Fish is an anagram of my name, and unfortunately, that was enough to justify it as a decent title for me.

I was originally inspired to start painting digitally by an artist called Nicco Di Mattia, who regularly posts amazing work on YouTube.



This, my personal favourite is beatifully done, and I challenge anyone not to pick up a pencil and start doodling after watching it.

I did so, but the frustration soon set in, as the "my little pencil drawing looks like crap" notion sunk in.

This feeling was reinforced having watched a masterpiece emerge within minutes on YouTube, and I was soon wondering why my portrait's nose still looked sausage-y after an hour's hard work.

This is where someone less stubborn than I would have the good sense to quit, and resign to the notion that artists are born with it. Those blessed few who possess that elusive talent of being able to transmit what they see onto the paper below them.

However! I'm quite proud to say I did not, and I will use this blog to share my experiences of learning how to draw.

It's true! I can draw now, nothing stellar, nothing groundbreaking - nonetheless, worlds apart from my feeble scribbles hence I came from. I was even accepted into an art college a few weeks ago, so you it can't all be bs!