thisisyourcaptain asked: where did you learn to draw and paint so well?

I learned from all the bad drawings and paintings I’ve done in the past. Ive been artistic as far back as I can remember. I was always doodling in school instead of paying attention. My real focus started to come together around 5th grade when some other kids at school where drawing a lot and it was kind of my competitive nature to draw better than they did. I took a break for a while when I started high school bc well lets face it, girls and hanging out with friends grabbed my attention. I started college in 2003 while working full time not knowing what I wanted to do. Art started to become a bigger part of my life, I was getting tattoos as often as I could and running out of core class to take in college. Then one day it just hit me, I wanted to be able to oil paint. I had always thought it was really cool and never attempted it. From there on Ive been drawing and painting ever since. That was in 08 I believe so I really haven’t been painting that long. Thanks :)