I started drawing in pencil back in 1974. I was inspired by my father who only did art as a hobby and nothing more. I would take his art set and copy, not trace, the images I saw. As I grew my art began to take shape but I never did anything with it mainly because I didn't feel I was good enough to compete with other artists. Before 2005 I never took an art class. Most of my art was self taught from reading art books. My art was sketches in pencil and was more a hobby than a job. Although family members say that I was a good...more