6 ArtistDrawingandInspiration
INSIGHTChantel Rose Smith
Drawn to Art
A passion for art combined with intense study has ensured the future
success of this driven and creative artist.
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s a child, handing over my
drawings of dragons and
surreal animals is when I
first realised I was creative. I would
imagine scenes that didn’t even
exist, piecing together a drawing.
I was interested in the Surreal and
Fantasy, artists like Salvador Dali
and illustrations by Marc McBride.
I remember my parents buying me a
step-by-step drawing book by Marc
McBride, but instead of following the
steps and drawing the one dragon,
I would take parts of each one and
create my own, placing it in a scene of
castles and sky.
As I reached my early teens and
my sights broadened, I started to
branch out into other genres and
away from fantasy art. Handing
my drawing to others, such as my
parents, they would point out what I
hadn’t even noticed I’d drawn. Like
the branches through the windows,
in the back of a country hut, things
that would otherwise go unnoticed.
I began to realize just how much I
did see and how much others didn’t.
Without notice, I unconsciously
began to take more notice of my
surroundings not just in nature but
in people too. I often find myself
observing the way people interact
with each other, unknowingly
staring at a person’s face and