Talking With Artists: Volume 1

I loved this book! As a creative person, I really enjoy hearing about where some of the best creatove minds got their start and what allowed them to get to the point they are currently at in their lives.

I'm not an artist, nor do I long to be one professionally. I enjoy drawing and painting, having taken a little bit of art in high school (I got out of it, twice, because of the teacher and just the idea that every piece had to have some kind of meaning or point instead of just being something I imagined or had a desire to put onto paper). I'm not very good at it and I haven't mastered a lot of the basics. Where I want to excel at, more than anything, is writing. Writing creatively. Hearing these words from different illustrators who show more also sometimes write their own books was especially helpful to me and inspirational to me, particularly since I've seen some of these illustrator's art in books I read as a child. It's just nice to see how a childhood talent can become something more. I would love to see a book like this centered around children's authors, or any author in general. show less