art lessons

yesterday, i accompanied my mother to waltermart makati (again!) to attend basic summer art classes* taught by tita peggy's good friend, tito bim. he's the guy who copied the fairies onto the walls of my tita peggy's store (see related post on this). my mom also invited her cousin to join her in the classes. the heat has been becoming quite intolerable during the day and it was a good way to spend one's afternoon in the cool comforts of a mall.

i was initially contented on observing them try their hand on drawing still life using craypas and pencil. i was also listening to tito bim discuss on certain theories and lessons in basic drawing. it was like this for two hours or so. when the class dismissed and i felt that nobody else was looking, i went ahead and tried the exercises myself and eventually found myself drawing an apple using craypas. well.. it isn't much really but i like the feeling of accomplishing something such as this.

i never really took the time to "harness" my artistic talent, if any! i have always been the writing type. but then again, art is such a subjective means of expressing oneself, so it doesn't really matter what other people say about your work. the important thing, i believe, is the feeling of accomplishment and the catharsis that you get once you complete your art piece, whether it be in writing or in colors.

* art lessons are scheduled every saturday @ two in the afternoon at the activity area of the fifth floor of waltermart pasong tamo, makati.