Bertus Combrinck

The fact that I can take a blank piece of paper and lay down some graphite and charcoal, that ends up with a piece of art that leaves the people who sees it in awe... THAT is what drives me...

As a self taught artist, drawing is definitely one of my passions.
I discovered that I could draw realistically quite by accident...
One day I had the urge to draw (which came out of nowhere... haha).
So I took a piece of paper, a pencil and a picture out of a magazine... and started drawing.
The next morning I looked at it again and thought... 'I can do this drawing thing too...'
So I kept on practicing and got better with every drawing.
And as they say, the rest is history...
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I am self taught in majority. For the rest, I pick up on techniques, styles and materials used by other artist who post sped up drawing videos on Youtube.
Form that, I take what I've seen and apply it in my own art. Only modifying and perfecting it to my taste and liking.
To me, the best way of learning is to observe and then take action on it...
Because without action, there won't be any art at all...