Posts Tagged ‘Tanya Pshenychny’

Carmine Magazine: What drives you to create? Also, what inspires you and your work?
Tanya Pshenychny: I just love to create and the drive comes from having little ideas floating around in my head, digging to get out. My inspiration comes from colors, faces, feelings, occurrences, and music.

CM: Were you formally trained in art or self taught? Do you think it has helped you or hindered you?
TP: I consider myself self-taught because I have taken the skills and techniques I learned in high school and developed them on my own with the help of books and the internet. I wouldn’t say that not going to an art school has hindered me, because otherwise, I don’t think I’d be drawing the way I do now. It would have been a nice atmosphere, to learn along with other artists and get feedback from them and teachers. But I do get feedback everyday, from strangers and people who buy my work. And I’m very critical of myself. I’m also very stubborn and would rather figure things out on my own..
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