I developed and led the National Portrait Gallery's Sketch Break program for adults, enhancing participants' portraiture skills and technical drawing abilities.
Though I attended an art school, art didn’t come to me naturally. Art museums helped me face my insecurities and helped me hone my skills. Drawing sculptures started with a simple traditional drawing class freshman year of college as an educational device to understand human anatomy. I initially dreaded drawing,I began to love it. I even encountered fellow artists at the Met and sparked conversations with strangers when I was traveling internationally. Museums offered much more serendipitous results than what I initially expected.
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Eventually, this practice evolved into a way for me to take in the museum space. Instead of a blur of a busy day in a museum, I am glad to have found the luxury to sit down, spend more time, and pay more attention to the detail of one piece. Now, I observe and record with greater detail, and remember the museum more vividly. I am grateful to have found my way of appreciating the museum, and the technical skill I was able to hone was a bonus.
