If you ever feel stressed. Take a pencil or a pen and let them drag you. start by some lines or dots. You will be suprised. Otherwise, you could see Human of New York, there are a lot of interesting face inspiring you to draw.
how do I start?
I am Nhung. At home, my family called me Tũn (Tunx). It was my childhood name. I did not like it for a long time, because my family gave it to me after I pooed under the bed. I did not dare to bother my parents and I was so scared to go out side. A lot of stories of hauting ghosts scared me as we did not have electricity at that time.
Anyways, Tũn is like Pooh in English. I started to use this as my nick name after I could seperate myself from the girl at six who was given that name. It is cute name for my nieces and nephews to call me too.
I did not dare to paint and draw for a long time. I was intimidated by colors and luxury papers and canvases (until now, I have not tried to paint on canvas as i am fraid to ruin it). I was afraid of making mistakes or being fooled of myself. But sometimes, I drew in my diary, usually I drew girl with my ballpen.
In 2005, when I was in Korea, I was extremely stressed by high pressure from work and cultural conflicts between me and other Korean staffs, one close friend told me to paint. "Are you crazy? I paint? That's last thing I could do", and I rejected immediately that idea.
Then I was in the US for two years, from 2011 until 2013. Sometimes, I was bored and I wanted to learn something new. I could not remember how it happened, but at the end of the 2011, I made my first painting. It was not beautiful, but I was quite happy. I made an e-postacrd from that painting and sent to many friends to celebrate the New Year. To my suprise, I received many "thank you" note and compliment of my painting ( I think my friends were too nice to me). Then, I made the second, and the third. The more I did, and I search the internet to get training with water color. I was amazed that I could at least dare to play with color.
However, when I was in Vietnam in 2013 and in a very emotional stage, I made three paintings in a row. All of them looked good, but important, I learnt about myself and my emotion drove me when I painted. And I kind of liked the process. Some paintings took me longer time than the others, and some I had stories before I painted, however, most of them, I did not have any ideas. Once I painted, the colors and the mixtures of everything suggested me to add more. I did not dare to be laughed. I was not afraid to make mistake.
So now, you see my paintings and drawings here. I do not know anything about art, but I expeerience how it feels when it is done or not for a piece of work. Thank for watching!