Featured Artist: Andrew Sanders

I was born in southern California in 1991 and I've lived here my entire life. My parents got me into an oil painting class when I was ten years old, that was when I really began to appreciate art.

I painted for a few months and then I began to explore other mediums. Charcoal quickly became my favorite medium to work with, I love the contrast of dark's and lights you can get, especially when working with Nitram charcoal. In the past I would always draw landscapes because I found portraits very difficult to draw, but lately I've been trying to overcome that fear and move out of my comfort zone a little bit.