By: Amber Ruff
Hi my name is Amber Ruff and I am in the 8th
grade VA Comp class. The activities that I like
to do are drawing, dancing, singing, and
playing the violin. My favorite things that I like
to draw are people, dancers, houses and
random things that pop into my head. My
inspired artist that I chose is Edgar Degas. I
chose this artist because he likes to draw
dancers and ballerinas and I thought that was
the right artist to use.
Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his
paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints.
Edgar Degas is famous for drawing ballerinas
and dancers. His artwork inspires me because I
to like to draw a lot of dancers in my artwork
and I also like to dance. I like how he brings out
a lot of technique's and details when he is
drawing the dancers. I used his artwork as an
example to show people and the society how
great of an artist he is and how he inspires me.
Edgar Degas and I have a lot of similar things about are
artwork. For example, Edgar Degas is identified with the
subject of dance; more than half of his artwork is dancers and
so is my artwork. Edgar degas also likes to give his dancers
emotion and style when he draws them and so do I. . In many
of Edgar Degas styles of drawings you can notice that his
subject matter changes just like I don’t just draw dancers I like
to branch out an draw new things. There are also many ways
that my artwork and Edgar Degas artwork are different. For
example, when Edgar Degas draws or paints he uses colors
but I don’t use a lot of colors when I draw. Also, many of
Edgar Degas artwork is painting, drawings, and printings, but
my drawings are just drawings.
In my opinion, I think Edgar Degas would like my
work because I like to draw dancers just like he
liked to draw dancers. I also think that he would
like my work because I know that he would like to
know that someone likes his artwork. He will also
be happy to know that his artwork has been passed
down to a young artist inspired by him.
Thank you for reading my inspired artist
writing and I hope to see you again later. Bye!!
My Artwork
Edgar Degas
Ballerinas
Ballerinas