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Hi there! I’M TRUONG, NGUYEN NHUT TRUONG! I ’ V E J U S T F I N I S H E D M Y F I R S T T E R M AT F P T U N I V E R S I T Y A N D I ’ M H A P PY TO S H OW YO U M Y F I R S T D R AW I N G P O RT F O L I O A F T E R 3 M O N T H S P L AY I N G I N T H E F I E L D , U N D E R T H E I N S T R U C T I O N S O F M Y B E L O V E D T E A C H E R , M R . N G U Y E N V I E T TA N .
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But yo u k n ow w h at ? W HE N I F I R ST START E D, I D I D N’T B E L I E V E I CA N D R AW ! ! !
. . . and every drawing lesso n was just a night m a re t o m e ! “ GỪ ZZZ! ! ! ” 04
LOOK
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PR O PE RLY! ! ES E BA SI C SH AP ES TH W RA D EN EV I CA N ’T OH POOR MISERA BLE ME :’( 05
Th e n I wa s st r uggl i ng. . .
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St r u g g l i n g , ver y mu c h. . .
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Bu t d ay by day, I fou nd it more and m o re interesting
I l e ar n e d ab out l i g ht, a b out s h ad i n g . . .
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I wa s getti ng better and better
...abo ut drawing s tr uc ture , propor tion an d m any th i n g s m ore !
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Mr. Ta n a l ways t ol d u s. . .
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. . . t o t r u s t ou r sel f
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...to h ave t h e conďŹ dence
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...to d ra w w h at ever we want
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Bu t s til l . . .
I WA S NOT Q UITE SURE ABOUT MYSE LF ‘ Cau se Draw i ng Por t rait was still a co m pletely nightm are and I t hink I wo uld never co uld do it. 14
Bu t t h e n , t h i n g s was goi ng j u st wel l ...
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.. .aft e r a few c l asses. . .
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.. .a few s i m p l e i nst r uc ti ons Mr. Tan gave us
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I CO ULD D R AW I T
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I C A N DR AW A NY S TAT U ES ! Yup!
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In p or t ra i t c l a s s , my f r i end draw me this
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An d t h i s o n e I draw mysel f, w hi c h is so m uch wo rse = ))
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I d ra An d w I got my sfor i emnads ny c hances. . .
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...to d ra w my f r i ends
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an d i t wa s j u s t so so f u n, t hese c l asses
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AND THERE! THERE! THE FINAL TEST WE WERE GIVEN 3 SLOTS... 1 . D R A W I N G H U M A N FA C E S F R O M 8 D I F F E R E N T A N G L E S . 2 . D R A W I N G FA C E S O F 5 , 2 0 , 4 0 , 7 0 Y E A R S - O L D M E N A N D W O M E N . 3 . S P E E D - D R AW I N G A P O RT R A I T I N 5 M I N U T E S .
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I CAN’T BELIEVE IT DID IT ALL! Y ’KNOW JUST M O NT HS AG O I DI DN’ T B E L I E VE I COU L D D R AW A N Y T H IN G B UT N OW I F E E L L I KE , AS LO NG AS I WANT, I C AN D R AW O R D O W H AT E V E R I WA N T !
Thank you!
I’M TRUONG, NGUYEN NHUT TRUONG! L A S T LY, I W A N N A T H A N K . . .
E S P E C I A L LY M R . TA N F O R M A K I N G M E B E L I E V E I N M Y S E L F, I N W H AT I C A N D O AND FOR BEING THE COOLEST TEACHER I’VE EVER HAD! :) A N D O F C O U S E - YO U - V E RY V E RY M U C H ! F O R R E A D I N G M Y S TO RY !