COVER ART
Tasha Bowden
Meet Tasha,18 and from Widnes.
How long have you been creating art? I’ve been creating art for as long as I can remember, when I was little, I always loved stealing my mum's nail polish and making pretty designs on a piece of paper. But I think my first piece of “proper” art was when I was around 10, I think. We were watching the discovery channel and I saw an animal. A leopard or a cheetah maybe? And I thought “I want to draw that” so I got my colouring pencils and began to draw them. Looking back now it was probably terrible but I remember creating it and loving it. I knew from then on that I wanted a creative future. How did you first get into it? I first got into art when I was very young, obviously, most kids have crayons and a colour inside the line book that they never stick to but, my mum always used to take me to the nail salon with her. She’d let me pick out a colour and id get my nails and toes both done. I kind of thought in my head “that’s cool, maybe I want to paint peoples nails all the time”. So, for Christmas that year I got so much nail polish and began drawing little doodles with the nail polish. I think my obsession started then. What training do you have? I’m currently studying in my second year at college and I was in art lessons since year seven. I have had really supportive teachers and tutors over the past few years who have helped me gain all the skills I have today. What media/ software do you use? I am a multi-media artist, but for my digital work, I use Procreate on my iPad! If I’m creating physical work, I usually use watercolour, acrylic paint, pen and sometimes charcoal. Where do you get your inspiration?
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I get inspiration for my pieces from all kinds of artists. I want to capture so many elements of beauty within my work. Within my digital pieces, I want to create a three-dimensional element to my work, to make it feel more alive. I like to focus on portraiture and creating texture within that to normalise the bodies we call home.
