i just started drawing in 2010. i'm hoping to perfect my drawing skills and move into painting. i want to paint in the way of the old masters so they will not be forgotten. i am 56 years old and started drawing when a girl in physical therapy named brittany asked me to. she had multiple sklerosis and wanted pictures she could paint as it would be good for her therapy. i owe her all of my art skills as without her i probably would not have started. i was in a wheelchair at the time recovering from an accident and getting physical therapy at the same place as her.