Brandon Bloch
My training as a portrait artist began with drawing caricatures of my teachers in the margins of my class notes. #2 pencil on college-ruled paper was my bread and butter. Since then it’s been clear… no matter where I am, no matter what I’m doing, I must create art. Over the years I’ve been steadily adding to my repertoire – now I use artsy pencils on artsy paper. Plus I’ve learned graphic design, motion graphics, oil painting, screenprinting, photography, and filmmaking. Whatever media I need to employ to bring my creative vision to life, I’ll learn it. During the day I work as a documentary filmmaker… and I’m also pursuing a master’s in filmmaking at American University.
Working with the 4Traits has been a great adventure since our first impromptu session in a DC café. I’m thankful I found a great group of artists to work with – we keep each other active, constantly learning from each other’s diverse artistic approaches, feeling open to take risks as they come. Also, with only five minutes to make my mark on each portrait, I’m learning to work faster… no longer contemplating each individual mark for minutes on end, like I tend to do with my personal work. Above all, being with the 4Traits has been a great way to bring my artwork to the public. Our work is really only as good as our models, and with such enthusiastic kids and adults at every event, we can’t help but make some really great portraits!
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