{"id":21658,"date":"2023-09-01T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/?p=21658"},"modified":"2023-11-01T12:12:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T11:12:34","slug":"photo-realistic-drawings-by-silvia-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/photo-realistic-drawings-by-silvia-schmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood stars as motifs: photo-realistic drawings by Silvia Schmitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is a great pleasure for us, Silvia, that we were able to arrange an interview with you!<\/p>\n

We are already very excited about what you will tell us about your career as an artist and are also looking forward to gaining interesting insights into your impressive artistic work.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

But let’s start from the beginning… <\/strong><\/h5>\n
Would you like to introduce yourself to our community first?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]First of all, I would like to thank you very much for inviting me to this interview. Hahnem\u00fchle has accompanied me on my artistic journey for decades.<\/p>\n

My name is Silvia Schmitt, I am also known under the artist name Topenga, and I am 38 years old. I grew up quite idyllically in Eschborn, but have been living in my adopted home of Friedberg, Bauernheim, for ten years. My husband and my Chihuahua dog Zelda and I enjoy living away from the big city. This is the best place for me to find peace and quiet and be creative without being disturbed.<\/p>\n

Until 2014, I worked as a forwarding agent, but then I took the step into self-employment and turned my passion into my profession. At the same time, I developed an enthusiasm for photo-realistic drawing, which I have been pursuing and perfecting ever since.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”21671″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

For most artists, interest in art generally starts very early and develops in childhood. What was it like for you? What were your beginnings that you can remember?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I too had a great interest in art from a very early age. As early as kindergarten, I drew everything that excited me. Initially, I was particularly inspired by Disney films, whose characters enchanted me. Everything that fascinated me I brought into reality with my pencils. In addition to coloured pencils and pencils, I gradually started using fibre paints, oil pastels, watercolours and oil paints. The desire to express my creativity was not limited to paper and canvas. Sewing, modelling, handicrafts, cooking, writing, everything was a creative endeavour. At the age of about twelve, however, I realised that I particularly liked depicting people, and that has remained the case to this day.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Has there been someone in your family or your close environment who was enthusiastic about art?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I know from my mother’s stories that my grandfather was very talented in technical drawing. I was able to experience my older brother’s creativity and love of art first hand. He often inspired me with his drawings and imagination and I was able to learn a few things from him.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Your favourite technique is obviously the photo-realistic drawing of people. How did you come across this technique of all things and why were you immediately convinced by it?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The desire to depict motifs or people realistically has, I think, always been my desire. At least I knew early on that I wanted to draw figuratively. Human anatomy, as depicted by Leonardo da Vinci, for example, has always fascinated me. Then in 2014 I came across photorealistic drawings by other artists and felt challenged. As I have always been a fan of detail, photorealistic drawing is the ideal technique for me to express myself artistically.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”21709″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]