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Jennifer Hunt is a 24-year-old graduate student at Augusta University in Augusta, Ga.<\/p>\n
While she is currently working on a master\u2019s degree in Medical Illustration, her longstanding relationship with art began back in elementary school. She was often recruited by her teachers to create artwork for the classroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne event that sticks out is when my second grade teacher asked me to draw a chicken and it ended up being published in a school-wide newsletter – very exciting for a second grader,\u201d Hunt recalled.<\/p>\n
She never envisioned herself pursuing art as more than a hobby. In fact, Hunt began college as a biology major. But she didn\u2019t feel fulfilled. She was just going through the motions to earn a degree until she discovered a program at her school that combined both art and science.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took me a while to make the leap and finally switch majors,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cBut as soon as I began taking art classes, I knew I was in the right field. \u2026 I always think how lucky I was that I found this incredibly niche field that gives me motivation and satisfaction in everything I do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hunt\u2019s favorite mediums to work with are charcoal and graphite. It\u2019s the gratification that comes after completing a piece of art after days or weeks of work that keeps her ever eager to create new art.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes there can be a lot of different emotions that go into creating art, including doubt,\u201d she said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s an incredible feeling to complete a piece and have it completely surpass your expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked what piece of advice she would give to students who are interested in art, but haven\u2019t given it a shot, Hunt offered a quote from one of her favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, who said, \u201cPracticing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven\u2019s sake. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Jennifer Hunt\u2019s drawing titled \u201cSabrina\u201d were on exhibit in a museum and she was the museum tour guide, this is how she would describe it: I chose one of my friends as a model for this piece because I like drawing people with unusual or unconventional looks. She turned out to be an enthusiastic model and a lot of fun to draw. Some of my favorite pieces of art are portraits and figure drawings, so I knew I wanted to try my hand at creating something in the style of some of my favorite artists. I had also never done anything on, or even near, the scale of 30×40 inches before. The sheer size of it also makes it eye catching on a wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"