[Mark Stefanowicz]

Hello, my name is Mark Stefanowicz and I am new to this site. I have been watching it for the past two years. I am very impressed with the talent and energy here.

I guess I should start off with a little background on myself. I am 29 years old and married. I went to a private art school for 17 years and learned watercolor, pastel, oils, and sculpture. It was a very structured school. My teacher was Vincent Tringarli. He was a portrait artist in the Boston area. He also taught at a lot of colleges and was a Dean in one of them. So my parents enrolled me in that private school (after my regular school hours, of course, 3 times a week from 3-6 pm) at the age of six. I wanted to draw GI Joe