Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Interview with Mark Granlund

Mark Granlund is a visual artist living and working in Saint Paul, MN.

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His early drawing days were spent doodling during school. He could be found drawing pictures from sports magazines, football players and animals. He worked from a lot of how to draw books. When he was about 10-12 he was drwing a lot of sports figures. He would measure all the parts of the body to get the right proportions.

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Mark says he always encourages his daughter. She is a good drawer and really amazing musically. she really likes writing. She has written several books already which are created at bedtime. Maddy has written and printed a pook with photogaphs of her dolls. Your kids lead the way. they are naturally creative people. It is a matter of not getting in the way. He just follows her interests. Maddy plays clarinet, keyboard and piano. She is 12. She has been enjoying making videos. She is very focused when she works. Recently she worked on a video of a family vacation that she had done a lot of filming during. She edited it for a solid 2 weeks with a soundtrack finding just the right songs. It ended up being a half hour video which turned out great.

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