{"id":2399,"date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanleon.com\/2017\/05\/19\/1895\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","slug":"1895","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanleon.com\/en\/1895\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou can learn how to draw. The hard part is standing out and creating your own style\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Carla Fuentes<\/strong> (Valencia, 1987) has spent her whole life surrounded by brushes, watercolors, and color, and has successfully turned her passion into a profession. She loves the technique of portrait painting \u2013 but her way. She\u2019s used to painting imperfect faces that bear little resemblance to reality; she says there\u2019s already photography for that. We set her a challenge: To paint the world of Jean Leon using wine. We spoke to her as she undertook this challenge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carla Fuentes interview - Wine Painting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m90qNrEiOKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>When did you start to paint? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know exactly, because I started very young. I remember always being surrounded by colors and paints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other words, it runs in your family&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I think it\u2019s really important for your parents to encourage your creative side, and I was really lucky they did that. Ever since I was little, right up to now, I haven\u2019t stopped painting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you still have drawings from when you were little?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course! My dad has all my drawings categorized with the date written down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do they look like the ones you do now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No! My style\u2019s been evolving over time. (Laughs).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is drawing a technique that can be learned or is it innate to the person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think you can learn to draw, but the hard part is being creative, standing out, having ideas, and creating your own style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like to paint most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everything! What I like most is that I\u2019ve been able to turn my passion into my job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are most of your works portraits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because I like people. A portrait conveys more than a landscape. The visual artists I like are all portrait artists, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you name some examples of those artists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ones who have influenced me most are Alex Katz, David Hockney, and Elisabeth Peyton. When I was studying Fine Arts, I noticed that what I was wanting to do was similar to what they were doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you define their style?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spontaneous and imperfect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imperfect&#8230; you don\u2019t like your portraits to be realistic&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, because we already have photography to reflect realism. Drawing, portrait painting, makes you look at things differently. By deforming the complexion or a face, you can pique the interest of the viewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do all the portraits have a name and surname?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No! I make lots of them up, but others do actually exist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t get criticized for imperfection with the ones you make up&#8230; I imagine you do for the others, though&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, everyone likes them when they\u2019re anonymous. When they\u2019re actual people, people start giving their opinions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what do you say to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I say, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but that\u2019s my style!\u201d I like ugliness, sad stares. I can\u2019t draw beautiful, smiling mothers and fathers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What part of your personality is in the portraits you paint?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re the complete opposite of me. My works are described as sad but, on the other hand, everyone says that I\u2019m really happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What dreams have yet to come true for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My dream would be to die painting. I mean, to keep doing what I love for my whole life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re managing to do it at the moment&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the moment yes, but who knows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your relationship like with the world of wine? Do you like it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course! I totally agree with the saying that goes: \u201c<em>El que a este mundo vino y no bebe vino, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 vino?<\/em>\u201d, which roughly translates as, \u201cWhoever comes to this world and doesn\u2019t drink wine \u2013 why did they even come?\u201d Wine means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of the wine painting experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great. You get away from your materials and realize there are lots of things you can use as paint or to give portraits color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you keep using it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course! 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