My mother, somewhat disappointed, told me that my first drawings were a bit behind. While my peers were already drawing people, I only made \u201cbird nests\u201d (circles) and \u201csnakes\u201d (lines). But I had a lot of fun and continued to drawing animals. I copied nearly all of the animals in Rien Poortvliets\u2019 art book and I spent many hours outside drawing frogs and cows from real life. At school, I received the highest marks in drawing class. But sometimes I would also draw during math class and my teacher would get angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>