Self-taught artist, Micah Hanson sets a goal to draw a micro-drawing every day for 365 days - Fillmore County Journal

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Each artist has their own individual style describing how their artwork looks. Local artist Micah Hanson uses the adjective detail, small detail, when describing his work. While interviewing Hanson, he talked in detail about the fish scales, the turkey feathers, and the realistic features added to his paintings, such as the crayfish swimming among rocks.

Last November, Hanson started drawing images smaller than a quarter’s size, known as micro-drawings. Micro-drawings are the smalling drawings in the world.

The self-taught artist thrives on deadlines. Hanson challenged himself to draw one micro-drawing every day for an entire year. The self-imposed challenge began on January 1, 2020. Hanson draws on a 3”x5” index-sized piece of paper and stores them in a plastic index box. When talking about the paper he uses, he mentioned the “tooth of the paper,” meaning the feel. The ink pen’s size dictates the smoothness of the paper. Hanson uses a black 0.03 Copic Multiliner and Copic Sketch Markers and exceptionally smooth paper. He notes that this art style does not require many supplies, nor do you need expensive pens like those he uses. All it takes is a little paper and a pen and a deadline. 

Why micro-drawings? Hanson enjoys drawing the quarter-size images because “They are fun to do and a blast to draw.”

A sample of the cartoon images he draws is Peanuts, Jetsons, Woody Woodpecker, Iron Man, Calvin and Hobbs, Fortnite, Cabbage Patch Kids, Flintstones, Garfield, Curious George, and Ant-Man.

You do not have to have formal training to be an award-winning artist. Hanson took one art class at Rushford-Peterson High School. He is a self-taught artist keeping photos as references. He advises other artists, “The more you study, the more you know.”

Hanson has always enjoyed drawing, but he drew terribly slow because of his attention to detail. As a high school junior, Hanson enrolled in Sandra Jeresek’s painting class. He reflected on how long it took him to complete his class projects. “I took sooooooo long on my colored pencil project that I did not finish my acrylic painting project. She was gracious and didn’t dock me for it.”

Hanson’s career started as a reading and special education teacher at St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Minn., until the entrepreneur bug surfaced. Then he opened his insurance agency in Rushford. This entrepreneur trait is also evident in his artwork.

In addition to drawing micro-drawings, Hanson is called to etch on monuments, and his passion for the outdoors and hunting is evident in his acrylic wildlife paintings.

He enjoys etching on cemetery monuments because they are meaningful, sentimental, and a visual reminder. Hanson uses an Electrostylus diamond point reciprocating hand tool for this type of “artwork.”

Hanson is an awarding-winning artist, entering trout and turkey stamp competitions because they are fun. He started collecting accolades in 2002. He now proudly claims 20 trout and turkey stamps in Minnesota, Delaware, Florida, and Nevada. Hanson’s impressive list of awards:

• 2021 MN Turkey Stamp 2nd Place
• 2020 DE Trout Stamp Honorable Mention
• 2019 DE Trout Stamp 3rd Place
• 2019 MN Turkey Stamp Winner
• 2015 MN Turkey Stamp Winner
• 2011 MN Trout Stamp 3rd Place
• 2011 DE Trout Stamp honorable mention
• 2011 MN Turkey Stamp winner
• 2009 DE Trout Stamp honorable mention
• 2008 DE Trout Stamp winner
• 2006 DE Trout Stamp runner-up
• 2006 MN Turkey Stamp 3rd place
• 2005 MN Turkey Stamp finalist
• 2004 DE Trout Stamp winner
• 2004 FL Turkey Stamp 3rd place
• 2004 MN Turkey Stamp 3rd place
• 2003 NV Trout Stamp 4th place
• 2003 MN Trout Stamp winner
• 2003 MN Turkey Stamp runner-up
• 2002 DE Trout Stamp winner
• 2002 MN Turkey Stamp runner-up
• 2000 MN Trout Stamp

Hanson uses Liquitex acrylic paint mixed with a gloss medium varnish to give the painting layers and a shine. The micro-drawings do not take nearly as long as the paintings do. Check out the details in each image.

He does not get paid to paint the images that he enters in competition; he does retain the rights to make prints. Hanson explains that he does not print any of his artwork because of the time and money involved. He paints trout and turkeys because they are “fun to do.”

In Rushford, Minnesota Bound was filming and interviewing Hanson for an upcoming episode scheduled to air next April or May.

If you want to learn more about Hanson and learn how to draw your micro-drawings, subscribe to Hanson’s YouTube channel, Micro Drawing. Search for micro drawings and subscribe for free. Currently, he has 666 subscribers and 144 videos to enjoy. 

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