Grant Mansel-James

We all have things we like to do. Things that we have always done. Things that define us. I DRAW
People who play sports, can recall doing it from an early age. My earliest memory I can recall involving an activity was DRAWING. So since I was two bricks a tickkie high I have had a pencil in my hand. I now have thousands of them. 
I Learnt to draw from my father, an architect and my Grandmother, the first woman to be recognized as a "DRAUGHTSMAN" in South Africa.
The lady had cataracts when there was no method to correct them. so being able to draw at young age I used to help her with her draughting work. She would tell me where to start a line and end it, how thick the line is she wanted. The best part was the drawing implements she would use. Not fine line pens or ROTRING draughting implements, BUT dip pens and nibs with a ink bottle. That was fun for me then and still is today
BTW, I started helping her when I was seven years old