How to Make Your Dragon: Paper Craft

Hello, my name is Gabbi Bennetti, aka Art-In-Motion. 
I chose Art-In-Motion as my business name because it best describes all the different types of art I'm passionate about; dancing, crafting, drawing and animating. I'm here to instill that same love and passion for art in your child like it was instilled into me!

DANCE:
I've been dancing since I was 15 years old, and the style of dance I specialize in is Hip Hop. I've also been teaching dance for over a year.

I was originally a Scottish Country dancer, then an acquaintance within those years of Scottish Country dancing encouraged a group of friends and I to give Hip Hop a try by showing us some basic moves.
It wasn't until I watched some fantastic Hip Hop dancers on the internet that I decided I wanted to get serious about it.
Lots of hard work, practice, and a whole lot of Hip Hopping later eventually awarded me with some amazing opportunities, such as competing and winning dance battles, teaching classes, take master classes from many famous dancers such as Marquese Scott, Salah, Boogie Frantick, Marie Poppins and her crew Femme Fatale, iGlide, Lil Buck and Fik Shun, and performed for Blumenthal Performing Arts, The McColl Center For Art + Innovation, BOOM Charlotte,
We Are Hip Hop: The Reveal, made it to the second to last round of an online YouTube talent competition called The CIRQUELIFE Project, and competed in Luminosity Gaming and elf Cosmetics' TikTok Gamers Greatest Talent.

CRAFTS: 
I've been making all different types of crafts ever since I was little. I remember always making different toys and things out of tape, glue, paper, cardboard boxes, and pretty much anything else I could find for myself and other family members.
Some of my favorite crafts to do are sewing and crocheting. My mom introduced me to sewing when I was about 4, and I've been experimenting with it and teaching myself all sorts of new stuff ever since. I mostly enjoy sewing stuffed animals, quilts and upcycling/altering old clothes into something new.
I taught myself how to crochet when I was around 13, and have been teaching myself all different tricks to get better using books, patterns from websites and YouTube videos. I'm especially fond of crocheting amigurumis (crocheted stuffed animals). I love making different characters such as Pikachu, Toothless, Stitch and many more to sell at different comic-cons and vendor events.
Other crafts I enjoy doing (and sometimes selling) are painted rocks, figures out of clay, perler beads, knitting, embroidery and more.

DRAWING AND ANIMATION:
Similar to crafting, I've been drawing ever since I was little. From drawing fun little horses and butterflies when I was 3, to then drawing portraits of my dad when I was 8, I always new I had a passion for it. But when I really started getting better was when I began going to these artist sketch nights at a comic book store with older, more experienced artists. They gave me all sorts of tips on ways to ink, color and sketch, as well as ways to improve on anatomy and proportion. 
Around this time, I was also teaching myself the art of hand drawn animation. It started when I received a Nintendo DSi which I wanted very badly for one specific program it came with, Flipnote, which is a very basic program focusing solely on hand drawn animation. By playing around with the program, and viewing animations as well as posting my own on Sudomemo (a social media for Flipnote), I got better and better. 
Now that I have my own tablet and computer, it has allowed me to use different, more advanced art programs such as Medibang Paint Pro and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro to make digital art and animations. I've also been able to experiment with painting which I have found a love for as well.
My passion for art and animation has given me amazing opportunities to sell prints of my original artwork at comic cons and vender events, post my original hand drawn animations on YouTube, have my original animations featured on other YouTube channels, draw live sketches at comic cons, vendor events and Free Comic Book Day events, and been a guest artist at ImagiCon 2019.

Whether it's dancing, crafting, drawing or animating, it's all art. Art is something every child needs to experience at least once. My philosophy when teaching is to keep in 100% fun and creative, while teaching good technique at the same time. I believe that patience, positive energy and encouragement are the key components to make any child a better artist, no matter what type of art they are passionate about.