Chapter 1-How it all began
Hello, my name is Andi Reinhart, and I’m here to tell you about my story on how I became the most famous painter alive. But eventually I realized that dreams don’t always come true. One day, when I was walking the streets of downtown Japan, I came across a sketchbook sitting against a wall in front of the parking lot right by a parking garage. At that time, I didn’t realize how special the sketchbook was until I began drawing and all of my art pieces came alive. Some were of people and others were of animals, nude models and historical figures. I started drawing when I was 14 years old, ever since then I realized that I wanted to become a famous painter/sketch artist. My brother and I are both orphans, our parents passed away when we were children. As of right now, my little brother is attending college for his 2nd year of studying architectural sciences. My wife Juliana and I got married the moment we finished high school in 2019. Now that we’re both older, we decided to start a family of our own someday. The day that I discovered the sketchbook was when I was on my way to meet my brother at a nearby restaurant. We both agreed to meet each other every few weeks to catch up and enjoy a nice meal. My wife works as an accountant, sometimes she would let me use her as a model for my drawings and paintings. It was always my dream to achieve fame as an artist and stop living life as a poor person. When I was a child, my parents were alcoholics, which eventually led to their death. My parents would always beat me, and one time they were so drunk that they decided to throw me onto the street. Every night as a child, I would hope and pray that one day I would have a good life, leaving everything behind. There were times when my brother would try to stand up for me, even though he was 6 years old at the time everything happened. When I would go to school, my teachers would ask me what happened to me, is everything alright. I was so ashamed that I wouldn’t mention anything to my classmates. The only person I would talk to was Juliana before I asked her to marry me, during this time in high school she was my girlfriend. Going to her parent’s house was in fact my getaway, since they were a lot nicer than my own parents. Mr. Chang would ask me about how school was going, and he would often offer to help me with my school work. Mrs. Chang would typically ask me about how my day was going, she would tell me how her and Mr. Chang met. The day that Juliana and I got married was the start of a new journey. That day I knew that Juliana is going to be my forever person throughout my life, I never had parents or a family that truly cared for me. Juliana would continuously encourage me to follow my dreams & work hard for whatever it is that I want. My parents passed away in the month of May, I wasn’t sad nor was I relieved. It felt like I was finally free from a burden/prison.
