I am 82 years old and have been drawing or painting for as long as I can remember. I am largely self taught through books videos and art groups. Art has always been a hobby for me, even more so now since I am retired. I enjoy gifting my paintings to my friends and family. I am a volunteer facilitator of a senior’s art group at a community center.
I’m up in Edinburgh, Scotland. I love to draw and have done since I was doing ‘fancy future cars’ as a wee boy.
Hello to all readers! I would like to introduce myself. My professional career is far from art: I’ve been a chemist working in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years. In addition to my interest in chemistry, I also have a passion for the fine art. For, the fine art makes my life more meaningful and bright.
I’m an engineer by profession and art lover by heart. Art is something that has always fascinates me with it’s limitless possibilities of what is, what could be and what can never be. It’s a language of expression.
I want to learn drawing proper perspectives, composition and rendering correct tonal values to match the light/shadows.
My name is Swapnil Jagtap. I’m a 24-year-old and I live in India. I’m doing drawing and Paintings since I was 8 years old as a hobby and I think I’m now becoming good at it so I wanted to turn my hobby into my profession.
I cannot live without art. Let me rephrase. I could but I don’t want to. I feel it’s the only thing that makes me really happy but also it makes me feel stressed, nervous, every work is hard to do and that makes me feel alive. It’s a good stress.
Sometimes I hear people say to me when I told them I’m an artist, “oh, how lucky you are, I wish I could do that”. They don’t realize it’s also stressful and hard and requires a lot of patience and dedication, no, they just see it in an idealistic way. But as stressful as it can be, it’s the only thing that makes me feel good about myself and where I think I’m good at. Let’s explain that better. I’m EXTREMELY insecure about what I do. I never feel anything is good enough, but with art, I have learned that I’m good at this. Well, I don’t really believe it but I try to believe and sometimes I think I am good.
I’ve always wanted to be an artist. I was voted most artistic in high school and wanted to be a fashion illustrator, but life got in the way and I wasn’t able to go to art school as I had wished. I’ve taken classes and workshops here and there but could never devote much time to it as a single mother with most of the financial responsibility for my child. Now that I am retired, I feel this is my last chance to become an accomplished artist and draftsman. I need to build my skills again and it looks like the Drawing Academy courses would help me to do that. I feel like it’s now or never. I would love to have the opportunity to take these classes and develop my skills and fulfill my dream to be an excellent artist.
I’m a college student working on my bachelors. This was my final for drawing 2. It’s a light analysis done with white charcoal on dark canson paper. I think art is rooted in our spirits. It’s our desire to create.
I’m always looking to improve. To be a better observer of life. The challenge is learning to see with your eyes and not your brain.
I am an artist (specialized in graphite & charcoal), who is interested in precision and detail.
Art is like a meditation to me. When I am drawing, it helps me to forget everything and the mid will be cool and calm.
I grew up the youngest of 3 my mother is parcially paralyzed I take care of her and drawing is my getaway I draw what I feel, see, or think of.
Drawing is a part of me its who I am and all I have that’s my own in my drawings I can be who and what I want to be.
