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The Medici and the Renaissance artists

June 8, 2018September 26, 2018

Article by Jimena Escoto

The Renaissance must have been a wonderful time to live in, if you were wealthy, of course. And to live in Florence at that time meant two things. The first one was that everybody knew who the Medicis were; and the second one, the streets were full of artists, architects, sculptors in hopes that the Medicis would commission them an artwork. Indeed, the Medicis were big fans of fine art and they spent as much as they wanted in expensive masterpieces of any kind.

June 8, 2018April 24, 2019

A Silver Lining

I’ve have been paying close attention to the Drawing Academy for over a year now. I’ve been struggling with fighting the worst enemy: myself.

I’ve always wanted to be an artist, but at the same time, I’ve always made excuses not to do it. I don’t know why, but I can’t seem to find the strength to start. I’ve tried it a few times already, but since I’ve never found a place where they teach you absolutely everything you need to know since the beginning, I always end up dropping it. And I don’t want that anymore.

I really want to be an artist!

The Life of Michelangelo

June 5, 2018September 26, 2018

Article by Rachael Concessio You may have never picked up a paintbrush before and know next to nothing about fine art. However, the name Michelangelo is not lost on you. To this day, he remains…

June 5, 2018September 27, 2018

Artist

I am Clinton Artisto. An artist from kibera Nairobi. I started painting when I was in class seven. I have exhibition my work at Nairobi national museum.

June 4, 2018September 27, 2018

Portrait by Robert Lenssen

Tekeningen

I am 49 years old living in Putten in the Netherlands, I love to draw specially people. I think with the course of the drawing academy I can learn a lot.

Painting by Marie Ange

June 4, 2018September 27, 2018
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MY DREAM IS STILL ALIVE!

Hello dear friends. Its Marie Ange again.

I thank all who voted for me in the just concluded Spring drawing academy competition. Though I didn’t win to be part of the academy this time, I still have my dream in front of my eyes. That dream is to learn drawing from a world famous academy so that I can in turn teach art to the many talented street children whom my husband and I minister to each week. We have established art clubs across the city streets of Nairobi and rescue centres and through art these children and young people can have a better livelihood.

May 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Art Educator, visual artist and Creative Directory Yonas Hailu believe that Artis the highest and truest self-expression of a human beings. Yonas believe that each artists has its own style each has his/ her own style each has its own story to revile his /her story which is so significant and important to the observer.

Artwork by Sushma Sharma

May 31, 2018September 27, 2018

Nefelibata

As an artist, I love art. I do painting and drawing everyday but I want to learn new drawing techniques.

I believe Drawing Academy would help me to improve my skill sets and fill in the gaps of my knowledge in Fine Art.

Artwork by David Haynos

May 30, 2018September 27, 2018

One Perfect Tear

Hello fellow artists!

My name is David, I am a 28 year old student of Classics and History in Germany.

As a child I was terrible at art and thought that only those with natural talent could draw. In school art projects were frustrating because no matter how hard I tried whatever I drew or painted always looked terrible – so I gave up trying and contented myself with doing the bare minimum.

After finishing school I had the chance to visit Rome and enjoy the beautiful paintings of Raphael, Carravaggio, and Michaelango (my particular favourite). I became extremely interested in portraits and drawing the human form. I bought myself a few books on art and started with sketching from photographs. I became fairly proficient at copying and would trace or measure everything I drew.