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Artwork by Antoinette Apondi

March 11, 2018September 27, 2018

Self Esteem from your artworks

Hello, I am Antoinette Apondi from Nairobi, Kenya. I am 23 years of age and I am an artist.

Art is very important in my life because it is what I have ever known since I was a child. I can say that art contributes majorly to my self esteem because once I finish a drawing or painting I feel really good about myself. But recently, despite finishing my pieces I do not really feel as good as I used to because I have realized that I depend too much on photo references and I cannot come up with an artwork from memory and even if it was from life, I will really struggle with the proportions and process of developing it.

From the videos on YouTube I know that Drawing Academy could help me out with this problem, because I am starting to feel like I am not a real artist if I continue drawing from photos!

Drawing Academy review by Longkumer Nukshienba

March 10, 2018September 26, 2018

Drawing Academy graduate

I have been drawing for many years, but all those years before enrolling in the Drawing Academy I did not know a human head proportions and anatomy and had been using grid to copy portraits. I also didn’t know how to draw in perspective.

I have learnt a lot in the Drawing Academy course. Now I can draw what I see or imagine (even though it’s not perfect) because I know the rules of constructive drawing, understand perspective and proportions and know the steps of portrait drawing.

I can proudly say that my drawing skills improved so much thanks to this drawing course.

I would recommend Drawing Academy to everyone who would like to learn professional drawing techniques and push drawing skill on a higher level.

J.E. Millais’ The Order of Release – a Pre Raphaelite love story

March 10, 2018September 26, 2018
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Article by Steve Metcalfe

The first time I saw Sir John Everett Millais’ painting The Order of Release I was thirteen years old and struggling to stay alert in Mister Harvey’s gloomy art class. In the darkened classroom the teacher, a deeply religious man, showed slide after slide of Renaissance masterpieces, each projection accompanied by a long, tedious explanation of its origins, technical merits, and biblical authenticity. Even at that tender age I wondered whether there should be a limit on how many depictions of the Madonna and child, hovering angels, and crucified Christs there were in the world. Little did I know.

When The Order of Release appeared on the screen it was as though a light had been switched on. To my young mind the painting instantly made sense and the story it told unfolded in my imagination as if by osmosis.

March 5, 2018September 27, 2018

Dimiourgikó ómorfo kósmo tis téchnis (creative beautiful world of art)

I am a self taught artist. I have been drawing since I was a little girl, and have always loved art. I started off drawing the horses on my grandparents farm from memory, and then as I got older i started drawing from photos.

I use other art works from you-tube and google to improve my techniques and styles of drawing.

How to improve overall drawing skills?

March 4, 2018September 26, 2018

Question from Rebecca

“I’d really like to improve my overall skill level – particularly in the areas of portrait drawing. I’ve always loved working with color, so I usually skip to the painting stage as quickly as I can. I have really struggled to build my drawing skills, which I feel is holding me back from improving to levels I’d like to achieve.

What are the best techniques to practice and improve overall drawing skills?”

Painting by Maria

March 4, 2018September 27, 2018
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In the name of love

Being only sixteen is a true challenge for most teenage artist, as it is for me sometimes too. I started drawing when I was only seven, I was young of course but the passion for art lived within me since then. I had stopped drawing for a long time until last summer.

Art for me is one of the most important parts of my daily routine and life. Realism though is a style I am taking an interest in recently therefore it appears a little more challenging for now.

In art I would like to learn more about Impressionism and Realism, especially all about Reinassance art and the Old Masters, that’s the reason I was interested in the Drawing Academy in first place.

March 3, 2018September 27, 2018

Hello I am soon to be 52. I care for my 90 year old mother and school my seven year old daughter both at home. I had her at age 43. I always say be careful what you ask for because you just might get it. Now I have learn to be specific when I ask.

I have always love to doodle. Now I use it to clear my head and focus in on the big picture. I love creating my own designs and seeing them come to life on paper.

How to overcome a fear of blank paper

March 1, 2018September 26, 2018
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Question from Abiona

“Most times when I get the inspiration to draw, I usually procrastinate out of fear of the blank white paper before me. How do I overcome this artist block every time I’m faced with it?”

Shakespeare and Art

March 1, 2018September 26, 2018

Article by Jimena Escoto

No matter where you are, if you have never read one of his plays, you surely have heard about William Shakespeare. I can’t even remember from whom or where did I hear the story of Romeo and Juliet, I just knew it one day. That is how mainstream Shakespeare’s stories have become. It is the greatest writer of English history, and they surely are proud of him. That is why it is not a surprise that it has served as an inspiration for many painters of the time and later.

Artwork by Tetiana Sharanutsa

March 1, 2018September 27, 2018

Sketch of the modern Thinker

Hello!

My name is Tetiana and I am from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

I don’t have academic drawing education and actually I don’t have any art education at all, but I like drawing and painting very much escpecially watercolor paintings and sketches. I want to learn how to do this professionally.

I think that Drawing Academy is a great opportunity for me, because I don’t have time and possibility to attend drawing courses. So the online education is the best variant for me. And I think that Drawing Academy is a very good user friendly educational online resource with professional tutors.