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Portrait by Christopher Slagle, Drawing Academy student

June 17, 2017September 26, 2018
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Struggling (to be an) Artist

Since my early childhood I have enjoyed creating artwork as mostly a hobby, to sooth my mind. Around three to four years ago, I decided to give artwork a more prominent place in my life. I could not afford to go to art school so when I came across the Drawing Academy I was more than excite. I found so much technical information, things I didn’t know, that I could add to my artistic proclivities. My artwork started to progress immediately.

Continuing on masters copies

June 16, 2017September 26, 2018

Sketches by Danielle Hebert, Drawing Academy student

I felt compelled to continue on the Old Masters’ copies and pleased with some improvement in likeness and shading.

I tried to draw a woman’s face after one of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings and somehow I find it extremely difficult to position the lines and do correct proportions and angles, as if my eyes cannot comprehend what is there. I tried to draw the skull under, which helped a bit, but there is a mystery to me as to how he creates female faces.

Drawing by Nisa Sanchez

June 15, 2017September 28, 2018

I want to see people smiling more often

If I could just shade it a little darker…” I press the pencil point down on the lips of the face I’m drawing. The already worn paper gave through, allowing the pencil to rip past the multi-universe that paper represented for that short moment.

In other words: “I ruined it again” I grumble to myself and glance at the stack of paper I’ve collected of failed attempts at drawing a face. I frown and shove them off the table. I grab a new stack and start all over again, “This time for sure!”

Nude Study

June 14, 2017September 26, 2018
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Drawing by Ronnie Rayner Larter

Originally I used a lot of soft blending with graphite pencil, but since becoming a member of the Drawing Academy I progressed onto hatching and cross hatching, which was a new and interesting avenue for me. However, even though the academy seems to frown the technique soft blending graphite, I have kind of ignored that teaching and also taken on board the idea of hatching. I now use a combination of soft blending and hatching to achieve the effects I need. Does it work well or not? Feedback would be welcome.

Painting by Abdullah Alfalahi

June 13, 2017September 28, 2018

Random paintings of the masters

Hello,

My name is Abdullah Alfalahi (Eddie) from United Arab Emirates. I’m very passionate about arts since childhood. Given where I was born, art was never in the center of attention, but I kept drawing, then was distracted eventually by work and family.

I consider art as everything in my life, art of all kinds but I mostly admire that sustainable art, and art that has a story to tell about the artist or the surrounding of that period. I decided to pursue it though researches and visiting galleries across the world. The only professional learning I have received so far is online from Web Arts Academy by Natalie Richy. I was able to learn the secrets of oil paining and drawing that I would not have learnt by experience.

Drawing by Scyrus Cartwright

June 9, 2017September 28, 2018

Mother and Child

I learned that I could draw and learn to draw in my old age. Drawing is a way to leave the story of my life for future generations.

I want to learn how to draw from my memory and imagination. I tell my story in art.

Drawing Academy would be a great learning resource to me. Because of many issues in my older life, I am unable to get back into normal society. Art can provide this for me. Telling my story in art will be one of the crowing event my life before my sunsets.

June 9, 2017September 28, 2018

I have only been drawing and painting for two years as I have taught myself. It is something I feel passionately about and would love to be able to learn from the professionals.

I try draw things that will challenge me and grow as an artist and would love to learn about drawing people with more detail.

I would love to win the Drawing Academy course so I can fulfill my dream of becoming a great artist.

Sketches by Kurt Runge

June 9, 2017September 28, 2018

Aiming for Surrealism

I’m Kurt Runge, 27, from South Africa. I started drawing from a very early age and have always loved it.

I often find my self captivated by great art and aiming to create pieces that do the same for myself and others. It was only until I came across the sample anatomy videos from Drawing Academy did I realize that this was the perfect place to learn the foundations for illustrating accurately from life and imagination.

June 9, 2017September 28, 2018

Crazy Walls

I’m a student of college Birla Institute of Technology. I love sketching, painting, and animating. In childhood, I used to copy from a TV show mad, it was mostly about art and craft and I did a little bit of sketching.

I want people to connect with me through my art, which the most beautiful part of my life.

Painting by Vladimir Burchakov

June 9, 2017September 28, 2018

Drawing is a base of painting

When I was young, I had classes in a school of art. It was long time ago (about 45 years) and it was a different country – Soviet Union. I did not made my way as a painter, but those lessons of drawing, composition and history of art gave me knowledge, understanding and profound love to fine arts. I did not practice painting, but occasionally did drawings and watercolor works. Just about two years ago I found a lot of classes and lessons on oil painting on YouTube. It is awesome!