What is the most difficult part of drawing?
Question from Silvano
“What is the most difficult part of drawing that newcomers often get wrong – i.e. the most common mistake made?”
DrawingAcademy
Drawing by Rebekah
Oh deer
Hi! My name is Rebekah. When I was a kid, I always like drawing on random bits of paper. Never really did more than that till I was waiting for my dad at the bank and my mother said, if I liked it, I should learn more.
Drawing by Fredrika Nel
My name is Fredrika Nel. I originally come from South Africa. Two years ago me and my husband moved to Ireland. I am a mother of 3 kids and have 8 grand children.
I love doing all kinds of art but love doing the pencil drawings. I want to go more in to art now that I have the chance. I had no professional training and wish to get professional courses to help me along. I need to get more info on the things that I know and done.
I would like to learn how to draw light at the right angle and shading; how to draw in perspective. I love things to look real.
Artwork by Isaac Bekerman
I just started to paint at the tender age of 66 never had so much fun!
I am retired and have no time for anything else
Artwork by Jacques du Toit
Choose life
I chose life.
I chose a job, a career in advertising. I chose the big television, a washing machine and a car.
The life of a struggling artist never appealed to me. Instead I spent the last 5 years advancing my career, falling victim to materialism and the slow cancer that is lifestyle creep. The life I was building was fragile, and it took a small push to shatter it into a million pieces.
Today I don’t own a big tv, or a washing machine or a car. I no longer work in advertising.
Art calls to me. There’s no other way of describing it. I’ve ignored the calling, and the cost has been high. It isn’t a hobby, not like playing the guitar or cooking or rock-climbing. Art is scary as hell, and without it my life is hollow.
Drawing by Sha Chokie
My Girl
Hi,
My name is Sha Chokie and I would like to share a portrait of my girl.
I really like the Drawing Academy course and would like to win this competition to receive a free access to its video lessons.
I want to learn how to draw skillfully from life and imagination.
Portrait drawings by Andreea Popovici
A hope
Hello, my name is Andreea. I started drawing as a child but I never had the possibility of doing to an art school. Sometimes I make portraits on commission…
Pen and Ink drawing by Curt, Drawing Academy student
Crazy Treehopper Insect
I’ve always appreciated pen and ink drawings even as a child. I’m now retired and after working through many of the Academy lessons using graphite I thought I’d be brave and try this new medium.
Classical portrait drawings by Carlos, Drawing Academy student
Drawings in 2H pencil
Here are my drawings in pencil of Roman and Greek busts. I drew it using what I’ve learned from the Drawing Academy lessons.
The Vincent Vibe
Story by Dale R. Kinnie
Nothing could be more exciting and surreal for an artist to visit an area of the world where his favorite artist has lived and worked. In the fall of 2016 I had the great fortune to travel the south of France for a period of time. Most of us already know the Van Gogh life story, but actually walking in his past foot steps conjured up an emotional response for which I was not prepared.
Upon first entering the grounds of Saint Paul de Mausole in St. Remy France, a creepy vibe entered my realm that was unmistakably Vincent. This vibe immediately flooded my memory with all things Vincent, from his documented struggles outwardly and inwardly to an eerie chill ascending my spine…
