Old lady portrait
Drawing by Florea Andrei, Drawing Academy student
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Artwork by Danita Cooke
Wanting to Improve my Drawing Skills
Received College diploma in Art. Aspiring Drawing Academy student with a life long interest in Art, but wants to (re)learn the fundamentals of drawing. I have been lurking through this website for quite some time, and have been very impressed with what I have seen on here. If selected for membership, I hope to take full advantage of what the academy has to offer…
Story and drawing by Ronnie Rayner Larter
Finding beauty in ordinary objects
When finding a subject for study do you often look for something with niceties or beauty? Well, let me tell you, although…
Art by Frank Savage
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I am a u.k. cased artist originally from the North, I am a musician sculptor writer and poet too, I love to draw and the Academy has been a source on art.
I am self taught so I revel in minor discoveries I make during my expressions of feelings and dilemmas, for example, here is an improvisation in breeze block, a progress which makes each moment a joy and a struggle, i am close to mastering technique and feel I am able to apply my imagination to my work soon…
Painting by Litsa Raftopoulou
The Beauty of my soul painting with colors!
I started with the painting in October 2013 in the municipality where I live…
Artwork by MartaLBB, Drawing Academy student
A step forward
I am in a moment of doubt of how to go on with a drawing. Should I let as it is now? Should I use some color? …
Artwork by Sophie H.
Hi, my name’s Sophie and I’m 15 years old.
I’ve never had art lessons and am completely self taught. Art takes up quite a big part of my life. I currently do GCSE art in school and get a tonne of coursework so I don’t have much time to draw freely. Although when I do have time to draw I like to enter competitions, doodle in my sketchbook and stalk artists on instagram:).
One of the biggest challenges I face in art is originality. I constantly have to be looking up references online to get a drawing done and I have never made an original piece (all of my work has used photo references). I would love to try surrealism but as of now I know that would never work as I’d be looking for references for days before I find something suitable…
The Highlight is not the Spotlight
Article by Anna Kotze
Okay, you cool arty dudes! I came across some common mistake, a presumption a lot of you artists tend to make: Take our showgirl- the egg- how many of you confuse or differentiate between, the centre light and the high light ‘of her per-form-ance’?.
Oh my, do I have to enlighten you on this? The high light is that brief moment when she connects with the light source. It is the connection, let’s call it the third eye. Being in the spot light on centre stage does encourage her to shine, fair enough, and she does show her colours in many half tones, but… the high light of her performance- is that special moment, when she connects with the light source- a very brief moment indeed! …
Artwork by Marianna Vad
I am Marianna Vad from Hungary. I am 32 years old and I have always interested in art.
I love to write poems both in English and in Hungarian and I love to draw. However, I should learn a lot to do it professionally, which is my dream. Besides writing and drawing, I like manipulating pictures on my computer because with this tool I can create a lot of interesting things. But, not long ago, I realized that I could only deliver my thoughts and feelings in the best way if I knew each and every technique in connection with drawing…
The Artist Transcends Within
Article by Anna Kotze When we look at the world and observe all there is to see, within its boundaries, it feels as if we are observing a world that is happening ‘outside’. We are…
