DrawingAcademy
Remembering Hercules statue
Artwork by Charles Goh
My name is Charles Goh and I have learned quite a lot from this drawing course.
Drawing Academy is the online course, which is very for me as I could study at home. It provides very good lessons for art education.
Here’s my drawing of the Hercules statue – one of the classical marbles from the art museum…
Drawing by Mansour
Artwork by Mansour, Drawing Academy student
Graphite pencil on paper.
Artwork by Megan Collins
Hello, I’m Megan. I grew up on the coast of Maine, surrounded by artists and living in an artists’ mecca. Occasionally I would do some sketching, designed playbills in high school, and never considered it a serious endeavor; I was too busy with music back then, and frankly, thought that I could never be good enough.
Fast forward to my late 30’s when I moved to Hawaii. Everything was so beautiful here that I couldn’t capture it in words. I pulled out some colored pencils that I had for years and began to draw. I drew one of the parrots we had at the time and gave it to my housemate for Christmas and she said, “And you’re not doing this for a living?” I received an easel for my birthday that year, and I’ve been painting and drawing ever since…
My true self
Artwork by Evelyn Orozco
Hello!!! I’m so excited for doing this, you can’t even imagine.
I’m 17 years old, from Táchira, Venezuela.
I hadn’t told this to anyone but now I’m gonna be sincere and open my heart to all of you. I’ve always been a person who people can rely on, since I can remember I always did what it was expected for me to do, like being respectful, responsible, disciplined, a good student…
One day I started wondering about who I was, if I was just who people wanted me to be or who I wanted to be… Here’s where, without previous warning, my passion for art and that little artist I had since I was a child reborn. Suddenly I found myself reading Andrew Loomis books and watching YouTube drawing videos!
Lucy
Artwork by Doreen Rowley
I have always attempted to draw portraits since I was very young. I completed a bachelors degree in visual arts in 2003 but the education did not involve learning techniques. Nevertheless, the arts theory education was very rewarding. I am still attempting to improve my drawing and painting skills in between my normal job, household, children etc in the hope that I can pursue my arts practice as a profession on day…
Two Sisters nearly complete
Artwork by Dan S., Drawing Academy student
These are the two little girls I have been working on for a while. This is a nearly complete portrait with a few details and the background to be completed…
Color me black
Artwork by Adriana
I’m the type of girl who adores learning and reading. Those two things helped me tremendously last year when I started drawing for the first time. My friends and family were very surprised when I started creating art because I’ve never done it before and they asked me why I never said I was good at it. The truth is I’ve spent TONS of hours researching online, reading blog posts, following artists on instagram and deviantart, watching hundreds of videos and saving thousands of pictures by other artists to study their techniques. I still have so much more to learn but I am so proud of how far I have come by myself…
Thank you for everything!
Drawings by Luca Molnar, Drawing Academy graduate
I just would like to say a huge THANK YOU for making this course!
I have learnt so much here. This is the first time I’m studying drawing and it’s so much fun, it’s so easy to learn new things here. I am simply addicted to your courses!
I’ve been planning on sharing some of my new drawings with you for months now, but I was never sure if they are good enough for you to see. Anyways here they are, I hope you will like them :)
How to draw whatever you see, think or imagine
Question from Will Price
“You teach a lot of specific techniques, “How to draw X”, but what if I want to draw Y, but you don’t have a video on it. Since the videos cover a variety of topics, do they act as case studies to help develop and hone general skills that will allow me to draw Y?” …
