At 50, I received a precious gift of 6 art sessions. I had always been passionate about art, but I had never had an art class, even in school. Since then, I have given several hours a day to learning more about drawing and painting on the Internet. Being a missionary and a teacher, I spend my days living in Thailand and teaching refugees from Pakistan who have no opportunity to attend school…
Dear Vladimir,
First of all, I want to thank you for the course. I have been inspired to work more diligently at my drawing.
I have wondered why hatching is considered superior to shading? At first I did not like the look of hatching, but as I have studied more and more drawings by the masters, I have come to find it very beautiful. My pencil, however, sometimes goes back automatically to what you might call grade school drawing. Nevertheless, I love doing the hatching and cross hatching. I practice this on whatever paper is available. I’m afraid walls might be next…
Hi all,
I just started to draw and paint about year ago and now art is all my consideration…
Hi, I am international student and major in painting at Texas. I have learned the art from elementary school student because I really liked the art from childhood. Whenever I draw or paint, it is really give happiness to me. So, I decided art is my way and I have a dream to become an art teacher because I hope the students learn the true art through me. I also want the students who suffer hard times psychologically are treated through the art. Art has power to make people feel comfortable and sometimes give a time. ..
Hi everyone,
In the ancient Greek mythology, the princess Europe were sitting on a beach, Zeus disguised as a bull come close to her, and rapt her through Island of Creta.
This topic has been very often used in art history by the old masters. As a European citizen I love this topic for its deep emotional quality…
I’m a software engineer, with interest in sketching, painting, music and photography, which brings joy in my life.
I had very basic drawing skills before enrolling in the Drawing Academy. I had very limited information on fundamental concepts of constructive drawing, rendering, perspective, and fore shortening.
In this course, I learned hatching techniques, linear perspective rules, face and body proportions. I haven’t seen such teaching style before. It is easy to learn in the Drawing Academy, starting from basic topics to more advanced levels. I’m very happy that on short period of time I learned so much about drawing techniques…
With the recent article published about Leonardo da Vinci, one of my heroes, I felt impressed to share this drawing I did of Leonardo’s self-portrait. I know in some quarters copying is frowned on, but personally I feel it has advantages. It can help us learn about rendering and techniques when we copy the master’s work…
I am very grateful to all who supported me and left so warm comments on my page:
https://drawingacademy.com/campesina-collecting-water
Here’s my artwork is in acrylic, 24″ wide x 48″ long. The theme inspiring me by the unique composition of the persons involved in the scene.
“The Professor” is making his point to the young lady that lay down on the grass. The wind is blowing on the grass and the sun attempt to squeezed on the top branches of the tree…
I was quite pretty good at drawing when I was young, and received lots of compliments. But for a long time I’ve always known I needed to learn more and there was something missing in my drawing.
I have searched around and enrolled for quite a handful of fine arts courses, and even live model drawing and hands-on art classes. Then I found Drawing Academy. I’ve learned a great deal from Drawing Academy which I haven’t learnt any where else, or have learnt but incomplete.
The Golden Proportions, 3 points perspective, ariel perspective, detailed anatomy, body masses and structures, as well as thorough techniques walking me through every modelling drawing, are what I found very helpful, knowledgable and practical…
This drawing was done using the Charles Bargue sight-sizing method in graphite pencil and white chalk on pastel painted paper.
I began to study the Bargue method about three years ago and it seems to be an excellent way of learning to draw; first from the flat then from 3-D objects. However, using the Bargue measuring method can become a hindrance that could prevent an artist from developing fluency in drawing, thereby losing that emotional quality…
