DrawingAcademy

Artwork by Mei Yee Lam

In my journey searching for fine art started with a broken leg and when my spirited self wanting to get out of that painful situation an take myself away to somewhere unfamiliar and very beautiful. This resulting not only I found my place and Web Academy online course too. Web Academy answered lots of question I had for years on painting well. And in the process of all the endeavors my leg got better too! Among st all the daily family demands I paint and draw whenever I can and with lots more pleasure Further more I can bravely received everyday situation with lots more imagination…

Artwork by Susan van Zyl

As far as I can remember, I always admired artists with their beautiful renditions and artworks. I even tried my hand at drawing when a fellow student in my class (about 30 years ago) drew cartoonish female drawings and I decided there and then, that I want to be an artist…

Artwork by Lisa Lampasova

I was always fascinated by the different world cultures and people who lived them, so people became my subject of art at a young age.

I paint people in everyday settings in oil on canvas. I do some landscape and seascapes, but painting people is my true desire.

Why I need to win…

Artwork by Shoma Mukherjee

Dreams and fantasies have always been an inseparable part of my existence, ever since my childhood. As an introvert child, I remember constantly flying away to my world of make-believe, much to the annoyance of my elders.

Even as I grew older, the dreamy child within me refused to grow up. She still wanted to fly…

I’m a self-taught painter, started painting 2 years ago, and I really need to get to a higher level whether by studying academically or continuing with the self-teaching process. So I do think that the… 

Artwork by John H. Knight

My earliest memories of drawing and painting were formed before I was seven. Throughout my school years, drawing was integral to my experience; my father purchased my first easel when I was about 12, and in both Junior High and High School, I received honorable mention for various compositions.

Moreover I continue to pursue studio and drawing courses in college and at the Cleveland Museum of Art: graphite, pen and ink, pastel (dry and oil), water color and oil painting (with which I fell love) are the mediums with which I have continued to experiment. This training brought me in touch with the works of artistic masters of the Renaissance period; it was during this time during my formative years, that I was smitten by the exquisite draftsmanship of Leonardo da Vinci, with his incredible attention to detail of the human body and plant life. It was in this context of experience that the love of capturing natural phenomenon, from an artistic perspective, was sown in my heart…

Live on sailboat in Honolulu

Artwork by Claudia Lüthi I am a Swiss artist. I love to paint oil on canvas and velvet. My preferred subjects are Landscapes, cityscapes and Animals. I reach my goal when I paint and the… 

Artwork by Jason Cox

I’ve been drawing on and off for so many year’s I can’t recall but have never learned how to “learn drawing”. That is until I taught myself the guitar and finally understood what it truly takes to learn and perfect an artistic skill…