Beauty within
Drawing by Clifford honoridez
I’m a 17 years old fine arts student from the Philippines.
I just started my drawing career a year ago…
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Life Animation Frame by Frame
Artwork by Robert Pettigrew
I’m a classical animator who learned life drawing through the discipline of animation. I enjoy the complexity of the human figure and all life for that matter.
Capturing life and channeling it into a drawing or sketch is the magic I gravitate to in all art. ..
Keeping the balance
Artwork by M. Manolache
Whenever I dedicate time to art, it seems to me that life is more colourful. Also whenever I spend too much time doing it, things start to lose colour. I thought that one day when I have all the time in the world I may do more creative work. But that time never comes.
Art Competition Winners – Autumn 2014
Thank you!
Big thanks to all Drawing Academy Art Competition – Autumn 2014 participants. All entries are listed here »
We are also grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
It is the time to announce the winners.
According to the Competition Rules, there are three full Drawing Academy Memberships to be awarded.
However, we nominated not 3, but 5 winners!
And the Winners are:
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How to find time for drawing
Question from Remy
Hello,
I am curious about these courses. The video, which mentions that drawing from photos is not the best way to learn, is fascinating. But at the same time, I do not understand how your courses offer a solid training that is not based on drawing from two-dimensional examples?
I have an extremely busy life, yet I am dedicated to learning how to draw. I only have time to draw very late at night, when everyone is sleeping. It is very difficult to access some of the things I actually want to learn how to draw (like people and faces)…
Congratulations to our guest writer!
Clayton Cogmon Jr. earns free access to the Drawing Course! We congratulate Clayton Cogmon Jr., who published five articles about fine art and received free access to first month of the Drawing Academy “How to…
The David
Article by Clayton Cogmon Jr.
During the High Renaissance, art was used for decoration, prestige, and most importantly, to immortalize anyone closely involved with it. There are many ways to create art, but none strike the observers interests like the great sculptures of the Renaissance era. However, one in particular does stand out from the rest: The David.
The David is the most famous, well known statue in the world. A 17 foot marble masterpiece, the David has a complicated history.
This is fitting, considering his creator was a complicated man himself. This creator being, Michelangelo.
Believe it or not, Michelangelo was not the first person to be hired for the commission of the great statue. In fact, Michelangelo was not even born during the earliest phases…
Artwork by Fordz
I’ve just started my drawing career less than a year ago and I’m willing to be trained by the mentors here aside from my school. I hope this will be the right way for me…
A study to achieve a “Gamut of pencil strokes”
Artwork by Yasmeen Kanan, Drawing Academy student
Hello!
After viewing one of your critiques given to another student, and after viewing the drawings that you have uploaded to improve our pencil strokes, I decided to take you advice and do a study.
First, I made a copy of a drawing (as mentioned above) and created a drawing of a real life model using the hatching technique-pencil strokes. I must admit, copying an existing drawing is easier than drawing a real life subject. I wish I could upload two photos at once, but I will upload the real life drawing later.
I would like to hear your critique for my “Gamut of pencil strokes.” Commenting on this study, an artist claimed that the difference in the strokes between the background and the subject has ruined the drawing. I oppose this view and find it dull to use the same pencil strokes in different areas (background, foreground, etc.).
In the “Gamut of pencil strokes” study, are we allowed to have different pencil strokes in different spaces in the drawing?
