Portrait of my father in sanguine
Artwork by Luiz Paulo Barboza
I’m trying to learn how to draw on my own – I read everything I can on the internet and in books.
Artists are not valued in my country like in the US and Europe…
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Mother’s portrait
Artwork in progress by Lise, Drawing Academy student
This is a picture of my mom when she was younger.
The flower is an after thought…
To my lovely son Jason
Artwork by Kostantia
I am Kostantia from Greece. I started studying in the university of Fine Arts, years ago. A lot of hard things in life forced me to discontinue my studies. I never stopped being in love with art and now I am back and want to start learning again…
Drawing in Red Chalk
Artwork by Slater, Drawing Academy student
Hello,
I took your previous advice on how to shade with chalk pencil. I had to expose quite a bit of the chalk to sharpen it into a lasting point.
I decided not to smudge the marks.
The drawing I included is a copy of Masaccio’s St Paul…
Artwork by Bolivar C. B. Alves
I tried very hard to not fail doing this study of a human body according to the book Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogart.
I liked the result. I hope you do to…
Theory on Ellipses
Questions from Xuan, Drawing Academy student
Hello Vladimir, Thank you for the excellent video lessons. I very much enjoy them. You mention that the ellipse (representing a circle in perspective) is distorted, with its front portion larger than the back portion, so that it becomes an oval with only one axis of symmetry. I think, a circle always appears as an ellipse from a linear perspective. While it is true that the closer half of the circle is larger in perspective, the resulting shape that we see is still a perfect ellipse. However, the horizontal line that bisects the circle does not intersect the ellipse at its widest point…
Hungry for art knowledge!
Artwork by Garrick Marchena
I’ve been drawing since a very small age. Ever since I can remember.
I believe it was my mother, a very talented seamstress, who inspired me to draw. i remember being so small barely looking over the table and watching her as she was sketching out the models wearing the wedding dresses she designed. While all the kids in my neighborhood were outside playing I was drawing in my sketchbook. This the only place I could feel safe and confident.
At first I did a lot of fantasy drawings making up stories. Then I started drawing my favorite cartoon characters Batman and Superman. At the age of 14 I took a chance and drew my uncle and cousin while they sat in front of me. Somehow I had enough courage and I was certain I could do a good job…
Still life drawing by Scott
Artwork by Scott, Drawing Academy student Graphite pencil on paper
Love from Alpha Centauri
Drawing by Conrado Villa
Hello to everyone!
I’m from Medellín, Colombia, I´m 46 years old and I love painting, drawing and digital painting too. I’m electrical Engineer for devotion and enthusiast artist for passion…
Wanting to leave a trace in the art world
Artwork by José Raigosa
Hi there,
Finally, I found your site, a place where I could learn the method from the Old Masters! The concept from copying from the masters is not new to me, but it seems that your course is well organized. Otherwise I feel like it will take more time for me to learn to draw and to paint well (the way it should be)…
