Hi Vladimir,
What do you think about a sight-size drawing method?
Many artists say that sight-size is not good for imagination and memory drawing.
French artists from 18-19 century (Bouguereau, Gerome, Cabanel…) had excellent imaginary paintings…
Hi,
My name is Tayyaba Hussain and I’m a student at MIT.
I really like all related to art and recently I have started sketching. I hope you will like my work…
Since young, I have been bestowed with a gift of visualizing almost everything I hear, smell, and sense and thus it took me a long time to fix the leaky boundary between reality and reverie. Admittedly, this uncontrollable power brought to my childhood many obstacles like minor dyslexia, but it also set me free when I was physically or mentally trapped in an unpleasant situation.
The world in my eyes is too miraculous and capricious to be rendered in any other way than painting and this is the very reason why I have kept drawing stubbornly even after my own father yelled at me, “You are not the material!” I haven’t had a chance to receive any formal artistic education but I’ve been inspired by so many remarkable and respectful artists who share the same obsession with arts. To bring out my reverie onto paper is my dream. Or rather, it is my mission…
I always thought of being able to draw in an acceptable way, but now I want to increase my level, and I find Drawing Academy is the answer to my wishes.
It changed the way I see and observe, the ability in the hatch, the desire to draw from life, the study of anatomy, and I made mine the principle to draw what i know, not just what i see.
Certainly increases my know-how, and working in the field of advertising and graphic design, photography and communication, it definitely will get huge benefits….
This is my painting of a mother with her children.
Hello,
I was born and raised in Philippines, now living and working in Canada.
As an emerging fine artist, most of my painting so far were based from Greek & Roman mythology to religious & Bible stories. I also paint portraiture & genre painting…
Many thanks to all subscribers who are asking various things about art and how to learn drawing.
Today, I will answer several short queries.
If you have any questions, please submit them here »
Do I really have to know how to draw humans if it’s my goal to know how to draw animals and made-up creatures?
I ask that because many drawing lessons are about drawing humans…
Mark Chagall, one of the brightest Modernist artists, was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, on 7 July 1887. The eldest of nine children, Chagall came from a poor Jewish family. His mother ran a grocery while his father worked as a porter to support the family. His parents had hopes that their son would pursue a lucrative career, but he had his eyes set on one thing: art. After much cajoling, he convinced his mother in 1906 to let him study with a famous local artist, Yehuda Pen.
The art lessons were a disappointment for young Chagall. Although he respected his instructor, his lofty opinion of himself and lack of interest in Classical forms caused Pen to dismiss him as merely average, and Chagall ended his studies within two months. Fortunately, he soon found his muse: Bella Rosenfeld. He fell immediately in love with her and she became his strongest source of inspiration, even into the mature period of his career…
Dear Vladimir,
I have seen some drawings with very dark backgrounds. When I try to shade dark areas, the graphite marks become glossy.
How to achieve dark tones in graphite drawing?
What is the best technique to render really dark values? …
