I am an art educator wishing to continue my own personal growth in fine art which I’ve been doing since an early teen.
The work I’m submitting is a still life extrapolation that was done in a drawing course at The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Pa. in 2012.
With the extrapolation technique, that paper is covered with black charcoal and using a kneaded eraser, …
am a 51 year old recreational artist. I am self-taught and continue to try to challenge myself to get better and to try new things. I spent 6 ½ years in Africa among the Tswana…
I seem to have a real difficulty getting the eye lashes rendered. It seems as though when I do an eye on a male, as soon as I start rendering the eye lashes, the eye soon becomes a woman’s eye. I have tried laying in sparse lashes, very small, and then a few longer ones without any luck. The bottom lashes are just fine, very soft and not to many. I am sure there is some way to solve this issue…
After retirement from a 37 years of medical career, i embarked on completing BA in Fine arts in University of Arts London.I studied all art theory ,history and conceptual art.Although I did installation,video & photography in my final degree course, my heart was in Classical painting.I am glad I found you website.I love to paint like masters. after practicing technique in painting Still-lifes, I have moved on to Human figure…
I am so delighted that I have built a momentum through the continued inspiration of the Drawing Academy lessons and Bonus’ that I enjoy so much! …
Hello! My name is Seth.
It took me a while to figure out what I really wanted to pursue in life as far as a career choice. I discovered I loved to draw and paint and create characters and stories with my pictures.
While I was in grade school, I did not take my love for these things seriously because I had no idea this could actually be a career so it was more of a hobby. Only a couple years ago did I finally decide I wanted to get into illustration and/ or visual development for games and movies.
Over the last couple years I have taken a few fundamentals drawing and design courses, however not nearly as many as I would like. Aside from that, I have watched a ton of you-tube drawing/painting tutorials and bought gumroad tutorials and a couple dozen anatomy, painting, and how-to-draw books to gain the knowledge I have …
I love drawing and I always want to improve. Drawing always makes me feel positive and brighten my mood and my day. If I were to win this competition I would be ecstatic because getting more tips and experience would make me want to create more artwork. Thank you for considering me in this comp! :)
Vladimir,
Are you aware that inkjet photo paper can take silverpoint? If not, give it a try and see what you think of the paper as a ground. I have been experimenting with silverpoint, and because inkjet paper is a prepared paper that had a fine tooth that acted as an abrasive I decided to try it and was pleasantly surprised. However, I feel perhaps the depth of tone may not be deep enough. Regardless of that, it may be a useful paper for soft rendering…
