I am a mother and a grandmother living life rich is diverse experiences; a journey of joys and sorrows. Art has always had a place in my life, in its many different forms. As a proclaimed ‘party pooper’, I was much more eager to spend my time in a gallery or a museum than a rowdy group of people.
Having recently retired I have started the journey of exploring art. I have so much to learn.
My name is Neo Morris Mlangeni. Ever since I was young, I loved art immensely. From drawing cartoons to cars, I have enjoyed it’s effects in my life. Art has always been the only thing I can do greater than my friends, and when I’m down art is a friend who I am allowed to open up my mind and express myself.
Hey there, my name is Ruben. I’m a self taught artist. I think art is meaningful because its the embodiment of style over substance. If it looks good and people like it then it is good. Thats why its important to master the right fundamental.
Hello.
I have been having a lot of trouble lately with drawing figures in different positions and at different angles. I’ve attempted many times to depict figures in a scene from imagination, and almost every time I have had to erase and re-work an area multiple times and still not have the angles or details correct. I have practiced drawing human figures and am able to depict them with overall accuracy, but unless I have a clear reference for a particular pose, it seems that I just can’t visualize the lines for drawing it. I would like to become more proficient in drawing figures from imagination, but in the meantime, I have been considering getting an artist’s mannequin to use for a reference. Are these a good tool to use? Or is there a better means for drawing figures accurately?
Thanks!
Emily
I am one of the winners of the Drawing Academy Art Contest – Spring 2021, once again I want to thank you for the opportunity to study with the best in a school of excellence. The course far exceeded my expectations. I love this drawing course!
Namaste, I’m from Nepal. I spent my childhood in SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, where I got expo
I started my art education after 34 years of full-time medical career.
Just decide that art will become big part of my life, this time seriously, and the drawing skills are something that I definitely need to improve, big time. But I like the idea to be able to bring the drawing into the abstract works.
I started selling acrylic paintings in high school. These were works I created using photographs; many from National Geographic magazine. At that point, I was mostly self-taught. My father encouraged me to go to college and was excited when I was accepted into the School of Visual Arts in New York. However, he passed away before he would see me off to my first semester there. Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford to continue studying in New York and ended up going to a state school I could afford. This was a big disappointment but I graduated in 1988 with a degree in printmaking from Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University. I settled on printmaking because I loved the idea of art being available to more people at an affordable price through limited editions. However, I always lamented that I was never really taught ‘how’ to draw or paint. We were just given assignments to complete and while I didn’t realize it at the time, courses were a mishmash of mediums with no foundation in developing more basic skills.
