Valentin Serov
Article by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Valentin Serov was born 19 January 1865, the only son to a family active in the St. Petersburg arts community. His father was a composer and famous music…
The phenomenon of Malevich
Article by Vladimir London Born 11 February 1878 to a Polish family in Kiev, Kazimir Malevich is best known as one of the standard bearers of non-figurative, avant-garde art. The eldest of fourteen children (nine…
Isaac Levitan – Landscape painter
Article by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Isaac Levitan, born 30 August 1860, was born near the town of Verzhbolovo, modern Virbalis, Lithuania. Raised in a poor but intellectual Jewish family, Levitan’s artistic proclivities were…
Ilya Glazunov – The Mystery of the Twentieth Century
Article by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Born 10 June 1930 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, Ilya Glazunov was raised in a family that cherished Russian history. Unfortunately, his was one of the families trapped…
Arkhip Kuindzhi
Article by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Arkhip Kuindzhi was born in Mariupol, Ukraine, on 15 January. Sources give different years, but it was around 1842. In fact, the details of his life are sparing,…
Artworks by Andrei Dareev
Andrei was born in 1978 in Semipalatinsk, Russia. Graduated from Novoaltajsk Art School. Graduated from The Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (landscape workshop by Afonin AP). Member of the Russian Artists Union.
WHAT IS DRAWING? An absolute must have skill.
Article by Ronnie Rayner Larter Drawing is the expression of form on a plane surface, and although colour can have very expressive qualities, I personally feel a well-executed drawing in charcoal or graphite can have…
Aleksei Savrasov – Russian landscape painter
Article by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Born 12 May 1830 in Moscow, Aleksei Savrasov demonstrated artistic skills early; indeed, he sold his earliest landscape paintings at age twelve! Although his father wanted him to…
COPYING: Should it be Part of the Learning Process?
Article by Ronnie Rayner Larter There seems to be a debate about whether or not it’s good to copy when drawing. Some say no, others say yes. Did you know they used to do that…
DRAWING SKILLS CAN BE LEARNT: Just like any other skill
Article by Ronnie Rayner Larter If you are one of those people who lacks confidence at drawing, or convince yourself that you cannot draw; you are creating your own barrier to learning. Because you believe…
