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In my heart the will and in my hands the means

Hello World,

My name is Orsy a student of life devoted to express his creative side to the world. Since I was young I had a great interest in the fine arts, choosing to draw my ideas with some adeptness one would say for the young age I was at the time. Drawing I observed was a visual activity where seeing the contours and the directions of light allowed one to replicate these conditions on paper which was key in allowing the recreation of the objects seen with some realism. I had no one to teach me at the time however so I sought material at school and the library to further improve my abilities.

Figuring the Figure

I have been drawing for a long time, but I learned when I was 9 years old, and have had very little instruction since then. I went to Art College, which was mostly focused on concept development, not skills training. I was very disillusioned after completing my university degree (and I had majored in new media- which I then could not afford as a student to continue making art with). After university, I went traveling and being on the road meant I returned to drawing and painting after a long break.

I have challenges with setting up my drawings before diving in- I often end up drawing bigger than my page.

A lot of my drawing skills have been self-taught from books- so I think that I could definitely improve filling in the gaps in my knowledge, learning some more anatomy and improving my perspective and proportional skills.

Final moment

I began to draw some years ago. It was a big idea because I found myself after a very long and hard way.

I am a self taught trying to learn from internet and a lot of books.

Finding Drawing Academy was a good opportunity for me. You offer a knowledge I could learn from a master. Learning about perspective, human body, figure, human anatomy, drawing from life, from your professional artists would be a big opportunity for me develop my drawing skills and to use them painting too.

Gift

I am not a professional artist. I only have this hobby since my childhood and in this way I spent some hours. I left it completely for few years and without any explanation the flame just rebirth this year.

Since, I was searching on internet for some interesting materials in order to help me to learn good drawing habits in the proper way. I finally found this site, Drawing Academy and was impressed by the quality of this course.This course is worth fighting for.

Charcoal Lights a Fire in Me!

Ever since I was a little girl I admired, yea, even envied my younger brother's natural drawing abilities. He could stop on a dime and sketch something quickly that would blow your mind. Stick figures were my best effort and I believed that I could never be an artist because I wasn’t born with the talent.

In 2015, I had begun to paint with acrylics and quickly realized that drawing was a necessity and began to apply myself to learning with a fresh mindset. I LOVE painting and that passion fueled my intent to learn to draw.

Panther Crossing

My name is Cathy Edwards. I work on my art whenever I can find the time! Art is a very important part of my life now, but of course, my husband and cats come first!

My main challenge is perspective.

The subjects of my artwork consists mainly of animal and people portraits so I would like to expand more on still life.

I am new to the Drawing Academy website. I haven't explored it fully yet, but it seems quite interesting and informative.

Never Stop

When I draw, the world stops. My worries go away, all problems disappear. My focus is so deep, it's impossible to see negative.