Art Competition Archive

Make a dream come true!

As a fifty-three-year-old man, I have always had a dream. My dream is the dream of learning to draw, like the masters. As a self-taught artist, I can draw simple and fun works of art, but nothing complicated or technically correct. My dream is to draw properly.

I live in Provo, Utah, USA. I am currently unemployed, and I enjoy drawing in my spare time. I have hopes of one day being an artist who is worthy of working. I love art. I believe that a picture can tell more than a story, and I love art that says something to the beholder. Each picture I draw has a story or meaning behind it…

Learning never exhausts the mind

Hello everyone!

My name is Marina and I’m eighteen years young.

Making art is like breathing to me and it’s definitely what I was meant to do (next to reciting Shakespeare’s works to my dog).

I’ve always been fairly reserved and if taken outside the comfort of my own room, I can easily become the definition of the word ‘anxiety’ itself.
That’s why I experienced great pleasure when finding out about the Drawing Academy.

Heart and Passion

My name is Ronnie, I am 19 years old and I live in Kenya.

For me art is deep in my core and I wish to express myself through it. I began with photography but I realized with that I can only go so far, because not everything I see in my mind can be translated fully through it. I have always been inspired by the renaissance masters, especially Leonardo da Vinci, a man whose work has stood the test of time and is still relevant till today. I want to represent my country and show people that anyone can achieve what their put their heart into, no matter their skill level.

Classical realism is not a lost art

I was a 3d graphics programmer for years before getting into any sort of art – I felt that couldn’t draw, and I wanted to program a machine to do it… when I did start drawing, it was almost a natural evolution of my CGI coding knowledge, because I understand how to create realistic images using lighting/etc…

I drew privately for several years before semi-accidentally falling into a niche of animal portraits for charity – my time is donated for custom animal portraits for auctions and misc. events – this allows me to contribute and provides a unique purpose for each piece..

Art makes me happy

Hello everyone I am Idjave Oghenetejiri a student in a Nigerian higher institution, discipline of Electrical Electronics engineering.

I love art ever since I was a kid. It gives me this feeling of joy each time I come across it. But I have a problem of imagination and drawing skills. I can’t picture a drawing in my head.

I will love to learn and I believe it will help my imagination and my drawing skills.

Live my dream

I am Chinazo Okeke, 25, and I am a medical doctor living in Nigeria.

I’ve always loved to draw as a hobby. Art is a passion of mine, but it has had to take second place because I was pursuing becoming a doctor.

I have challenges with drawing from my imagination, getting proportions right, and I have only just begun to explore oil painting and coloured pencil drawing…

Artwork by Cláudia Silva

Hi, artists!

My name is Cláudia, I am 20 years old, and I wanted to be an artists since I was a child. I draw since I was able to hold a pen, and nowadays I can’t live without art, it’s impossible even to think about it. And I dream and work everyday to become a full time artist.

All Things Art

I was born and raised in NYC (Bronx, NY), I now live in a small town near Albany, New York.

I have been drawing since before I could write my name, but I never pursued art as a career. For almost 30 years I have worked in business administration, my entire adult life. Recently I took the leap to pursue a career in art, but I have no real formal training, and that limits my creativity greatly. I also feel stunted as far as what to create, what to sell, etc… Urgh!

I’m a self-taught artist. I’ve always dreamed to be an artist but none in my family truly see it unless my twin sister and now my fiance.
Art is now at the first place in my life because I left all my works to follow what my heart desires most.

I started to paint with oils 5 months ago and literally felt deeply in love, I’ve always used charcoal pencils but oils blown my mind!