Art Competition Archive

Lucy

Lucy

Artwork by Doreen Rowley

I have always attempted to draw portraits since I was very young. I completed a bachelors degree in visual arts in 2003 but the education did not involve learning techniques. Nevertheless, the arts theory education was very rewarding. I am still attempting to improve my drawing and painting skills in between my normal job, household, children etc in the hope that I can pursue my arts practice as a profession on day…

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Color me black

Color me black

Artwork by Adriana

I’m the type of girl who adores learning and reading. Those two things helped me tremendously last year when I started drawing for the first time. My friends and family were very surprised when I started creating art because I’ve never done it before and they asked me why I never said I was good at it. The truth is I’ve spent TONS of hours researching online, reading blog posts, following artists on instagram and deviantart, watching hundreds of videos and saving thousands of pictures by other artists to study their techniques. I still have so much more to learn but I am so proud of how far I have come by myself…

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Improving drawing skills

Improving drawing skills

Artwork by Jayanth

I am Jayanth and my hobby is drawing.

I think that Drawing Academy is a great website to learn good drawing skills.

Please vote for me as I really want to improve my drawing…

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Poncet painting

Poncet painting

Artwork by Poncet

Hello,

I am Poncet, and I really love painting. I am from Reunion Island and this is the place that inspires me the most.

My favorites art movements are baroque, impressionist and romanticism.

Since I have never took drawing or painting classes, my level of painting is, I think, really low, but I hope to improve it with the Drawing Academy lessons!

Drawing Academy is a very good website and they have really good videos, I have watched them all.

Drawing Academy will really help me to improve my drawings and paintings. I think that the lessons are really complete…

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Angelic Visions

Angelic Visions

Artwork by Paula Marie Deubel (P. Mari)

I’ve been drawing since I learned to hold a pencil; my grandmother encouraged me by showing me how to draw horses (at that time, they were my favorite subject). I drew hundreds and hundreds of horses, even at school and in Sunday School class. Scolded often by teachers, I kept on drawing in secret! Finally, when I was nine-year-old, my mother enrolled me in private art classes in East Detroit. After that, I studied under various artists for about ten years. I later began to draw and paint angels, as the creative process truly is an observance of “angelic visions.” …

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Talaya Lightbourne’s Artistry

Talaya Lightbourne’s Artistry

Artwork by Talaya Lightbourne

Hi, everyone. My name is Talaya Lightbourne. I’m a 21 year old student pursuing my dream to become an artist.

At age 11, I discovered that art was my passion and creative outlet, from middle school to high school I have taken all art classes. However, when I graduated high school due to finances i had to go to a college not of my choosing and the majors were limited, in the end I stuck with a major that didn’t align with my true path in life which is art. Now, I am starting over again to get back into my artistry and to become the artist I was born to be.

I love Drawing Academy because you can learn so many different techniques and skills. Also, I like it because you can take classes from the comfort of your own home…

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Hope

Hope

Artwork by Samah Ali

I am from Syria living in United Arab Emirates. I graduated from the college of Fine Arts in Syria. I hope to improve my art skills and further my career by taking the Drawing Academy course.

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The Innocent Gaze of Nam

The Innocent Gaze of Nam

Artwork by Kos Cos

Kos was born in Sri Lanka into an artistic family and began drawing and painting at an early age. After school, his playground was his father’s agency workshop, where he studied and practised brush skills in the golden age of hand-drawn advertising. In 1999, he moved to Hong Kong, where he has worked in a creative capacity in the film, advertising, and digital advertising industries.

Kos paints in loud and dominant styles, cheap brushes used to apply dripping oils in crude fast brush strokes, experimental combinations of acrylics and charcoal, tropical colour pallets carried to the extreme. From the inspiration he draws on to his choice of subject matter and the materials he uses, Kos’ work is a celebration of diversity in every sense…

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Awakening

Awakening

Artwork by Alp Moğulkoç

Hi guys, I’m Alp, student from Türkiye, 21 years old.

As a child, I drew soldiers, castles, knights, catapults and make them fight on the paper :D

Drawing never left me, I made designs, small sketches in the school when bored. And last years I started to take it seriously. I searched a lot of tutorials on the internet but those were like How to draw eyes, buildings, trees … etc.

I wanted to learn fundamental techniques of drawing. I understand that without a good foundation, its is impossible to draw skillfully…

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