On 25 Mar, 2014 With
By Arturo Odilón Ortiz
I discover myself as a plastic artist after the company that I was working closed doors. I went to Mexico to visit my mother and ask her to give me some lessons in oil painting since she is a great artist and I started producing paintings that my Mom feels proud off. I really like and enjoy painting and I think it is going to be my new career but still need a lot to learn, that is why I would like to win the contest, the painting that I sending is the 2nd ever produce…
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On 23 Mar, 2014 With
By Ronnie C. Pascual
Sharing the beauty of classical art through instructions and exploration in sketches, drawings and paintings.
Winning this, would help in foundation knowledge and practice of the classical approach and appreciation of beauty…
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
Fitnat El-Khaldi
Living in Saudi Arabia imposes cultural restrictions on learning portrait and figure drawing or painting. I can’t find any professional and accredited courses on this title. Your course teaches all that I want to learn without social criticism at the comfort of my home…
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
By Yogesh B. Meshram (Yogesh Bamni)
Hi this is Yogesh B. Meshram (Yogesh Bamni) from India. I’m an artist interested in Drawing, Sketching, and other art techniques.
About Drawing: My painting showing beauty of women. My Drawing showing good proportion of drawing on board, different appropriate stroke of lines; beauty of women and lines clearly visible…
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
By Dianne Bauer
I have always been an artist. Even managed a year of study before poverty and real world necessities took over. Now decades have passed and I turn my focus to increasing my skills. The Academy has been a god send in truly teaching me the old world what and how of the oil medium.
In my mind reside paintings demanding to be brought to life. It is my wish to complete these works and send them out into the world. A mark of my time on this earth so too speak and a gift to my children.
I hope you find my attempts acceptable….
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
By Sandra L Bailey AKA. – Xhandi
I have been battling against finding a position for many years and could never fit into a 9-5 job.
I was always good at art but haven’t been able to sell any and decided to work more on Drawing and Painting. I found my niche.
I have a wonderful Partner that believes in me. Having 2 children that have a disability. I try hard for them to express themselves with art as my youngest has difficulty expressing himself with speech…
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
By Sherry L. Massey
I’ve been drawing since so little I cannot even remember when I didn’t have a pencil or crayon on my hand. What I do remember is winning my first and only art contest at the age of 6. I am sure that I am the only one who remembers this amazing feat and I still remember the drawing I did that ran away with the award…a beehive hanging from a block hanging from the top edge of the paper, a few bees swarming around the hive opening. The sky took up the top third of the paper, the ground the bottom third. What was in the middle? Maybe the bottom of the hive and a couple of free floating bees. Ok, ok, but I was 6!
I was always the kid that never (and I do mean, NEVER!) went out of the lines with the crayons. Always outlined my coloring book pages, always neat and. Just. So. It is a curse, really.
I graduated from high school with honors. Was an Illinois State Scholar. Started college. Quit. Went back when I was 35, almost 36, graduated at 39 with a BBA in both accounting and finance (double major). Yes. I am your typical left brained artist wannabe. I never did take art in high school but sure loved having art in grade school. This was way back in the day when schools still included art and music as part of the normal curriculum. I also took both drawing classes and watercolor classes at the college level. I’ve taken the art correspondence courses. What I have not been able to do is master drawing. It is what I started out doing, what I’ve played with since very young, what I want to do so badly that it hurts. I have drawing book upon drawing book and can do a reasonable copy. Not perfect, not identical, not by any stretch of the imagination. What I cannot do is draw well from life (3 dimensional subjects), and I am definitely not consistent. Even when I start out well, I end up doing something to screw it up. I’ve tried the drawing from the right side of the brain book and some of those tips help. But for me consistency is what I strive for, what I want. I believe good drawing is foundational to art. I am lacking foundation and I need it so desperately! …
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On 22 Mar, 2014 With
By Irfan Akram
I’m self employed, art is my hobby. I’m drawing sketches without any guidance and learning, but I want to learn to explore my skills.
This pencil sketch of a dog is 11 x 7 inches…
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On 18 Mar, 2014 With
By Jackie Hogan
I first started to take Art classes about three years ago, and absolutely love it. I prefer to work with oils but I also love to just draw with pencil too. I try to improve how I work with each new painting pushing myself to do better, I get great pleasure each time I complete something new.
This painting is of a good friend who worked for me a few years ago, she is now living in another country and does some modelling, she kindly gave me permission to paint her from one of her modelling photos.
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On 17 Mar, 2014 With
By Sonia Shah
Hey this is Sonia. I love doing art work and I’m the art lover. I’m doing it since child hood (though I’m not that old; I have come to next stage the teenage one long way to go) have not learnt the art specifically as a field. But as a hobby I have I do it. Have collection of the stuff because I wish to have my record to be noted. The painting or sketches I do I quote them too… Often they are like my diaries expressing the stuff. A great way to get a relieve; tour thoughts coming out as a creation.
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