On 22 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artwork from Roberto Helguera
For the longest time, I remember saying to myself: “If I had a million bucks, I would take the time off of work, move Florence and complete a two-year art academy course there in the old masters’ style. I used to read International Artist magazine in the US and envy those who could do this. But, as life would have it, I am a married man who has left his legal career to teach and run a small Catholic liberal arts school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since art has always been a part of my life, I teach it at my school as well. And I make sure to teach it in the classical realist mode. It has always been clear to me that college art schools or institutes are no match against the best realist art ateliers out there. I was happy to find that now, with the Drawing Academy, I don’t need to be “out there” to have great art teachers!
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On 21 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artwork from Ganesan Srinivasan
Art has been my passion since I was young, but could not pursue seriously as life pulled me in different directions. I recently retired and decided to rekindle my passion in art. I never had any formal training, and initially looked at several online resources and started sketching still life and portraits. While I could copy from photos reasonably well, I really wanted to master various techniques the right way.
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On 21 Jun, 2020 With
Artwork by Adam Stefens
I love to draw and want to be able to do portraits from live models and sell my art and get well know
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On 17 Jun, 2020 With
Artwork from YN
I have been drawing since I was a child and when I do is like time stops. I could be drawing for hours and don’t feel hungry, tired or wanting to stop. I am inclined to representational and figurative art and have an immense admiration for the style of the old masters.
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On 15 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artwork from David A Steenblock
Hi my name is David A. Steenblock. I am a veteran that served in the US Army and now I am doing my best to become a professional artist. For me, art has become very important to my life. It has because I feel fulfilled when I draw or paint, there is nothing quite like it. I have been practicing the left few years to become a better artist.
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On 11 Jun, 2020 With
My friend
Its been my lifelong dream to be an artist but for several reasons I have been unable to pursue my dream until recently and at a later stage of my life. Art is the language of my soul and I yearn to learn the techniques to express my thoughts and visions of the world around me as I see it.
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On 11 Jun, 2020 With
Artwork and stiry from Martin Savitzky
At the age of 16, I gave up art for a career path in science and subsequently law. In retirement, I‘ve returned to my artistic roots and threw myself into painting and drawing using internet resources that were not previously available to me. I’ve been in suspended animation for fifty years and need to catch up.
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On 11 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artworks from Donna Blenkinsop
Hi I am 40 a mother of four children , one boy and three girls. When I left school I headed to art college and it was amazing , being creative and drawing is in my soul from an early age I could draw brilliantly, but due to my parents splitting up I left my dream courses, I didn’t handle well at all, this has been the biggest regret in my life.
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On 10 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artwork from Aleks Mcclary
My name is Aleks I’m an avid reader and was a writer however after some time I started to lose my interest in writing and could not pursue it any longer. Not in the way I wanted to anyways.
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On 10 Jun, 2020 With
Story and artwork from Linda Bonnes
I am a 67-year-old artist that is self-taught. I began my love of art as a very young child and presented anyone and everyone a piece (or more) of art regardless if they wanted it or not. Seriously, I began my art career when I was 15. I began with portraits made from the wallet sized senior pictures of my friends and family.
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