Art Competition Archive

Story from Maryam Seyedi Zade

I’m a social science student who loves art but lives in a country that does not care about artists, so I draw for my heart cause there is no money, fame or respect for a poor Artist in where I live.

There are lot’s of challenges that I have to face art supplies are very expensive and there isn’t even a good store or art class near where I live, so have to work part time jobs to pay for supplies and travel two hours and a half to find a store for what I need.

Artwork copied by Anuj Shrestha (for learning purpose)

Hi everyone my name is Anuj Shrestha.

These days I am trying my best to learn oil painting.

Painting by Hans Mozer

Every day drawing and painting results in an everyday learning process for me.

I started painting with oil paint just a few years ago, although I’m 60 years old I plan to paint everyday till I die.

Hello, my name is Jessica. I’ve always been obsessed with art, whether its painting, coloring, building, drawing. Art is my way of expressing myself, the part of me no one else knows.

Artwork by Elena Legutko

Hello, my name is Elena. I am 37 years old, I live in Moscow. I’m not a professional artist. In adulthood, I studied for several years in the art studio academic drawing and painting. There I was given the basic knowledge, that I use in my work. Currently, I am more focused on graphic works.

I have always liked colored pencils, and I once tried to make a portrait of a dog in such a technique, and I did it. Overall I have made more than 30 dog portraits with colored pencils, pastels and oil. This has been a priority for me over the past few years. I also started to draw colored pencil portraits of people.

Hi, my name is Klara. My dreams are to become a great artist and inspire other people with my work and mostly I want that they will enjoy in it.

Hi! My name is Vismaya.

I’m really passionate about sketching and painting and I really want to turn myself into a professional. The only activity that makes me feel confident and faithful upon myself is art.

Unending journey

I was always the youngest and overlooked one in my family. My oldest brother was an artist and my next oldest was a singer.

Jake’s House

I am a 74-year-old former gym teacher who has been fiddling with pencil and pen and ink drawing for years. I am self-taught, and have sold many prints over the past 50 years, mostly pen and ink. I also have had a few contract drawings and even a painting in mixed media from time to time. I have entered contests before, but have never won one.

Never too old

I started painting and drawing 10 years ago after I retired from a career in finance. It was time to use the other half of my brain and I was sure it still functioned.