Art Competition Archive

Artwork by Natalia Rybii

Artwork by Natalia Rybii

Hi everyone!

My name is Natalia. As I can remembered myself art always was a part of my everyday life. At first, there were many colored books, then my own drawings, then some art classes at school and finally many books about fine art. Nevertheless, all this was undirected and without any guidance.

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Artwork by Anita

I am in love with drawing and painting

Hello,

My name is Anita, I live in Germany and I love old masters works. I started to paint late at the age at 17 and even later, theoretically, to deal with art as well and finally I discovered my admiration for the old masters.

I painted a lot in allaprima and so,painting in many layers was a challenge to my patience because I had to take a break for two weaks after every layer.

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Drawing by Khaled Alreqeb

Drawing by Khaled Alreqeb

I love drawing, but I did not find an opportunity to learn art at a drawing school.

I spent a lot of time learning drawing by reading books about art. I also try to learn how the old professional artists created an inspiring and dramatic feeling in portraits.

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Drawing by Nicola G. Lienhardt

Quaint Creek, ink on paper

Hy, my name is Nicola.

I’m 25 years old and i’m from Austria. I’m very glad that i have the opportunity to share a picture of mine with you guys and also got the chance to win something really special!

I discovered Art the first time consciously as something special for me at the age of 18 i guess. My heart was the first time broken and i don’t know why but i started to draw and i felt better while i did it. Later i learned that my grandfather is actually really god at drawing but his father didn’t let him make a career out of it. So Art especially drawing and painting makes me feel closer to my grandfather and makes me just feel closer to him. So Art is just because of this connection a really personal and special thing to me.

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Drawing by Angel

Drawing by Angel

My great opportunity

My name is Angel, I am 24 and I live in Cuba. I do not remember when I started to draw, I think I do it since I have consciousness. Since I was a child I was drawing because it seemed magical to me that with just paper and pencil you could create anything just by imagining it.

My dream was to be like Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo.

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Artwork by Jivko Stoyanov

Artwork by Jivko Stoyanov

Biologist Painting Biology and Biologists

I am a biologist and work on back pain and spine. I started to paint six years ago and do about 3 hours of painting a week – mostly portraits, because I find the faces very fascinating.

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Drawing by Jerry Spivak

Completing my journey

Drawing by Jerry SpivakI loved to draw as a child, but as an adult I put that pastime aside until several years ago when the desire reappeared and refused to be ignored.

While drawing on my own, I soon realized that I needed instruction to achieve competence to my satisfaction. So with trepidation about “going back to school”, I enrolled in an introductory evening drawing course at our local art college and loved it. Unfortunately, I was the least competent student in the class. So I pushed on and tried the next level course with –naturally- the same result. After a third try, this time working with pastel rather charcoal, unsurprisingly, the results were similar, and no fault of very patient and talented instructors. By now, my frustration had turned to dismay and disappointment because I was inept at a pastime I deeply wanted to pursue on a long term basis. I gave myself one last chance by seeking help at a private art school, with even more trepidation, because I thought they were not in the habit of taking on rank beginners.

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Artwork by Luisa Patel

The dreamland

I would like to become a children book illustrator and need good drawing skills.

Even from when I was a kid, I loved art and considered it my passion. Once I moved to New York and went into middle school, my confidence as an artist began to decrease as I started to see all these other artists in my school. I definitely did try my hardest and ending up landing myself in first place at the school art show. Ever since then I started to really believe in my skills again.

Now that I am in high school, my drawing skills have increased very much. Along the way I have created several art pieces from class and at home, I made some for my friends and teachers.

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Artwork by Reynold R. Rossi

Art Art has always been a part of my life since a young age, always liked to draw, and enjoyed the creations artist’s made in comic books. I would try to draw the figures I saw in the books, but always had trouble making them myself. I wanted a career as an artist, but my dad talked me out of…

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