Art Competition Archive

Drawing by Jasmine W.

October 13, 2018April 24, 2019

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My name is Jasmine. I’m a visual artist. I love drawing and painting. I have always loved creating and expressing myself through art.

Art has played a huge part in my life, I remember when I was younger and in school art class was always my happy place and the place where I could be free to create anything I wanted without judgment, without rules, and in peace. I was bullied a lot at school but, in art class, the bullies didn’t exist and there wasn’t any judgment or harsh words, it was just me in my happy place creating what came to my mind freely. My entire family would buy me art supplies give me, pencils, crayons, paints, paint brushes, or sometimes even buy my art to encourage me to keep going for my dreams and to keep exploring my creative side. With my childhood friends, we bonded when we create art on the sidewalks with chalk or on canvas with paints and create stories for each of our drawings or paintings.

Drawing by Mohammad Sadegh Hosseini

September 30, 2018April 24, 2019
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The spirit of painting

I am a mechanical engineering student and live in small town in IRAN.

Drawing and painting are a big piece of my life and soul bigger than a half. I want to everybody see what I draw with my soul and feelings.

Artwork by Chuck Gilliam

September 25, 2018April 24, 2019

Artwork Defining an artist

Mr. Gilliam was born into a military family. This offered him an opportunity to travel and see much of this country. These travels afforded him a great source of materials on which he has based his illustrative works; and provided him insight into his new vocation, writing. With three children of his own, he has only added to his resources for illustrations and writings. Plus, many years of working as a professional illustrator and graphic designer, he has found himself in a position of determining images and words to sell an idea.

September 23, 2018April 24, 2019
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Drawing by Karen Kondek

Back to basics

I am a retired educator whose greatest wish when I retired was to learn to use watercolors.

I had never taken an art class in my life despite always sketching when I had time.

When I became aware of the challenges of using watercolors, I needed to really focus on my drawing skills. I read what I can find, and I try various exercises but I know that learn best when I have a planned course and clear understanding of the outcomes.

I am hoping that Drawing Academy will provide me with that foundation.

September 23, 2018April 24, 2019

Artwork by Raymond R. Hooper

The simple dignity of the past

I am a 75 year old retired man. I have dabbled in art all of my life but was not able to dedicate much time to it. Now that I am retired and less able to do the landscaping and home improvement work I used to enjoy, I have more time for art.

It is now one of the few things I can accomplish to gain personal satisfaction. I would, of course, like to get better in my art and even imagine I might someday sell some of my work and recoup some of the expenses I spent to create it.

September 18, 2018April 24, 2019

Drawing by ARUN H

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Myself Arun H, studying civil engineering.

Art is the first preference for me, it’s my passion.

September 18, 2018April 24, 2019
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Hi, my name is Esther and I am an art enthusiast.

I have always wanted to learn the technique behind drawing accurately and I feel Drawing Academy is the place that can help me learn that!

I have tried on my own in the past years to teach myself through different videos and articles I find online but it has left me with many holes in my fundamentals.

September 17, 2018April 24, 2019

Jack Edson Adams Master Artist A brief bio of Jack Adams

The art career of Jack Adams is a testimony to the survival of a right-brained person in our left-brained word! Jack inherited the gift of drawing from his Grandfather. And his parents supported the talent as a hobby, not a career. His father was in the Army and hoped for Jack to graduate from West Point. But in his senior year in High School , Jack discovered the annual competition held by Fisher Body for aspiring young car designers. He submitted a sleek, black , high-finned model… and won! General Motors advised Jack to study at the Art Center College of Design in LA. He applied there, and dutifully , he also applied to West Point…the United States Military Academy. He was accepted to both. He went to West Point. Upon graduation however, he asked for an assignment in Air Defense Artillery (the sole purpose of which was to be assigned to a Nike Missile base in Los Angeles, in order to attend Art Center at night-school). And he found his purpose in the “Grand Scheme” of things…. Design.

Painting by Charles Ferrara

September 14, 2018April 24, 2019

They were once young

I am a retired NYPD Lieutenant and former captain in the U.S. Army Special Forces. For the past thirty years I have been a United Methodist pastor. Due to my background that can be stressful at times, I find that art keeps me centered and provides calm in my life.

If I have any challenges in my art, and there are many, I would say the fundamentals of drawing would be one. The other would be getting a good handle on color and color mixing.

September 14, 2018April 24, 2019

Artwork by Salh Abes

Art is a beautiful skill that I wish I could acquire!

Hi everyone, I’m Salh and I’m a 23 guy from Algeria. I’ve been introduced to art a few years back by a friend and I have fallen in love with it ever since, the way it allows me to see more colors where ever I look and the way simple things are all of a sudden much more complicated and interesting, the sky is no longer a solid blue and a rock is no longer a block of randomness, I absolutely love being able to see more of the world.