“After drawing a rough portrait sketch, I can feel that there’s something off with respect to where facial features and other key points are placed; however, I can’t pinpoint what is wrong and therefore could not correct those mistakes. Can you advise any checkpoints or what do I need to pay attention to?”
Hi, Drawing Academy team. I am a completely self taught artist and paint with pastels and oils. My drawing skills are poor; I use photographs, so my lack of drawing skills doesn’t keep me from proceeding. But, I’d really like to improve in that area.
I have a question:
How to learn to see differently?
Thank you,
Laurie
How to advise parents of young [under 10] children where to send them for art lessons? I have already told them – they must learn drawing first. However Australia is still in the grip of the expressionists. A look at our premier portrait prize, the Archibald, as well as the rich portrait prize, the Moran, will illustrate this point.
How to advance from the ‘oohs, aahs, aren’t you clever’ of friends and family to works of a professional level of skill, beauty, and elegance?
I want to learn how to draw rapidly from life. What are the best ways to get accurate values?
John
Question from Helene I would like to enroll in the Drawing Academy as it seems just perfect for learning good drawing skills, and I have one question about your tutoring. Will I be working one-on-one with an instructor? Sincerely, Helene Feedback from Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor Dear Helene, Yes, as a Drawing Academy student you will have a personal support from Academy tutors. It includes artwork critiques, tailored advice on how to improve your art skills, and answering all art-related questions. This support is unlimited, provided for a lifetime, and comes at no extra charge. No art college or university would ever offer the same deal. Our tutoring is provided online. Academy students can submit their questions and artworks for critique on the website or send them by email. Every question is answered by email within 24 hours. Here’s what…
I am interested in taking this course. What kind of career or job can I get with a Drawing Academy diploma? Also, is this a work-at-your-own-pace kind of course?
I am a portrait painter and narrative painter. Unfortunately, I have had to be dependent on photos because I am unable to do live sittings with my subjects due to time constraints and the ages of my subjects, so my life drawing skills are very weak, though I continue to sketch daily.
Here’s my question – How to get correct foreshortening using values?
I am continuing with drawing lessons according to Drawing Academy lesson plan.
In order to learn correctly and understand constructive drawing, face proportions in different views, tonal rendering, hatching, etc., I made this drawing of Amazon’s head. Never, in my wildest dreams I would dare to expect to draw something like this up till now. I consider these drawings as reference drawings to which I can return time and again when drawing from life, as needed.
I really like the Drawing Academy course; what a great resource for information!
In the video lessons, you often talk about constructive drawing principles. Can you please clarify what they are and how to use them?
I also have challenges with seeing proportions and measuring with a pencil. Can you please explain in more detail how to do that?
When submitting a drawing for critique, how is feedback for improvement handled?
Thank you