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Question from Rebecca “I’d really like to improve my overall skill level – particularly in the areas of portrait drawing. I’ve always loved working with color, so I usually skip to the painting stage as… 

Question from Abiona “Most times when I get the inspiration to draw, I usually procrastinate out of fear of the blank white paper before me. How do I overcome this artist block every time I’m… 

Question from Donna Stout For 20+ years I worked in advertising as a graphic artist and designer. Still something has been missing. I am fascinated with faces. I want to learn to draw portraits without… 

Question from Kate I would like to improve my life drawing skills, yet just starting with the blank page is what always scares me off. I think that my observation skills need so much improvement.

Question from William Hello, I’m sure the Drawing Academy content is wonderful, but I was wondering about a couple things. (I have no experience in art) I was surprised to see perspective introduced so early… 

Question from Madelyn I want to sign up for the course, but I can’t draw. I downloaded a bunch of faces – all ages, genders and ethnicity, with and without hair. I tried to print… 

Question from Kate, Drawing Academy student I was wondering, do you have any reference photos for the projects, in particular the models, so that I could work along with you?

Question from Rayne Sheffer “How do you learn to stop looking to or copying photos for reference, especially when you are trying to draw something that you cannot see in real life that much, like… 

Question from Priscilla I’m going to begin by saying that Drawing Academy is awesome, and I’m really interested in taking the courses. Thank you so much for what you are doing. You guys are some… 

Jim Piano Draw what you know vs. draw what you see? It seems that if you are drawing a tree, you know there are leaves, but that is not what you see unless you are…