Portrait Painting Critique
At Drawing Academy, we regularly receive artworks for critique from our students. This time, Olivia sent us her self-portrait.
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Apollo portrait critique
Artworks from Michael, Drawing Academy student
Dear Drawing Academy,
I have just completed a drawing of Apollo. Here are several pictures of the steps I took. I am looking forward to your critique.
Sincerely,
Michael
Feedback on still life drawing
Artwork and questions from Klent, Drawing Academy student
I recently have attempted rendering shades of this still life. Am I overworking my paper with how hard I’m pressing? I feel like I didn’t adequately keep my pencil sharp throughout the first half of the drawing so I’m getting a lot of smudging. Also I’m not quite sure how to work out the edges of each shape without intruding in on the shape or making the outline look shaky; which caused me to purposely outline each shape to differentiate the background and object.
I want to improve my drawing techniques
Artworks from Nicole, Drawing Academy student
Hello,
I recently enrolled in the Drawing Academy course because I wanted to improve my drawing techniques. I hope with this course I could develop a strong foundation for the fundamental skills needed to create the works of art I want. I hope that I can better express what I see in real life, from photos, and eventually from my imagination with this course.
Here is a portrait that I had done in the past. I think that I would need to express more depth and tone in my drawing.
Nicole
How to learn portrait drawing
Hello,
Here’s my self-portrait in graphite pencil and charcoal. Could you tell me how to improve?
Thank you,
Antonio
Oriental Still Life
Still life by Rebecca, Drawing Academy student
Hi,
My name is Rebecca. I am a complete beginner in drawing and had no professional training before taking the Drawing Academy course.
Is it too late?
Artwork and questions from Lois
Hello,
I’m Lois. I have been on the planet for nearly 66 years now, and for most of those years art was in the background as a fun thing to do, then something to learn about and pursue with intermittent enthusiasm but, mostly it remained in the background. Ballet was my first love and what I ended up “doing” as a career. Now I am a ballet teacher in Tucson, Az.
I have attended art classes privately and in several workshops and open studios and my father was a sculptor who encouraged in me a great interest in sculpture. I think because “once a dancer always a dancer” figurative work has always captured my attention the most.
I have made arrangements to spend a month this coming summer in NYC attending open classes at The Art Students League to ignite a desire in me again and I am trying to prepare for that experience by starting over, but I am having trouble with beginning yet again. Is it too late for me?
This is the last piece I attempted. It was discarded before it was finished. Obviously.
I feel I need help, and am hoping for guidance from the tutors at the Life Drawing Academy. How does the Correspondence Course work please?
Sincerely,
Lois
Castello Visconteo – Artwork by Drawing Academy student
Artwork and question from Loreto, Drawing Academy student
I think that something is not right in this artwork. Can you tell me how can I improve it?
Thank you
Loreto
Oil on canvas from still life
Oil painting by Carmen, Drawing Academy student
This is my first painting in oil.
Thank you!
Harmony, expression and emotion in portrait
Artwork from Ann, Drawing Academy student
Dear Natalie and Vladimir,
I have registered to the Drawing Academy to learn how to draw ‘properly’ in a classical way. This is my first artwork which I started just before joining. I understand that it has amateur flaws: I smudged a little bit on the cheeks before learning i shouldn’t do that, I didn’t ‘hatch’ in a conventional way, I’m very intuitive in rendering tonal values rather than knowledgeable, I copied from a picture which helped me make lots of progress in my drawing so far but I understand that drawing from life is a better training. I surely don’t want to become a skilled photocopy master, however I find realism attractive. I’m most interested in portraying expression and emotions in harmonious balance. I’m struggling to understand how I could learn to draw, for example animals, without picture reference as in real life they keep moving or are not around?