As a Drawing Academy student, you can submit your artworks for critique. The Academy tutors will give you comprehensive feedback on your work of art and advise on how to improve your skills
This is my latest attempt at drawing a local scene (Lowestoft Lighthouse) using an H and HB graphite pencil. I feel the hatching method has given the drawing an element of life...
Hi Ray,
As promised, I will give you my feedback on your drawings.
First of all, you have a talent and most importantly, you have a passion. It will lead to results you want to achieve. In regard to drawing techniques, there's always a room for improvement, no matter how great an artists is.
Here's what I see in your drawings:
1. You need to learn how to draw what you know rather than copy what you see. This is the most important point from the list. This rule applies to every point below.
2. You are very accurate and want artworks to be perfect. Sometimes less is more. You are an artist and therefore have creative license not to draw with precision every part of a face you see on a photo. You can decide what parts you want a viewer to focus on and render other parts with less attention....
I am a ballet teacher that wants to be a fine artist.
I have studied drawing, painting and sculpture (a little at a time) over the years and am hoping to make painting and sculpture of dancers my main vocation...
Good day Vladimir!
I tried to draw portrait of Isabella Brant by Rubens. I really like the original. It was nice experience! Thank you...
Firstly I would like to say thank you for giving me the chance to study here! I think I have already learnt a lot, even though I've just started the curse 3 weeks ago. This is the first I study drawing and it so exciting...
Just need some feed back. The first time I am drawing eyes looking down...
This is an Oil Painting I recently finished as a present for my Mother. She recently moved house and chose "Tango " as a theme for my gift to her.
I would be most grateful for any critique you might offer to help me do better...
I did this drawing from imagination for the lesson 12 video. It was supposed to be a simple sketch, which I then rendered for practice as you mentioned is good to do sometimes in one of the lessons...
"Do NOT smudge graphite pencil!"
Now every time I grab my pencil, I hear Vladimir's voice, "this is an amateurish mistake."
Some people may disagree, and think that we are the creator or maker of our work, and we can do whatever we want with our material. And I agree.
However, as a skilled artist, it is our responsibility to bring out the best and the unique quality of the different materials we use.
For graphite pencils, it is the crisp marks. For smudging, we have charcoal...
Hello,
I want to thank you again for picking me to be one of the winners for last month. I am enjoying it thoroughly. I would like to submit a before and after sketch to see if there is any improvement. I did one a week before I started your class, and have done several since. I never knew smudging was not accepted in the school of higher learning, but I must admit cross hatching although a challenge makes the picture look a little more realistic.
I go to a portrait group once a week, and they told me that this method is making my pictures look like I am an illustrator. This is what I came up with for an hour and a half working at it. I went home and worked on it a little more. I will send you the revised one shortly. How to make this drawing realistic? It looks cartoonish to me. The child is naturally crossed eyed. I think the portrait doesn't look realistic. How can I improve? I am not quite getting three quarter view, the eyes look wrong...
