On 11 Jun, 2021 With
Portrait by Betty, Drawing Academy student
Hi Vladimir,
I used Mars Lumograph HB and 2B graphite pencils on Canson 9×12 65 lb Universal Sketch Artist Series 1557 paper for this project. I used a reference photo that I took of “David” while visiting Florence’s Museum Academie.
Before I started this project, I studied your drawing of Thalia and other lessons on Drawing Academy to learn the different techniques, such as drawing the features, tonal values, cross hatching and of course how to draw a portrait. These are of immense help to me.
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On 30 May, 2021 With
Thank You!
Big thanks to all Drawing Academy Art Competition – Spring 2021 participants. We are also grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
In nominating the winners, we considered how many votes winners have received from other people.
According to the Competition Rules, there are three full Drawing Academy Memberships to be awarded.
And the Winners are:
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On 24 May, 2021 With
Artwork by Jasmin, Drawing Academy student
Dear Natalie and Vladimir,
Hope this finds you well! I’ve painted this portrait, but I am not happy with it. I was hoping you could share your opinion of it with me.
What should I have done differently to make it more visually interesting? I feel like the composition and technique have issues but I can’t put my finger on what’s wrong.
Thank you so much in advance! I appreciate you!
Kind regards,
Jasmin
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On 19 May, 2021 With
Portrait by Wendi, Drawing Academy student
I drew this portrait using constructive drawing principles. I think this one is more on point.
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On 14 May, 2021 With
Portrait by Molly, Drawing Academy student
Hello,
Thank you for your time. I’m experiencing some problems with rendering my drawings. I feel like I’ve got a handle on the likeness etc. but the rendering is leaving me frustrated. I can’t seem to get the hang of hatching and cross hatching. As you see in my picture it looks too rough and crude. When I blend it looks better to me. However, I know from your course that graphite should not be blended. How to fix this problem?
Thank you.
Artwork critique by Vladimir London, Drawing Academy tutor
Dear Molly,
Thank you very much for your wonderful drawing.
Before rendering an artwork…
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On 27 Feb, 2021 With
Thank You!
Big thanks to all Drawing Academy Art Competition – Winter 2021 participants. We are also grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
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On 23 Feb, 2021 With
The story of “starving artists” seems to be no longer a popular trope in modern society. While many traditional jobs become obsolete and human labour gets replaced by machines, creativity and the mastery of drawing are among the most-wanted competences for leading tech-companies, start-ups, and organizations.
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On 1 Dec, 2020 With
Story and drawings from Mary Townsend, art competition winner
I heard a theory that it takes about 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill. So in the autumn of 2019 I promised myself to sketch every day, hoping to improve on my just-above-average drawing ability.
I want to be able to produce artworks exactly as I envision them and not remain bound to copying photographs, trying to obtain the realism I’m looking for.
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On 30 Nov, 2020 With
Thank You!
Big thanks to all Drawing Academy Art Competition – Autumn 2020 participants. We are also grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
In nominating the winners, we considered how many votes winners have received from other people.
According to the Competition Rules, there are three full Drawing Academy Memberships to be awarded. However, we gave away not three, but four prizes.
And the Winners are:
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On 30 Aug, 2020 With
Thank You!
Big thanks to all Drawing Academy Art Competition – Summer 2020 participants. We are also grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
In nominating the winners, we considered how many votes winners have received from other people.
According to the Competition Rules, there are three full Drawing Academy Memberships to be awarded. However, we gave away not three, but four prizes.
And the Winners are:
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