Students Gallery

Romantic Memorable Setting

We had a romantic, memorable experience together staying in these beautiful surroundings. I included us both in the painting…

Copies by Dan S., Drawing Academy student

Along with original work, I like to do copies of the work of artists that I admire. I don’t necessarily do this to make perfect copies but to learn a bit about how they do what they do so that I can apply their techniques to original compositions…

Portrait sketches by Ronnie Rayner Larter Compared to how I use to draw, hatching with graphite pencils is relatively new technique to me, one, thanks to the Drawing Academy, I have found interesting. The variety… The Appeal of Hatching

Drawing by Ronnie Rayner Larter

Almost all my drawings over the past years have been drawn and toned by smudging graphite pencil. On this course however, we are taught not to smudge graphite, but instead use hatching and cross-hatching techniques when using pencil, which I have tried. Although some of my earlier drawings of simple basic objects were reasonably successful…

Head of Venus – First attempt

After being a member of the Drawing Academy for so long, I finally found the courage to start practicing methods of classical drawing.
I had this bust of Venus at home and chose it as my subject.

Thank you

To anyone who is fearful of drawing from life or from imagination, such as I, fear not. The Drawing Academy will give you easy to learn instructions with time proven techniques to build confidence through practice, via video lessons and thorough instructions…

A New Day

Prior to taking the Drawing Academy course I considered myself a fairly decent artist. I worked with both graphite and charcoal, as well as some oil painting and watercolour. I enrolled because I want to keep learning, I want to be better than I was yesterday…