Students Gallery

The Colors of Murano – Italy

This painting was inspired from the extraordinary contrasting colors we find the Italian landscape, in this case in the narrow canals of Murano, located just across the lagoon from Venice.

I worked my way first with a solid drawing of the scene, obeying linear perspective (one or two points) and I didn’t start laying paint until I was satisfied with the base drawing.

My focal point is the blue cargo boat in the foreground, but the buildings in the background with the strong color variations and even broken stucco are hard to ignore…

Portrait

Art is my natural healing therapy for which I am so grateful.

Six years ago, I suffered from severe depression when my dear husband suddenly passed away. Without art, I would not be here to tell you my story.

Through the courses of Drawing Academy, Anatomy Master Class and Web Art Academy video lessons, I have become familiar with all the unknown to me before forms of art. Before, I was unaware of their existence and did not know how to present it. Through practice, I gradually built up my confidence and present it with exquisite precision and forms.

I am so pleased with my mentors: Natalie Richy and Vladimir London. With their inspiring efforts, I have found my whole new horizon in the world of art…

Desire to improve

I’m a self-taught artist at 62 years of age and still learning. Drawing Academy course is very helpful in getting necessary technical skills…

Learning to draw

With no art background except love for art and enthusiasm, I joined the Drawing Academy after retirement and it has been a revelation.

I have lost my fear of drawing mainly because of the structure the course has given me…

A am a painter

I was always attracted to drawing and painting but did not get the possibility of getting a formal art education. But it did not stop my interest.

My first art experience was my admiration for The Danish drawer Christel and when I was a child I started copying her drawings from journals. At 12 years of age an art dealer, a friend of my family introduced me to Oil painting and I loved The color and started painting landscapes from Bornholm. Here I met The Danish painter Oluf Høst who became a great inspiration for me.

My interest in all kinds of art forms were very open, I was very attracted by music and modern compositional music and contemporary dance and performance art…

Still-life painting

I am a self taught artist, born in Somoto, County of Madriz, Nicaragua Central America.

My father Cesar Octavio and my grandmother Ana Maria taught me the appreciation and passion for fine art and my son Jose Alejandro and Eliezer David are my daily inspiration…

Artwork by Yasser, Drawing Academy student

Artworks and story from Arjumand, Drawing Academy student

I have always loved to draw sketches and paint. I have never had any formal training except for some pointers by a wonderful artist and art teacher who now lives in Australia.

Having had this dream for doing more in this field I somehow remained engaged in several left-brained activities like having a full time job and several social sector initiatives in my country i.e Pakistan, hence couldn’t do what I always wanted to do, i.e. Paint! …

Portraits “Before and After” by Judy Hirsch, Drawing Academy student Below is my last self-portrait (bottom-left) in front of a mirror done back at home in Reno, NV. For a comparison (top-left) is the “before”… Portraits by Judy Hirsch

Portrait drawing by Octavian, Drawing Academy student

Hello, my name is Octavian and this is my first time submitting a finished artwork on this site, after having watched a few of Drawing Academy video lessons from the first month…