Dolphins
Artwork by Wayne, Drawing Academy student
My niece asked for a dolphin picture, so I did this in acrylics for her.
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An Exercise in Pencil Hatching and Drawing what I Know
Portrait by Emily, Drawing Academy student
I just enrolled in the Drawing Academy a few days ago, and I am already glad that I did. I have been drawing for most of my life, but I was quite amazed at the concepts and skills I have been learning here which are almost entirely new to me. I have read a little about the hatching and crosshatching techniques in years gone by, but I never actually employed them much in my own works.
My first portrait drawing from life
Portrait by Angelina, Drawing Academy student
I have made a portrait with graphite pencil and I drew it from a live model. It was my first time drawing a portrait of someone from life except for myself from mirrors.
Drawing the head structures of animals
Artwork by Drawing by Phyllis Ryser, Drawing Academy student
The skulls of the animals are a fascinating drawing subject.
A present for a friend
Artworks by Yvonne, Drawing Academy student
First Statue Drawings
Artworks by Mary Townsend, Drawing Academy student
After looking at the Drawing Academy course videos on drawing the Belvedere Torso I enthusiastically set to work on my own sketches of an Apollo bust and Venus statue.
Portrait by Zora, Drawing Academy student
Graphite pencil on paper
Cast drawing
Artwork by Shazad, Drawing Acadewmy student
Graphite pencil on watercolor paper
Portrait drawing from Zora
Artwork by Zora, Drawing Academy student
Quality of Practice More Than Quantity of Hours
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.
