On 25 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Sajjad
To begin with, let me tell you a brief about myself. I am an emergency medicine physician from India. I do paintings often after my shifts as a means to relax myself.
Painting for me started at a very young age in school. I participated in many regional drawing and painting competitions at a very young age. I always thought about creating my own master piece just like the old masters. When I was selected for the elementary training in 9th Grade, which could have been a stepping stone towards an art career, my father passed away in a tragic accident. This led me to drop out of the course and I concentrated on academics. …
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On 25 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Valentina
I am fascinated about nature’s transient beauty. In my work I am trying to internalize it. I like quick painting sessions, that last 2-3 hours, so called “ Alla Prima “ – a method of direct painting from nature. I love Plain Air sessions as well as still life with fresh flowers.
My affair with Art started in another country in a city of Art and Imagination, St.Petersburg, Russia. I entered the St.Petersburg University to pursue a Master Degree in Biophysics. However by the end of my study of Science, I became more and more fascinated with Art…
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On 25 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Sara Price
I don’t really have a cool story you have not listened to over and over again, but here we go. I started off as a artist pretty young, so my first art piece when I was ten to a waitress serving me. It was my book report and we had to draw it in the style of a movie poster, I got twenty dollars and a f for it. (the f was because I sold it before I turned it in)
As the years went on had some shows at little places here and there. Had no money to go to school so I don’t feel like my art is where it could be. …
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On 25 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Euciane
I am a 39 years single mom originally from Brazil. I’ve been working as a marriage and family therapist/ art therapist and I started painting since I was 10 years old.
I got bachelors in fine arts in 2011. I feel like I did not get to learn the techniques I needed in school. My teachers were abstract artists and did not know what I was talking about when I mentioned that I wanted to learn the “old masters” techniques. …
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On 23 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Eugene
I am 26 years old this year and dabbled in drawing as a hobby for the past 5 years.
I have reached a point where I am stagnated by my technique and skill. I no longer just want to dabble; if I get good enough I want to become a traditional fine artist. As you can see from my drawings below, the style is very cartoonish. I want to challenge myself and paint the traditional way.
Currently, I am learning the basics from the Drawing Academy course, sketching every day in pencil in hopes to make my foundation strong. The pencil sketch below is what I have learnt from lesson 12 of the course: one point perspective. I am greatly benefitting from the course, learning invaluable basic art techniques that will serve as a foundation for quality work in the future. …
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On 9 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Marg Smith
I have no formal training. I started later in life based on a bet or dare. I attended a little art show in the small town I lived in, that as organized by a self taught artist who was teaching others how to paint in watercolour. As I was admiring what I thought was good art at that time, the organizer/teacher came along and told me that I could also paint. The conversation carried on and she said “I dare you to come for 3 evenings and I guarantee you will be painting after that.”
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On 2 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Kim Yates
I accidentally started painting about a year ago in an attempt to write a children’s book. I decided to try and draw my characters, which lead to trying to draw them in colored pencils, then watercolor, acrylic and finally oil-which by then I was hooked. …
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On 2 Dec, 2015 With
Feedback from Jan Ostebo
I started this journey like most but having a mother who painted, taught painting and showed her work,that was it for me at a young age. I was always drawing even doodling most times to pass the time. Then in grade school and high school it seems that it took me over. I was constantly drawing everywhere I went. …
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On 29 Nov, 2015 With
Feedback from Sandhya Sharma
The path to learning fine art has been a difficult and arduous one for me. To begin with, studying fine art had to be put off for safe career to be able to support the family. When it was time to paint, I found myself in an environment not very congenial to learning art. There were no teachers or institutions to support middle aged beginner. So I learnt and practiced through online courses.
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On 29 Nov, 2015 With
Feedback from Rasim Aroglu
I am 16 year old with a burning desire to become an artist. I live in a small island in an autonomous region thus I don’t have many options regarding an education in art. Currently I am doing a gcse in art. Since my early childhood I was encouraged by family to follow a career in arts and so far I have sold some paintings and sculptures at reasonable prices but I am unable to use the money online because of the state of my country. …
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