I was born with the mind of a artist, but the schools I went to did not have much of a program, then High school there was none. I went to an art college and the first design class I had was on positive and negative shapes, I asked the teacher what this was and he said just do what you think is best, I asked again but he did not tell me. …
Big thanks to all Web Art Academy Survey participants.
We are grateful to all supporters, who voted for the winners.
…
My path to becoming an artist was thwarted, opposed, hindered and almost destroyed by the environment in which I was born into and lived for over 30 years. I grew up in a coal mining village in Western Pennsylvania. My parents offered no encouragement for me to be an artist. To them, being an artist was not a good choice of work to allow me to become financially independent. My only choice was to graduate high school and then go to work in the local sewing factory, which I did for a few years. …
Behind each drawing there is a story.
Every drawing comes from an emotion, a feeling that I express with them.
From what I take inspiration? From what surrounds me, I was always a person who imagines seeing a cloud and seeing its beauty, seeing a person and imaging where they are going, what they are doing, thinking, seeing a tree, a flower, I see their magic.
I always like to learn different techniques and then make it my own, experimenting and perfecting it, to be satisfied with the result, and then comes the finished drawing.
I have painted since I was 19 as it was the moment I began my art studies in a French art school where I learnt trompe-l’oeil and decorative painting, faux marble, faux wood and many others techniques. I wanted to go further so after my diploma at “Mur Dec” (Nantes- France), I went to another school of art that it was world famous in trompe-l’oeil and decorative painting: the “Institut Guegan” (Quimiac- France) that was in fact a very small french atelier but where I learnt a lot about “trompe l’oeil”. After my diploma in this atelier, I decided to paint my own paintings, with my own universe, and I was invited for some exhibitions.
I love painting in oils (although I haven’t done in years).
I feel at the moment insecure about starting to paint.
My favourite artists are Degas and Manet.
I graduated with a BFA but felt uneducated in the specific Beaux Arts style techniques and have since been trying to self-teach myself from imitation and books.
My favourite artist is Michelangelo because of his style and influence. …
My reason for joining the art course was to learn more about art supplies, the history of art and different art styles, so that I could grow as an artist.
My skills before I took the course, I’d say were pretty decent, but I wanted to expand my skills and I felt limited by only being self taught.
I wanted to learn from someone that had knowledge and who had studied the old masters, which is what I myself always had wanted to do.
I used to draw when I was a child but then I move towards science and then engineering. But passion about painting remains there and it is more interesting though I have the knowledge about famous artist and their work.
And now I think it might be the way to obtain peace in life.
I have had a love of painting since I was 5. I was a single mum with 2 children when I applied for a diploma in fine art and to my surprise I was accepted. I then went on to complete a BA in fine arts then education.
I paint for the love and challenge of trying to create what I see through my eyes. It gives me hours of pleasure and I often study great masters works while trying to grasp the style I want to communicate to the viewer. …