Cindy’s Blog

Our wonderful DrawPj students made a very creative start to 2017. We've seen an abundance of gorgeous new artworks, including projects from the Complete Drawing Certificate course and original drawings. In fact there were so many artworks that for this post we're only...

The great student artworks just keep on coming. Here's a wonderful selection from December. Well done everyone! Its been a great year and we're looking forward to seeing even more inspirational artworks in 2017. Let's get started... Little Bird by Deepti Mohile I am...

During October and November our wonderful DrawPj students created a fantastic array of artworks. There were so many great ones that it was hard to pick out just a few examples for this post! Lady Beetle by Yvy (aged 11) - from Unit 1 Childrens Course Let's get started...

September has been an amazingly busy month and the quality of course projects and original artworks being submitted by our wonderful DrawPj student community has been first-class. Lets get things rolling with an absolutely astounding example which we have chosen to be...

We've had some wonderful student artworks coming through over the last few weeks. This is a selection from all levels of the Complete Drawing Certificate Course. We hope you really enjoy these... A Shoe Well Travelled by Dima Kadah (Project from Unit 2: Shading and...

Check out this stunning artwork by Drawpj.com Russian Instructor and Alumni mentored student Alexey Kosarev. We are so impressed with this expressive pencil drawing. Great textures, tones and stylisation. Well done Alexey. City Landscape by Alexey Kosarev Size: 21 х...

Well done Maureen Myant on your gorgeous juicy apple that you created from unit five of our art course. I was so impressed when this beautiful apple came into my inbox that I just had to ask permission from Maureen to share it with you all. Maureen has successfully...

'The March Commissioned Artwork by Catherine Melchers Size 30"x10" Medium: Acrylic We are so proud of one of Tannis Trydal's mentored students; Catherine Melchers. Catherine has been studying with our Drawpj Instructor Tannis Trydal in the mentored level area for a...

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Wow! I just had to share this gorgeous 'Old Hayshed' Landscape drawing with you all today because one of Brigitte Back's students; Ed Evans has really created a great rendition of this exercise. Well done Ed! I was so impressed with Ed's ability to develop those...

How exciting! Look at this gorgeous shoe from our unit two final project - rendered by our Instructor In training from Lesotho in South Africa; Mofuoa Mofuoa. This shoe has been so beautifully shaded using the circling technique, indenting and smooth shading skills....

Well done and congratulations to Gloria Bardell on completing her silver kettle from her unit three course. This is outstanding work here because Gloria has successfully positioned the five major areas of light and shade; the full light areas, shadow edges, half...

Another amazing student artwork has been submitted to me for critique and I just had to ask Goran Gudichsen if I could share this gorgeous version of our kettle with you all. With his permission I have attached it here. I particular like the way Goran has blended his...

Wow this is so exciting! I have received the final graduating artwork from one of my students Maria Blinova who is also our Norwegian Translator (translating our art course into the beautiful Bokmal Language). Maria will be teaching our course in Norway and its an...

Can you imagine how proud our wonderful student Marta Oliehoek must have felt when she gave this gorgeous drawing to her father in law for his birthday. This is so special because its something she has created with her bare hands - and he loved it so much that...

I had to share this stunning portrait by one of my most outstanding mentored students Marta Oliehoek titled 'Amelka'. Marta has used the cross hatching style with Derwent Coloursoft and Caran D’Ache Luminance coloured pencils. The skin colours are beautiful, and she...

A massive congratulations to Alumni Mentored student Jillian Ridgeway on the sale of yet another painting. Jillian has sold her wonderful painting titled 'Suns Up' in acrylic paints on canvas to an ABC Reporter and ex-politician who adore her work so much that they...

Oh yummy! Look what just popped into my inbox today, a juicy red apple so beautifully drawn by Geri Smyth one of our beginner level students currently working from the exercise in unit five. Well done on capturing that wonderful roundness of form here Geri and...

I am so excited to share this wonderful landscape pencil drawing of our 'Old Hayshed' with you all. This is an exercise from Unit One Week three of the 'Complete Drawing Certificate course' and it has been rendered so beautifully by Patricia Gliniecki who has been...