I started painting in 2018. Before that I would only hold a pencil for writing. But in 2018 something switched and I started to draw. Since I am a methodical person who loves to study - sometimes too much so - I found a "How to Draw" course in a web site called Wondrium (aka "Great Courses Plus") and for about 9 months I learnt to draw from that course.
In early 2019 I joined a local painting class and started painting in Acrylic and also discovered Charcoal as a drawing medium. I also followed a second "How to paint" course in the Wondrium site. You can see some of my early paintings in the 2018-2019 page.
In 2020, just before the Corona virus erapted I started painting in Oil under the supervision of Mr. Zuriel Zdomi and continued this until the end of 2024. I painted mainly by making reporoductions of verious paintings of both contemporary and historical artists. You can see most of this work in the 2020-2024 page.
Towards the end of 2024 I decided that I have spent enough time reproducing other painters' paintings and that I want to start creating something of my own so I left Mr. Zdomi's art school.
I am now in this transitional stage - we will see where it takes me.
Daniel Leven