Welcome, Jane! I hope you love your time here as much I enjoy exploring and creating from the lessons available, which are in the thousands, I believe! 
Have fun!
Brenda
1 Like
Hi, my name is Brett and I have been a member now for a few months. It had been 40 years since I last put any medium to paper to create art.
With my recent retirement I decided to finally exercise these muscles which have been dormant for so long.
First I want to say how impressed I am with all the wonderful artwork I have seen on this forum. Really beautiful.
Second I want to say how impressed I am with Matt and Ashley and the wonderful classes that are available on the site. In just a short time I feel I have learned so much. And I have been enjoying myself immensely.
So thank you everyone for sharing and providing me with much needed inspiration.
See you around.
Brett
3 Likes
Welcome, Brett! The Virtual Instructor site and this forum are the best! I’m glad you’re here and look forward to seeing your work when you’re ready to share.
Brenda
Hello Brett,
Welcome! This is a wonderful place to learn. Matt and Ashley make it feel like we are family. So, welcome to the family!! Like Brenda said, we look forward to seeing some of your artwork. We are all at different levels and everyone is so encouraging.
Again, Welcome!
Teri
| BRC
July 25 |
- | - |
Hi, my name is Brett and I have been a member now for a few months. It had been 40 years since I last put any medium to paper to create art.
With my recent retirement I decided to finally exercise these muscles which have been dormant for so long.
First I want to say how impressed I am with all the wonderful artwork I have seen on this forum. Really beautiful.
Second I want to say how impressed I am with Matt and Ashley and the wonderful classes that are available on the site. In just a short time I feel I have learned so much. And I have been enjoying myself immensely.
So thank you everyone for sharing and providing me with much needed inspiration.
See you around.
Brett
Welcome to the community. I agree there is some great art here. Look forward to seeing some of yours.
Hi @janed and welcome! I can’t wait to see what you create! Jesus loves you!!!
Hi @BRC , welcome! So glad you’re enjoying creating art! Can’t wait to see your work! Jesus loves you!!!
Hi Brett -
Welcome to The Virtual Instructor and this community. It is so much fun to have a place where fellow members can get to know each other and share our art. Looking forward to seeing you grow your art along with the rest of us.
Terri Robichon
1 Like
Hello. My name is Kathy and I live in the UK, very close to Liverpool. My art is pretty much self taught until I came across Matt. The tips that I have picked up are priceless and I feel more confident in pushing my art further
2 Likes
Hello Kathy,
Welcome! You will also find that Matt generates a friendly forum and the VI is a valuable place to learn. I to started self-taught and Matt and Ashley have helped me to improve and see things I never noticed before.
If you are a night owl, I hope you can join the live lesson sometime. A new one is starting tonight. Ashley will be leading this one. The chat is really fun!!
Teri
I look forward to seeing some of your artwork and again Welcome!
Hi Kathy, I’m just across the water from you in Dublin. I signed up in July and have learned so much. The live lessons are at a perfect pace. I never stay up late enough for a live lesson, I caught Getting Sketchy once while I was on holiday from work.
Good to hear from you. Thank you.
I’m afraid that I haven’t yet managed to figure out what time the live lessons are on here in the UK. Would love to be a part of it though
Good to hear from you
Hello everyone, my name is Janar and I decided to finally do something about my childhood dream (very much supressed by parents) to be better at art. I love pen and ink as well as colour pencils. I hope to learn a bunch here.
1 Like
Kathy,
I believe that in Germany they are 6 hours ahead. I don’t know if that helps. They are all recorded and fun to watch but it is nice to participate. Have you seen any of the critiques? They are worth watching, I have nearly all of them and have learned so much. Weekly they reinforce that importance of composition, value, color, etc. applied to different artwork and mediums.
Teri
Hello Janar,
Welcome to the Virtual Instructor family and community. You definitely picked the right place to start your journey.
There are quite a few pen and ink courses and recorded live lessons on the site. I know that since I joined, I have learned so much. From the courses, critiques, and live lessons as well as others here on the forum.
I look forward to seeing some of your masterpieces here on the forum. We are all at different levels and everyone is supportive and encouraging.
Again, welcome
Teri
They’re on really late. I think the one time I watch Getting Sketchy it either started or ended at 11:30pm. The live lesson starts about a half hour after. Way past my bed time.
Thank you for your kind welcome Teri.
Already having fun after Prismacolor discovery. Challenged myself with Three little birds drawings. Humming bird down
Still long way to go but I am ready.
3 Likes
Welcome @janar75 nice to have you here. Nice work. Looking forward to seeing more. I haven’t tackled the 3 little birds yet, but have done a couple of the live lessons. I bounce around a lot. Trying various media and techniques. Learning a lot here and hope you will also.
Hello Kathy_uk. Welcome and I hope you enjoy the journey here. Always something different and various levels of challenges.