2nd Place!

Before Christmas I submitted a few pieces of my art to the 'Train Your Brain' competition sponsored by 'The Art Department (http://theartdepartment.org/) and hosted by Deviantart, and I was just announced as one of 10 second place winners!
As a second place winner i receive two classes through The Art Department and i could not be more excited to get started!

I've posted my winning entry before, but here it is again, 'Mandrill on Fire' :

I've never really had any formal training for art (far too arrogant and proud as a younger man, and too poor as an older one), so i'm very much looking forward to getting some real technical knowledge to apply to my work.  Hopefully future posts will show a marked improvement.