About

jullia, (Hodoroaba) Murariu Ancuta Iuliana

Name: Ancuta Iuliana Murariu (Hodoroaba )
Location: Brasov, Romania
Age: 25
Contact: anca(at)jullia.eu

The ability to depict an object literally doesn’t make you an artist. No one ever claimed that the faithful duplication of nature (an impossible rask anyway) produces art. But the ability to draw things as you see them is the first step toward becoming an artist. (“How to draw what u see (Practical Art Books)” Rudy De Reyna)

Drawing has taught me many things, among which the fact that a person is a complex being that holds inside many treasures. Some of them are very well hidden, so deeply that, when they come out, they surprise everybody. I would say that every person is a Pandora’s Box filled with mysteries and that we all should search inside, find our talents and passions and develop them, for in them we will find extreme joy.
I started drawing a few years ago and it has soon become a way to detach myself from all the chaos of the modern life. All of a sudden, the world started revealing itself to me as a combination of light and shades. No matter what, where there is a shadow there is also light. For me it is an optimistic way to see and understand life.

I am happy with what my box offered me, and my friends reactions, when seeing my new drawings, has become the best reward for my work.

50 Responses to “About”

  1. Kerem says:
    June 4, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Your website looks great. I know that this is something you want since the first time – glad you running it now :)

    lots of love

  2. Liviu says:
    August 2, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    congrats, you have a beautiful site, great art and hazzaz:)
    keep up the great work…

  3. Sandy says:
    November 6, 2008 at 10:03 am

    Hi Hodoroaba, you are very talanted! Your website is clean and classic, and your art is absolutely beautiful; I have a number of favorates… Please can you add a few more tutorials? Thank you.

  4. Brandon says:
    November 21, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Hi there, i recently picked up interest on charcoal drawings and black & grey arts.
    You have great control on lightings and shading, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL work!
    2 thumbs up for you!

    As i’m still very fresh to this art, i don’t really understand what are the kinds of materials you use. Mainly, is charcoal pencil same as your graphite pencil? What is a graphite pencil? And what do i need to start off as a learner?
    Hope you can post up more of you WONDERFUL works as well as tutorials.
    You inspire others with your works ;)

    Thanks much!

  5. jullia says:
    November 28, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks Brandon for your appreciation and feedback (:
    So, to answer you to the question: the graphite pencil is the usual pencil that you use it for sketching. There are 2 tipes of graphite pencils: woodless graphite pencils and wood-cased pencils. Your charcoal pencil is something else. Usually it is used to give deep dark effects.
    What u need to start off? Just a wish ;) grab the pencil and start to draw. I hope I’ll make soon a tutorial about other different materials that can be used in a graphite drawing :)
    Thanks again! Have a great day!

  6. Mihaio says:
    May 2, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Salut, scriu in engleza sa inteleaga majoritatea: I want to congratulate you for this site which is looking, I must say, truly amazing, but mostly for your drawings that trough which it can be seen the talent that you have.

    Keep going!

  7. Matt says:
    May 25, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Beautiful work Julia, you are extremely talented. I love the look and feel of your site as well.

  8. David Allebone says:
    May 25, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    Hi Julia,
    Great site & so easy to navigate, Your work is amazing. Thanks to DTO i found you. Could you please give an insite as to why you use graphite & mechanical pencils. Also if you don’t mind where did you learn. . . . Truly amazing. 2b or not 2b :-)

  9. jullia says:
    May 26, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Thanks David!
    Mechanical pencils are very good for details.. but I use both woodcast pencils and mechanical pencils. I learn by my self, just watching other people’s work and wishing to be able to do that too. The paper itself is a great teacher ;) Anyway there are a lot of things to learn, that’s why I joined too DTO. So.. 2B :D said Hamlet to Ophelia

  10. David Allebone says:
    May 27, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Thank you Julia, 2B was just a little play on words, as in the pencil grade. And after all ART IS ART, :-)

  11. Esmaeel Ahmadipour says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:37 am

    I can just say : Thank you for everything & nothing !

  12. jullia says:
    June 1, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Hi Esmaeel. I don’t think I understand the meaning.. for everything and nothing?

  13. Ahold says:
    November 9, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    I like your site. Simple and clean. Did you used Joomla?

  14. jullia says:
    November 10, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Hi Ahold! No, I never used Joomla, I use WordPress.

  15. RAZA says:
    May 10, 2010 at 7:48 am

    hello there yr art work is amazing and it facinates me alot.. do u have yr facebook profile..? i would like u to join there a big network of young artists from different countries…kind regards
    raza

  16. jullia says:
    May 10, 2010 at 9:23 am

    Thank you very much! Sure, here is my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/jullia/116295341735754

  17. david says:
    July 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    Credeam ca in Romania nu mai avem artisti foarte frumos

  18. jullia says:
    July 26, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    :) Multumesc mult!
    sper sa devin unul..

  19. raghu india says:
    August 8, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    hi amazing drawing i seen your tutorials is very nice

  20. jullia says:
    August 9, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks a lot! :) I hope they were useful

  21. Lynn Galloway says:
    December 15, 2010 at 4:14 pm

    Loved the site and your work is inspiring. I’m not a young talent but a mature learner, but I know when I see real talent.

  22. Lynn Galloway says:
    December 15, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    Where can I see your tutorials?

  23. jullia says:
    December 15, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    Thanks Lynn :)
    Tutorials? here they are http://www.jullia.eu/category/tutorials

  24. norah says:
    December 18, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    u are amazing i seriuosly am in love with ur drawings i wish u all the best

  25. jullia says:
    December 22, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Thanks a lot Norah!

  26. Melany says:
    January 6, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    omg! you are amazing!!!!!…I love all your drawings. I wish that I could draw like you… =D

    btw..do you know a page called Deviantart? I have my drawings in that page and maybe you can watch them and give me some advises if it is possible.

  27. jullia says:
    January 8, 2011 at 11:36 am

    Thanks Melany!
    I know Deviant, but I don’t know your page on dev :) which one is it?

  28. Melany says:
    January 9, 2011 at 5:24 am

    oh sure..http://larien1121.deviantart.com/

  29. su tera says:
    February 20, 2011 at 5:24 am

    beautiful results of your painting …. I hope you can continue your work very, very pretty with it … … em …. can put your picture near the blog …..

  30. anna arisah says:
    February 20, 2011 at 5:26 am

    good work …… you look beautiful paintings I really like …… …….

  31. Alina says:
    February 28, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Felicitari, foarte frumoase desenele :) Eu caut de ceva timp pe net un hair tutorial detaliat si asa am dat peste site-ul tau ! Mult succes in continuare :)

  32. Natalia says:
    March 30, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    I really like how your draw hair. I think I’ll “steal” some tips:)

  33. jullia says:
    March 30, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    sure, fell free to “steal” tips, they are for free. Just don’t steal the work ;))

  34. giman zhang says:
    April 26, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    i admire your skills..
    thanks for the video..you’re such a humble expert…
    many beginners can learn a lot from those video…
    thank you..
    Giman from Indonesia..

  35. Madalina says:
    June 15, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    Sunt foarte frumoase toate lucrarile tale. Felicitari! Sunt absolut incredibil de delaliate. Nu dai lectii de initiere pentru copii? Am o fetita de aproape 7 ani si mi-ar placea sa invete sa deseneze.

  36. jullia says:
    June 15, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Multumes mult Madalina pentru aprecieri!
    Sincer, nu am dat lectii pana acum, dar ar fi interesant. Esti tot din Brasov?

  37. Madalina says:
    June 16, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Da, sunt din Sanpetru.

  38. Rajesh says:
    July 6, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    hi jullia
    I saw you work it’s nice.
    I also love to draw .
    i like your work. i’ll show you my work.

  39. admin says:
    July 16, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    yep :D that’s a very good idea. you can swap your paintings with some nice jewelry. We hope that the swap-art.com website will be ready at the end of the summer.. seams like now things are going slowly.. I hope is just the summer hit.

  40. admin says:
    July 16, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    Thank you Rajesh!
    Sure, just give me a link to your website :)

  41. Florinakkis Arhire says:
    July 23, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    Iulia draga…toate aprecierile. desenezi bestial! fantastic! pot sa zic: jos palaria? si eu ma stradui….asa, home made (;

    si acum intrebare: unde dumnezeu gasesti la noi in tara hartie bristol?

  42. jullia says:
    July 24, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    multumesc mult Florin! eu tot home made sunt ;))
    Da cine a zis ca trebuie sa cumperi din Romania? :p Eu una le-am comandat de pe http://www.dickblick.com. Tipul asta exact de foi nu le gasesti in Europa deloc, dar gasesti altele asemanatoare, chiar si in Romania. Incearca la magazinele de materiale de arta, sau chiar online (http://www.profiart.ro/bloc-canson-bristol-p-471.html de ex)

  43. Roberto says:
    August 7, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    As vrea sa pot gasi guvintele potrivite pentru ceea ce am vazut, sa pot sa descriu, sa pot sa spun……….este uimitor faptul ca realizezi mult mai mult decat o fotografie, mult mai mult decat o amintire de vis. FELICITARI esti unicata in ceeatiile tale. Daca consideri ca te-ar ajuta o colaborare cu cea mai mare placere, pot sa te adaug in lista mea de colaboratori. Succes maxim.

  44. mahesh sonwane says:
    October 12, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    Hi jullia your videos really helped, im learning, i wish one day i could draw like you…. u r awesome

  45. Kyla says:
    November 3, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Hi Julia,
    I am also a portrait artist, but am quite new to the whole thing and am always looking for other artists to learn from. Just wanted to let you know that your work is absolutely beautiful! I love how smooth it is :)

  46. admin says:
    November 3, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    Hello Kyla! Nice to meet you! :)
    Thank you very much for your appreciation! Keep on and for sure you will be better than me ;)

  47. mk says:
    November 11, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Hi Jullia,
    I’m very interested in drawing portrait too. I was browsing some tutorials in youtube and I saw a few of yours and discovered your website too. All I have to say is they are way too beautiful and awesome! You’re so talented. Also, I was surprise to know that you’re from Brasov because I just came back from there few days ago. I was there for 6 weeks. I should have notice you earlier and I might have the chance to meet you, awww.. Anyway keep up the great work! :D

  48. admin says:
    November 11, 2011 at 8:03 pm

    Hello there!
    Thank you very much for your appreciation!
    I hope you enjoyed Brasov. Is a beautiful town, that’s why I decided to move here :) . Next time when you pass by just let me know. I would be glad to meet you :)

  49. emmanuel says:
    January 31, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Hi, i have been visiting your site for sometime now and watch you video on youtube. You are really good. I am learning how to make beautiful pencil portraits like yours. Would be glad if you can mail me with some of your best resources ( if you don’t mind) .Anyway, You really have great skills for your work
    Thanks

  50. admin says:
    February 1, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    Hello Emmanuel! and thank you! :) Here you can find some recommendations http://www.jullia.eu/recommendations they are public :)

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