# Hello From Baltimore! **URL:** \ **Category:** Welcome to Smartermarx!\ **Created:** [April 17, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344 "2017-04-17T19:51:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/sha/32/573_2.png) [@Sha](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/Sha)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/1 "2017-04-17T19:51:46Z")
Good Afternoon! Sha here, recently moved to Baltimore, MD. I was pleased to find this forum, as I am rather adrift in a new city and a new career in art. It feels grounding to find a supportive community, even if only online. 🙂 Looking forward to engaging and learning. I am currently working on sharpening my basic drawing skills; recent instruction was strong on expression but weak on fundamentals. I’d like to fill in the gaps. Happy Monday! :Sha PS: Also a veteran; including that incase someone conducts a search for the same. ---
**Author:** ![Bert](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/bert/32/419_2.png) [@Bert](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/Bert)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/2 "2017-04-17T20:35:04Z")
Welcome 😊, I am looking forward to see your work and progress! ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/3 "2017-04-17T22:57:03Z")
Greetings Sha! Welcome aboard. I just noticed your other post and am very glad to learn that you are aware of the Ani Art Academies America. If I can provide you with any insight please do not hesitate to ask. I hope that you find our resources helpful and our community supportive. I am quite proud of the growing family that we have here. Best wishes! ---
**Author:** ![elizabethc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@elizabethc](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/elizabethc)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/4 "2017-04-18T13:19:19Z")
Hi Sha! Welcome from down in Laurel! There’s great info to be shared here and lots of helpful people. Beth ---
**Author:** ![Sha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/sha/32/573_2.png) [@Sha](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/Sha)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/5 "2017-04-18T14:03:57Z")
Thank you. And it’s great to know there are other Marylanders around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nancifrance](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/nancifrance/32/253_2.png) [@nancifrance](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/nancifrance)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/6 "2017-04-29T01:39:22Z")
In late seeing this but welcome!!! ---
**Author:** ![VictoriaSteel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/victoriasteel/32/169_2.png) [@VictoriaSteel](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/VictoriaSteel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/7 "2017-05-01T11:48:25Z")
Welcome!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![deborah845800](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/deborah845800/32/656_2.png) [@deborah845800](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/deborah845800)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/8 "2017-05-31T01:06:26Z")
I’m way late to this one! Hello from Pasadena Maryland. I live just south of Baltimore and work in Dundalk. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Sha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/sha/32/573_2.png) [@Sha](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/Sha)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/9 "2017-05-31T01:21:13Z")
Deborah! That’s great! I’m rather new to town. Do you ever get out and urban sketch much? I live in Little Italy… it would be lovely to meet up sometime. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![deborah845800](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/deborah845800/32/656_2.png) [@deborah845800](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/deborah845800)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/10 "2017-06-18T19:38:52Z")
Hi Sha, Little Italy is a well known Baltimore institution. You’re lucky to live there. I actually live in Pasadena and I rarely get into the city. I work full time so I don’t get out to sketch, I’m really a studio painter. ---
**Author:** ![elizabethc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@elizabethc](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/elizabethc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/11 "2017-06-20T23:45:00Z")
Ditto! Work leaves little time to go out and art in real time! ---
**Author:** ![elizabethc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@elizabethc](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/elizabethc)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/12 "2017-06-20T23:45:18Z")
Dundalk? Where? I work over in Essex now. ---
**Author:** ![deborah845800](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/deborah845800/32/656_2.png) [@deborah845800](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/deborah845800)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/hello-from-baltimore/344/13 "2017-06-29T13:07:37Z")
I work at Dorfman Museum Figures, Inc. On Holabird Ave. It pays the bills so I can paint. And eat…