Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

Old Masters Academy

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I started to Paint with no schooling and hardly any money

Paintings by Hans Mozer

My name is Hans Mozer (©Hamo) and i am 60 years.

I never had a chance to do much painting because of the life i led.
At 18 in the Militaries and a baby. No chance of an art education.

My first painting was made in 1985, but i had too little free time. In 1992 i moved to Spain an worked as a singer/entertainer at night and in daytime advertisment-artist on shops, cafés and cars.

Then i made some more pictures. After 2 accidents and my wife’s disease we had to return in 2003 to Holland. Working as an advertisement-artist was no longer possible for me. This is when i started to Paint, and sculpting, with no schooling and hardly any money. I had to be frugal with my materials. After selling some portraits i decided to work non commercial. Most paintings i keep in my house some with family. …

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I’d love to paint like the Old Masters with modern tools

Painting Portraits by Susan Van Zyl

I am an Art teacher and entrepreneur.
My day is consumed by art even if it is just creating art, teaching, researching and learning.
I have a few strong points but do believe that you can never know too much and that you can always learn to better yourself.

I try to challenge myself to do something for myself each and every year. …

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Painting portraits is my dream

Paintings by Stacey Reynolds

My name is Stacey. I am a wife and mother of three.

Art is my passion, my escape. I absolutely love it. It really allows me to be free and I like I’m in another world.

I would have to say my challenges are doing portraits which is my dream. I would love to have the knowledge from this art master academy, which is awesome! And to finally paint like that. …

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I love painting portraits, I paint regularly but I am aware of the challenge ahead

Paintings by Ptak Evelyne

I am always entranced by classical paintings, especially the great mastrer’s paintings like Vermeer, Rembrandt , da Vinci, Veronese…

I was a boat people who had fled VN in 1980, when I was 25 years old. I have endured seven attacks from pirates during the flight and I still suffer from PTSD. I had difficulties to concentrate and to memorize. I had nervous breakdown and I have been hospitalized in psychiatry twice. Because of that, I could not continue working.

Doctors encouraged me to have some creative hobby. I have a fascination for old masters’ paintings and as I have a sister who painted well, and I admired her very much, I naturally choose painting and I have enrolled your drawing courses in 2013. …

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I want to paint for a living

by Christina Halkiopoulos

I’ve been drawing since a little kid. Year 9 i entered our school’s art completion. My painting came first place. On the day of issuing the trophies they decided not to give the first prize to me because they dint believe I painted it.

That was 28yrs ago. 3 months ago I decided to try again. Here I am 🙂

I rediscovered myself!
In a good time I will change careers. I want to paint for a living. I need my skill to represent a top academy. When people ask where you learn..I’ll say from the best!
Old master technics are my favourites…and romanticism.

Color theory and stages of painting. I need to be able to look at a photo and know where to start from.
Color blocking etc..

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A whole new world ahead where NOTHING is impossible

Drawings by Ryan P. Spring

I’ve been an artist all my life, however I was at a loss in high school when we were told to pick a career and I said I wanted to be a world famous artist…where did da Vinci turn in his job application?

Dejected I lost 15 years of life in a bottle and had a long road to recovery and now I’m sober and my mind has been opened to a whole new world ahead where NOTHING is impossible.

I’ve been self employed as an artist for the past 2 years with the time being spent mostly on teaching myself oil painting and struggling to learn the business of sales which has been nearly nonexistent.

I learned that the oldest methods of oil painting involved glazing and this is where I’ve been unable to ‘get it’ and wish I was financially able to receive some instruction. …