How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
I have been drawing and interested in art, particularly since a child. First exhibit, grade 4, Oshawa Art Gallery, Ontario.
Being self taught has been a long journey and a lonely one.
My goal has been to paint paint realism.
I believe with proper instruction, this will happen.
Always wanted to go to Art School. Now I am at a point in life, I can further my dream. …
Hi art-lovers,
Four years ago (I was then 53) I considered to devote my life to the art, my children had moved, and I was alone. After long consideration, I decided to leave my home, children and family, friends, my familiar life, and devote myself to making art.
Soon, however, all kinds of difficulties arose, so I had to stop my studies in the local academy of my new residence. Chronic fatigue caused my self-confidence to be completely gone. Stubbornly I continued drawing and painting, I refused to let go of my passion, the only thing that could color my gray days.
I started the Carravagio as an exercise for my daughter, but I have to leave it unfinished. Without professional help I’m afraid to mess it up: I feel a lack of good education. …
Hi, my name is Nik and l am 21 years old. I’m staying with my parents. We have six members in our family.
I love art very much and that is my hobby. I do have a little knowledge about pencil drawing but not much about painting.
I have not taken any art lessons, I just learnt things on my own – I spend almost all the hours of the day in studying art. I think I have improved a lot from the time I started. It doesn’t mean that I’m good enough but I have a lot to learn more and that is the reason I’m entering this competition.
I just want to be better than my yesterday and show the world what I can do with art.
I want to have more knowledge about art. I want to learn everything about art. …
I am 34 years of age, and living in South Africa.
I have been and artist since the day I was born.
I would say the hardest challenge for me as an artist would be, is to find my voice and my own unique style.
I have tried so many styles in life, but I have to keep on trying till I found something that I am comfortable with, and get my confidence to where it must be.
Art is a never ending learning curve, there are so may techniques, material and endless options and combinations.
How amazing must it be, to learn something new every time, and to fall in love with every new thing that you have created.
But I have to say, the one thing it would REALY like to learn, is very very fine detail, and to be positive and proud with my skill. …
My name is Ton Willems a part time artist from the Netherlands beside a full time job in Information technology.
As a child I was always drawing comic strip characters or Cars and Trucks from examples or out of my imagination. During my school period the drawing type became a more technical type of drawing like constructions or engineering type of drawing. But after a change of study I became a Information Technology person and only working on very abstract schema like drawings. Only artificial non realistic products where produced.
A few years back I restarted with the drawing of all other things than systems and rediscovered the fun of drawing again. Drawing with pencil and ink was what I would like to do. I always told everybody that I did not like start painting because I thought this was nothing for me. “Only ‘old’ people do that when they retire.” Was my defend then.
Now at the age of 49 and not old I discovered that oil painting is fun to do and is very relaxing, although I’m exhausted after a painting session of 3 hours. …
Art started young for me. My parents were fascinated with some early doodles and my 4th grade teacher loved my stuff, but I never followed through with any formal training.
I started surveying when I was young and got into the drafting and note keeping. This was back when these were actually drawn by hand. Nowadays most are computer driven CAD programs that don’t have the same appeal as the techniques I learned.
The women in my life have expanded my art world. The women have come and gone but the lessons endured. One summer affair in my early twenties was with a women from Massachusetts. She showed me Magritte. Another gave me a book, “Lust for Life”. Another explored museums with me and she being formally educated taught me about different styles. My life has gone through many different adventures but I’ve always maintained an artistic eye. …
