Old Masters Academy

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I decided I would learn everything about painting to make the dream come true

Artwork by John S. Williams

In 2012 I was a welder and had an accident that left me with a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). I started painting by number crafts and simple drawings until I was bored. One night I had a dream I was putting the finishing touches on a beautiful autumn woodland scenery with a buck and doe by a steam. That day I decided I would learn everything about painting and drawing I can to make that dream come true. …

Fast forward 3 years 2015, I’m now painting in oil and mixed medium. I have been asked if I would sell my art work. I wasn’t sure.

Now fast forward to 2020, I began to learn the art of pastels in chalk and oils. I’m now working with water soluble oil paint. I’m finding it fun but slightly difficult. …

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Never too old to be what you were born to be!

Artwork by Vivian k Mosley

… My art is changing, from simple pottery painting, my first painting using the Flemish technique, to painting subjects like bread (much harder than I could imagine) to portraits. I am not satisfied with a flower in a vase anymore, I want to capture the still life and draw the viewer in to discover details that were carefully put in to create the illusion that it is real. My first attempts were ok, but I am my worst critic and keep pushing to attain the goal I set for myself.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
Many times in my life Art has been my best therapy. You can start with anguish, or anger, or joy and find yourself working in a frenzy until your soul calms down, The dust, the dirt, the stress of life are forgotten and you lose yourself in the creative process. …

Art saved my life

Artwork by Isha Greene

Creating art saved me from falling into depression. …

… To summarize – Art saved my life, my marriage and gave my children someone they could look up to for stepping out of my comfort zone and starting my art business (2019). A few pivots this past year, obviously, but my passion has remained firm. I have hundreds of started paintings and over a hundred finished paintings to one day open my own gallery/studio and help people going through their own struggles to find healing in art. My hope is that Old Masters Academy would train my skillset to take those unfinished paintings head-on and get them done in the more masterful way they deserve (I usually stopped because I felt out of my depth to complete them). …

Just Another Self-Taught Artist

Artwork by Hani Bordonada

… I do not have any connections to galleries and have never been exhibited as an artist but this has always been my dream. I take a bit of commissions here and there about three to fours times a year.

I want to win this competition so I can finally have some formal training and further master my craft, being self-taught can only take not too far from what I really want to achieve as an artist.

I truly believe winning this course will not only help me as an artist but also instill artistic discipline, patience and finding my artistic style/signature.This can also be a catalyst into finally being considered by local galleries and exhibits – at the end of the day, my dream has always been to be a full-time artist and winning this competition can boost up my art portfolio. …

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I’m compelled to learn the techniques of the old masters

Artwork by Patricia Stine

… Art expresses life, love, humor, passion and frames the divine. It unveils the soul and reveals fresh perspectives. It is what I live for each day!

I’m compelled to learn the techniques of the old masters. I wish to refine my drawing, achieve harmony, new compositions, get the proportions correct the first time, and master the colors.

It’s the human figure that I’d like to perfect. To me, it’s the biggest challenge with the greatest rewards. The Old Masters Academy cultivates competent artists in these areas. So that’s my goal.

I’d like to integrate the life passion that I feel being a nomadic artist with a solid foundation in classical art. I’d like to share other worlds through my art with viewers and am better able to accomplish this through classical discipline which realistically, yet beautifully expresses thoughts and feelings so poetically. …

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A Sixty Year Journey – I started drawing as a teenager

Artwork by Sharon Mick

… In 2013 my second husband and I moved to Hemet, CA. I am grateful for all of his support. On my 65th birthday I decided to become a certified instructor. I located an renown artist, Wilson Bickford and studied and received my certification from him.

Within a short time I stared conducting classes in the Colonial County Club recreation center and I have been actively pursuing my artistic efforts ever since.

The greatest gift for an artist is the beauty that surrounds us daily.

I have difficulties with color and values. I hope to someday learn the proper way to add value. I have always admired and respected Old Masters Academy for their material and professionalism.

I want to win this course so I can pass it on to a young inspiring artist who can’t afford to attend this fantastic academy. …

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I love painting and it is a very big part of my life

Artwork by Himanshi

… I am still struggling through sketching and oil paints. Yet I would love to learn new techniques for painting. There is a saying in our culture that you can’t ever have enough knowledge of anything and you are always learning and i wish to learn more and to enhance my skills in something i put my soul in. Trying to find a way to fulfill my dream i came across with old master academy.

I want to win because i want to learn and as being a full time student and part time employee I can’t earn enough to pay for my passion, so i will great full if i got the scholarship.

And finally please my words doesn’t matter here but my art work does so vote me based on my art work:)

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Self taught at 65 and still willing to learn

Artwork by ANTON BUTNARU

Thirty eight years ago, my best friend’s father who was a mosaic tile worker all his life, but a self taught painter, being passioned by the French and Italian old masters, showed me a few reproductions made by him, after paintings by Constable, Boucher and one by Caravaggio’s Saint Jerome Writing. The sunset came through his room’s curtain and a red drapery and suddenly the color of it was a brilliant orange. …

…I think because my painting is a humble attempt from someone aged 65, who tries to become better at understanding the way the Old Masters painted

I am a full-time artist

Artwork by Batool Khderat

… Art is what I really enjoy, I spend most of my time with it if I don’t draw or painting you will find me reading about art or watching art demo somewhere, as they keep telling me ” Batool you are eating and breathing art ” !!

“You don’t know what you don’t know “! that is exactly what I want to discover and learn, still wondering about the layers that I should use or not in each painting.

I want to learn all about the old masters, their techniques, and the materials they used. …