How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
… I want to learn the technique and style of old masters in an authentic way. I find that I can learn in the comfort of my own home (if I’m willing to put serious effort in learning) what I couldn’t learn in an Art college. Guidance is precious and Old masters academy is providing the unique platform for artists who are willing to learn serious drawing skills that Renaissance masters had. …
Artwork by Lindsay-Vovette Simon I am an artist who is syruggling to get my ary work into galleries and also i feel like i cld use more guidence-the madters academy is an excellent way to learn how to fully paint pirtraits which is my main focus. – “I hope that peoole may wish to vote […]
Im an advertising graduate, and in the last year I have been trying to make a career change to something even more creative as illustration.
My biggest obstacle right now is that my painting needs a lot of improving; I actually need to start over.
One of my favorite courses was oil painting. I liked painting with oil because you can easily mend your mistakes and even start painting on the same canvas all over again.…
Still I believe that portrait painting in oils like old masters would be a wonderful challenge. …
… My artistic challenges are to learn how to paint realistically, but in a loose and imaginative manner. I adore the artwork of the male and female Old Masters. They were the pioneering trail blazers of art and made such innovative discoveries in art techniques. The way they painted takes my breath away! I want to learn about all their art techniques! I want to know about their colour theory, how they mixed colours effectively, their different layering techniques, and how they painted human skin, hair, clothing, animal fur, bird feathers, and water realistically using modern materials. I want to paint portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and paint images that I see in my imagination using the painting techniques of the Old Masters. …
… The Renaissance was a period in history that interests me a lot. I admire the skills and painting techniques that artists of that era had. These artists were able to display subtle lights, details, movements and emotions and even create an unbelievable atmosphere within their paintings. Antiquity in paintings of Sandro Botticelli specifically warms my heart. I hope that with the help of the Old Masters Academy course, I will be able to recreate some of his paintings to the best of my ability. I always had a big dream of attending a Fine Art School and learn from master artists, but never did because of the obstacles in my life. …
