How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
Being creative is part of my soul. I have been involved in art since early childhood which is when it became an essential part of my life.
I never got to go to art school. Although I won a scholarship, I had to go to work to help support my family.
I have through the years studied with individual artists and from each learned valuable techniques. …
… after the 21 day purification he came up with those amazing art painting (Art Psychography). He now had done more than 20 Art Psychography and he is in love.
His techniques consist in use mixed mediun, recycle Medium Density Fiberboard, wood pounder, graphite, varnish and all kinds of material that he can have. He now is painting almost every day and he is in Love with all the art. …
My name is Nicki and I’m a digital artist. For years I have been working mostly digital and in my free time I have been painting watercolors.
Recently, I tried for the first time a multilayered painting – the Flemish method. There is a lot of information on the Internet and I decided that I would do it alone. …
… My studio is cluttered but my mind is not. I like it this way because I can see all of my tools around me and therefore can work easily. (drives my husband crazy!!)…
…I also have a photographic memory so when I see something I then study it and I can usually reproduce it and once I get in the ‘zone’ the hours just seem to disappear and life is better. …
I’m an self-thaught artist, I paint just because I like painting. I like any subject, but I’m most fascinated about landscape and simply the way light falls on objects. …
… I like Old Masters Academy because it preserves what I think is the best knowledge in art. I think that, in order to create something that lasts for centuries, you need to learn the basics, you need to understand the laws and potential of what you can achieve. …
As a child, I had art lessons, and afterwards our family friend taught me to paint in oils. He was a good painter, but the techniques he used and taught me were very different from what I saw in museums. …
… Shortly after enrolling in the Old Masters Academy online painting course, my approach in oil painting started to shift. I no longer paint in all-prima. Even though this technique is fast and straightforward, I want to attain in my paintings a different feel, which is only achievable with multiples glazes. I’m still learning. It takes much longer to make one portrait with this new technique I learned in the Old Masters Academy, but the result is worth it. …
