How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials
Hi, I’m a women, and ready to excel! I need to be taken over by the Art in me that is higher than myself. I need direction to go up! I don’t know why I have this feeling inside of me. Could be God or some kind of destiny. All I know is I never quite make it, as hard as I try. So being gifted well I’ve overcome that notion. Being disciplined, takes a lot of motion. …
Hey there, I am Govind and am from India. Up until now I have been a self taught artist.
I see and I try to draw or paint whatever I see. But most of my completed works are either not up to my expectations or are simply incomplete.
My favorite artist happens to be Renaissance painter Michelangelo. Such paintings are great source of inspiration to me. Being inspired is one thing, but not able to have great results is another. …
My interest in drawing and painting came late in life although I have had a long time interest in the history of art. I believe that the history of art reflects history in general; from the ancient Etruscans, Greeks and Romans to the early Christian church through the counter reformation and the Age of Enlightenment, pairings reflect many if not most of the events and experiences of each age.
I did not become interested in becoming an artist myself until I made a visit to Antwerp in 2015 and happened to wander into the Cathedral of our Lady church and saw the two great masterpieces of Peter Paul Rubens; Elevation of the Cross and Descent from the Cross. I was stunned by the great beauty and majesty of these paintings. These inspired me to try art myself.
Since then, art has held a very important place in my life and I hope it will last the rest of my life. Those great skill of the old masters amazes me and I would hope to learn a little from every age from the early Renaissance …
As a child, I was rather shy and solitary and lived in my imagination. I fantasized about the world in rain puddles and beyond the reflection in my bedroom mirror. As I grew up and moved into the real world, my artwork developed from my need to explore my feelings in both worlds.
My parents were not encouraging. My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. My father was fixed that I would be a doctor. By the seventh grade, when my art teacher told me that I had ruined my project for the art fair by being rather free in my treatment of the background space, I stopped doing any drawing and painting until my early twenties and really didn’t think about art.
In the first semester of my senior year of college, I went on a foreign studies program to Japan. I took three classes, one of which was Japanese art history. The class captivated me and awakened a new interest in art work, especially painting. I loved sumi-e paintings and wood block prints and went searching to buy old prints. But even more, the design orientation of the society kindled a sleeping passion.
I came back to school in America for my last semester and only took art history classes and independent study in art history. I then prepared to go into the field of art restoration, even apprenticing for a short time with the conservator of American art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I needed additional undergraduate credits to apply to programs in this area, but as soon as I took my first studio classes, I knew I was a painter. …
I belong to District Ghanche Khaplu Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. I started my early education from Khaplu.
I was fond of painting since my childhood. It was my passion. I secured first position in every art competition at school. As I was interested in Arts and paintings so I had so many hurdles and problems in my way as there was no particular institution in Khaplu or Gilgit Baltistan that promoted Art.
I used to make paintings in order to promote the culture of Gilgit-Baltistan. After making paintings I kept my paintings at home due to lack of Art Exhibitions in my area. Instead of giving up, I decided to continue my studies as well as my art work.
My family and friends encouraged me to a level that despite of my perseverance, I didn’t need any special institutions to continue my Art work. Art and painting is my hobby and passion. …
I’m a 28 years old painter from Santiago, Chile.
They say that to be a master at something the simple formula is: do what you love, and do it at the best of your abilities. Painting is my “what I love”.
When I see a painting by an Old Master, be it Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Hals, Degas, etc. something is stirred in me and the beauty and dedication of this masters to their works stirs something inside of me and makes me more noble.
I want to paint like the Old Masters. …
