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I would love to learn from old masters
Artwork by Wassim Touir
… I love art so much. I guess painting figures is really challenging also finding the right values and the perfect colors are a bit hard.
I would love to study art to become better and learn new techniques and master human figure and portraits so the best way for that is learning from old masters because they are the best and I really love to make a big effort to achieve my dreams. …
Quality of Art comes from the heart
Artwork by Jason McDermott
…I would like to improve my skills to a much more realistic and figurative style of painting and drawing quality. I kind of started backwards in my Artistic interests and education growing up. In high school I was exposed to the Impressionists and Van Gogh along with a smattering of the Renaissance masters such as Da Vinci then in my portfolio preparation course for Art college stuff like ‘Shock of the New’ and modern Art which to put it politely wasn’t to my liking at all, things got even worse when I eventually did go to Art College, even though I was there to learn to be a Graphic Designer the only enjoyable part I remember from my first core year were the life drawing classes, the knowledge and techniques as thought here on the old masters academy are rapidly fading or all but gone from the local college level only to be replaced with conceptual and modern art, again I’ll hold my views lol! apologies if I’ve rambled. …
Learning oil painting after 35 years of photography
Artwork by Henk
I have been quite successful as a photographer, having published 6 books and having a gallery showing my work worldwide… But recently I really felt the urge to discover more.
So I joined a painting class that will take 5 years, 2 days a week. I’m still in the first months of my first year, discovering the basics of oil painting, of color theory, of how to create a painting. …
…I’ve been looking at the Old Masters Academy website, and realising I still have a long and interesting way to go.
I am an ART enthusiast
Artwork by Ivana Kuhar
My name is Ivana and I am an ART enthusiast. I love all forms of art although painting and drawing are my absolute favourites. I LOVE it so I do it, simple as that. I can do it for hours at a time, without even realising that the whole day just flew by.
At a certain POINT in the process, I let go of visual reference and let my memory and feelings take over.
I want to paint all beauty around me. …
I’m an entirely self-taught artist
Artwork by Jeff Vehige
My name is Jeff, and I’m a 45-year-old stay-at-home dad of four kids. I gave up an academic career for my kids, and now that the oldest is off to college and the youngest is eleven, it’s time that I start thinking about my “second” career. I want that to be art. …
…Over the past two years of painting, my artistic interests have evolved. At first, I thought I’d be a happy landscape painter. But now I know I want to tell stories with my paintings, and that means mastering the human face and figure. When I look at the history of art, the greatest figures painters were the Old Masters and all the contemporary artists who follow in their footsteps. That’s the road I want to travel.
I think the Old Masters Academy is a perfect opportunity for learning the “secrets” of the greatest painters who ever lived. I don’t know how far I will go in art, but I want to go as far as I can, to be able to paint whatever I want — or whatever any client wants. That’s I want to win the Old Masters Academy course for that very reason — to begin the journey to becoming a contemporary artist and bring much-needed beauty into this world. …
Lifelong art interrupted
Artwork by Maria Wegorzewski Grotek
Art was gifted to me when I was born. I have been drawing since age 4 – I was never able to continue my art classes because I could not afford them.
I have been creating art over the last 50 odd years on and off – some I entered into competitions and won some I sold to friends some I just kept.
I have picked up bits and pieces of instruction but life obligations prevented me from mastering techniques that I wanted to use to create my work. …
