Old Masters Academy

How to paint like the Old Masters using modern materials

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Paintings by Szabo Timea

I can’t imagine my life without painting.

My name is Timea, I am 33 years old, and I’m fascinated by art since I was a 3 years old girl.

My grandmother allowed me to draw the inside of her furniture door, she always smiled, and told “I hope you will be a great artist like the Old Masters who painted the most beautiful wall murals in the Churches“. And now, her dream is my dream, and I want to make her proud of me, even if She is in the Heaven.

The Old Master Academy is the best course to learn what my professors did not teach me at the University. I finished also the Web Art Acdemy course – my father bought it for me, and there I learned so much precious techniques.

I can’t imagine my life without painting. …

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Painting by Arjumand Qazi

For the love of Old Masters

I have always loved to draw sketches and paint. I have never had any formal training except for some pointers by a wonderful artist and art teacher who now lives in Australia.

My passion was always to try and replicate from the paintings of old masters like Greuze, Ruben and other wonderful artists of their time. Here I am sharing one of such efforts which is proof of my desire to paint like these great artists.

Having had this dream for doing more in this field I somehow remained engaged in several left-brained activities like having a full time job and several social sector initiatives in my country i.e Pakistan, hence couldn’t do what I always wanted to do, i.e. Paint! …

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Paintings by Edward J Merrell

Artist engineer

I am a retired engineer who had a hidden interest in art and can now let it come to the fore.

I paint in oils several times per week and try to improve my ability. Being rather conservative, I appreciate the art of the old masters particularly Vermeer whose paintings I love to copy. …

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-Oil Painting by Saida

I still dreaming about learning more and more about art

My name is Saida, I am from Morocco, I grew up in a sober city Marrakech, full of colors and art.

To the path of my primary school which was in an old and traditional quarter of ancient city. All the old Alleys, the colors of the walls, people all fascinated me. I started by drawing with simple supplies and simple knowledge.

But not having much encouragement from my parents, who were interested in completing my traditional education like other children of the family. But this behavior strengthened me and prompted me to learn drawing and painting my self. …

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Oil Paintings by Patricia Melanie Beauchamp

Painting my way to recovery…

Once upon a time, a young happy athletic girl found herself with a narrow existence struggling with a chronic pain from my head to my toes throughout her life. In 2013 a diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). This autoimmune disease is a type of arthritis of the spine. No cure, but at least I had confirmation. I am still determined and optimistic.  There is always light at the end of my road, field of trees or even darkness.
 
Everyday my hope was that my words, actions and my creative self will encourage the observer to seek a moment of kindness and reflection each and every day of our lives through my art.

One day I found a surgeon to fix the mechanical defect in my back. After many years, it felt foreign yet holding a paint brush in my hand.
Because of that desire to create no matter what obstacle. 

My own art became my physical therapy for my hand, arm and back during that first recovery. …