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I am a completely self taught artist

Artwork by MAKIS

My name is Makis Koulianos i am 35 years old i am an active duty solider in the greek army for 15 years i have no academic training or any kind of training in the arts i am completely self taught .I leave in a very small town at the border of my country and it is impossible for me to have any kind of training under an arts teacher or an atelier plus the crazy amounts of hours i put in the military…

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I love the approach of the old masters

Artwork by Jerry L Gadd

The love in my life is art and painting. It’s what I think about every day. Where ever I am and what ever I see I’m thinking about how I would paint the tree or the landscape in front of me. I’ve been painting and drawing all of my life, and I paint every day and love the challenges of painting, I don’t just paint one subject or thing. My current interests include not only the Mid-Atlantic Region but places and things from all over the United States, including landscapes, seascapes, portraits, florals, and still life. …

Don’t waste your time!

Artwork by Raimonda Balandytė

Here I am. At the age of over 50 I decided to go back to drawing and painting

Who am I? Officially a teacher of drawing!!! But… I had a dream to become a stage artist and participated in competition to become one. What did happen to me? My favorite artist in review of my paintings told me: “You can’t call this a painting, that is just soul disease.” …

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Art is part of my life since my childhood

Artwork by Ildikó Karsay

… I was working as a graphic designer for 15 years, I have 3 chidren and when we lost our job I returned to art seriously. I always loved to paint together with my and other children. As they are now teenagers I have more time to dive deep into art.

I love to paint with aquarelle, acryl and silk I started oil with ‘alla-prima’ a few years ago.
Oil is different and love at first sight.
I would like to improve in oil and create beautiful portraits like old masters and find my own style with the help of professionals. …

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I am a self-taught painter

Artwork by Jorge Quiros

I am Jorge Quiros, visual artist and self-taught painter, I am an art teacher and businessman trying to undertake, I am Brazilian and I live in São Paulo, I was born in 1989.

Art is my vocation, and what frees me from my own existential yearnings is, in a way, the engine of my existence; painting emancipates me and I always feel very good after painting, with a finished job, I feel that the time I spend with art is time spent for something truly important.

I always seek to express the best possible of what my intimate asks for, my best being what I most sincerely do, I seek that sincerity in painting, but combined with academic beauty, this beauty is something charming. …

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I may begin to consider a career in Fine Art

Artwork by Jeff Dewine

As a kid I spent a lot of time learning art and drawing. After high school, I shifted from Fine Art and would follow up with a 24 year Career in Music. As my projects found their completions, my artistic skills returned designing Album Art, Handbills, Show Posters, Backstage passes.

Once I found the Old Masters Academy Course online….I started taking notes. I was moved by Pieter Bruegel the Elders, “Christ & The Woman Taken in Adultery.”
My first Glazing/oil painting is a copy of this painting, on a wood panel, with an acrylic matte molding medium and some burnt umber, sienna, crimson and black paint. Unfortunately my entry is my underpainting done in black watercolor . I would not have been able to finish a traditional glazing technique as I began this painting a few weeks ago…. and I need to learn how. LOL …

how-to-draw-To be a Master Artist

To be a Master Artist

Artwork by Sandi Davidoff

Sandi Davidoff studied at ‘Paris ABC School of Art’, the artist is situated in Johannesburg South Africa. The Artist uses various mediums and techniques and is passionate about Animals and Spiritualty and this is reflected in her art work.

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Drawing is my passion since I was a little girl

Artwork by Dahlia

I am Dahlia. Mother of two beautiful boys. 7 and 11. I live in Egypt. Graduate of fine Arts college in Egypt. Mural painting section and stained glass design.
Drawing is my passion since I was a little girl.

I was always tempted to join Old Masters academy to be able to enhance my drawing skills. I am sure you have a very constructed program with the best instructors who can lead me through my journey.

I really would wish to win to be a happy person and to raise a happy family. I want to see the images in my head on canvas and I would wish to make my kids proud.

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Mag ik een meesterschilder worden?

Artwork by Yvonne Hof-Brouwers

Lieve lezers/kunstenaars,
Hier is een schilderijtje van Adrianus Eversen uit de 18e eeuw met de titel: Zonnige straat achter de kerk.
Ik heb dit vorige jaar geschilderd nadat ik 2 jaar geleden ben begonnen met fijn schilderen (alles op A4-formaat) en daarvoor a lá Bob Ross schilderde. …

Drawing is my passion specialization in painting how-to-draw-paint

Drawing is my passion, but my specialization in painting has been a challenge in my life

Artwork by Ana

Since my childhood, I have felt a deep admiration for Michelangelo’s frescoes, the beauty of his designs can move even the imagination of a four-year-old, and perhaps less so.

Drawing is my passion, but my specialization in painting has been a challenge in my life. Some people think that being an artist is a waste of time or a simple hobby. Or that being a painter, does not have the same merit as a doctor, a lawyer or a high official. To banish these prejudices, it is necessary for the viewer to be captivated by the beauty of an image. And this can only be achieved, in my opinion, by imitating the ideal of the great masters. A Raphael’s Madonna, a Michelangelo’s ignudi, Titian’s landscapes, the mysterious halo of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Botticelli’s delicate deities, communicate an idea of the grandiose, of the transcendent. …

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