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… I decided that I was finally going to become a professional artist

Artwork by Rachel Levine

My name is Rachel Levine and I’m 28 years old, and living in Oakland CA. When I moved here 4 years ago, I decided that I was finally going to become a professional artist.
I have done art all my life, and it’s always had a very special meaning to me. Growing up, I would pause dvds I had and copy what was on the screen to the best of my ability, and do this every single day.

My household wasn’t peaceful either, so my favorite activity would be to draw made up characters with my sister, and create a whole unique world based out of our imagination. I could never stay focused in school, but what always held my attention was art. There are many things I’d like to work on with my art. Anatomy, color theory, maybe even still life. I just know I have a lot to learn. …

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I return to fine art after my career in IT

Artwork by Anzka Davis

… I return to fine art after my career in IT. I am now dedicating my time to painting. I live on the farm where my husband runs Australian stock horse stud and our horses make great subjects for my paintings. Therefore, my favourite subjects are – traditional way of Australian country life and my beloved horses. I believe that artwork speaks from heart and that good artist thrives to express emotions that cannot be awakened in any other form of communication. I also believe that spectrum of colours, like harmony in music, is a gift that enables us to feel love and express ourselves. I would like to get proper education in old masters technique. The Old Masters Academy is the best online course and can provide this opportunity to me. …

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To paint like the old masters was always my aim since childhood

Artwork by Harald Brumberg

I started to paint with oil colors when I was ten years old as an autodidact. I always liked the old masters like Rembrandt, Rubens and Dürer.

As a teenager I wanted to become a portrait-painter. After finishing school I went one year to Paris to study arts.
Quite often I was visiting the Louvre, fascinated by Mona Lisa.

Later I became an art therapist. Sketching and painting is something I do from time to time. I also like sketching caricatures.
Art is the ground of being free and to be a creator. To paint like the old masters was always my aim since childhood.
But I havn’t practise my skills very much. …

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I desperately need Old Masters Academy

Artwork by Myra Christina Forrester

… I tried to teach myself the old masters techniques. I extensively researched the topic of old masters and the way it was being taught today. YouTube was my best friend for many years and there I found so many ideas and so many ways of painting that it was confusing until I found Old Masters Academy. I tried to teach myself and started at the Mona Lisa, my version.I found a lot of geometry on the Mona Lisa. I look at My Lisa still unfinished and I now know how much I have to learn. I desperately need Old Masters Academy. If I win I will undertake to try again with my new knowledge. …

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The path of perfection

Artwork by Heitber Andres Montilla

… Also I think (in my personal point of view) modern art is becoming boring because of the highest photographic realism that this style have, and my purpose is to preserve the richness of the old master’s style with a modern view of the world.
My art challenge is to acquire the knowledge to make my human painting more technical and harmonic, to tell a history and to make people feel inside of my art. …

… I think old masters academy is the better place in the internet I had found, they have a great and deeper content about classic art and it’s the content that many people like me are looking for. …

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A Chance to Finally Learn

Artwork by Sarah

Art has always been a love of mine and something I took great pleasure from. I am a teacher. I am married with children. I had a happy childhood and was good at school. I loved art and took it as a subject in secondary school. I spoke to my teacher about developing a portfolio in order to attend Art College. …

… I would love to win the Old Masters Academy™ course for many reasons. I really respect the work of these artists and always have. I want to be as good as them. I have no money for the foreseeable future. There’s no way I would have the time for full time college or the money. I can’t believe this has come up now because I’ve been asking for a sign to give me some direction for me and for my art. The Old Masters Academy™ has excellent advice and resources and has so much that I want to learn. I don’t want to go back to my job but need to have a purpose and a way to feed my children at the same time. I want to take the plunge and be the artist I’ve always wanted.